docs: Add programmatic config access and override syntax #144
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- Add "Programmatic Access" section to configuration reference - Document dot notation for reading/writing settings - Explain double underscore syntax for nested settings in override() - Clarify that display__diagram_direction maps to display.diagram_direction Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <[email protected]>
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Summary
Adds documentation for programmatic configuration access, specifically explaining:
override()context managerContext
This addresses user confusion about why the summary table shows
dj.config.display.diagram_directionbut code examples usedisplay__diagram_directioninoverride().Both are correct:
dj.config.display.diagram_direction— direct attribute accessdisplay__diagram_direction— kwargs inoverride()(Python doesn't allow dots in kwarg names)Changes
Added new "Programmatic Access" section to
reference/configuration.md:override()🤖 Generated with Claude Code