configobj.Section.merge

Section.merge(indict)

A recursive update - useful for merging config files.

>>> a = '''[section1]
...     option1 = True
...     [[subsection]]
...     more_options = False
...     # end of file'''.splitlines()
>>> b = '''# File is user.ini
...     [section1]
...     option1 = False
...     # end of file'''.splitlines()
>>> c1 = ConfigObj(b)
>>> c2 = ConfigObj(a)
>>> c2.merge(c1)
>>> c2
ConfigObj({'section1': {'option1': 'False', 'subsection': {'more_options': 'False'}}})