html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2143#issuecomment-1684496274,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2143,1684496274,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5kZ1-S,15178711,2023-08-18T22:30:45Z,2023-08-18T22:30:45Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"> That said, I do really like a bias towards settings that can be changed at runtime

Does this include things like `--settings` values or plugin config? I can totally see being able to update metadata without restarting, but not sure if that would work well with `--setting`, plugin config, or auth/permissions stuff. 

Well it could work with `--setting` and auth/permissions, with a lot of core changes. But changing plugin config on the fly could be challenging, for plugin authors. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855885427,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2143#issuecomment-1684205563,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2143,1684205563,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5kYu_7,15178711,2023-08-18T17:12:54Z,2023-08-18T17:12:54Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"Another option would be, instead of flat `datasette.json`/`datasette.yaml` files, we could instead use a Python file, like `datasette_config.py`. That way one could dynamically generate config (ex dev vs prod, auto-discover credentials, etc.). Kinda like Django settings.

Though I imagine Python imports might make this complex to do, and json/yaml is already supported and pretty easy to write
","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855885427,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2143#issuecomment-1684202932,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2143,1684202932,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5kYuW0,15178711,2023-08-18T17:10:21Z,2023-08-18T17:10:21Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"I agree with all your points!

I think the best solution would be having a `datasette.json` config file, where you ""configure"" your datasette instances, with settings, permissions/auth, plugin configuration, and table settings (sortable column, label columns, etc.). Which #2093 would do.

Then optionally, you have a `metadata.json`, or use `datasette_metadata`, or some other plugin to define metadata (ex the future [sqlite-docs](https://github.com/asg017/sqlite-docs) plugin).

Everything in `datasette.json` could also be overwritten by CLI flags, like `--setting key value`, `--plugin xxxx key value`.

We could even completely remove `settings.json` in favor or just `datasette.json`. Mostly because I think the less files the better, especially if they have generic names like `settings.json` or `config.json`. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855885427,