1 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/src/libutil/config.hh b/src/libutil/config.hh
index 1f5f4e7b9..bf81b4892 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/config.hh
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ public:
     /**
      * Adds the currently known settings to the given result map `res`.
      * - res: map to store settings in
-     * - overridenOnly: when set to true only overridden settings will be added to `res`
+     * - overriddenOnly: when set to true only overridden settings will be added to `res`
      */
-    virtual void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) = 0;
+    virtual void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overriddenOnly = false) = 0;
 
     /**
      * Parses the configuration in `contents` and applies it
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Resets the `overridden` flag of all Settings
      */
-    virtual void resetOverriden() = 0;
+    virtual void resetOverridden() = 0;
 
     /**
      * Outputs all settings to JSON
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public:
 
      MyClass() : Config(readConfigFile("/etc/my-app.conf"))
      {
-       std::cout << foo << "\n"; // will print 123 unless overriden
+       std::cout << foo << "\n"; // will print 123 unless overridden
      }
    };
 */
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ public:
 
     void addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting);
 
-    void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) override;
+    void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overriddenOnly = false) override;
 
-    void resetOverriden() override;
+    void resetOverridden() override;
 
     nlohmann::json toJSON() override;
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public:
 
     int created = 123;
 
-    bool overriden = false;
+    bool overridden = false;
 
     void setDefault(const std::string & str);
 
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ protected:
         assert(created == 123);
     }
 
-    virtual void set(const std::string & value) = 0;
+    virtual void set(const std::string & value, bool append = false) = 0;
+
+    virtual bool isAppendable()
+    { return false; }
 
     virtual std::string to_string() const = 0;
 
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ protected:
 
     virtual void convertToArg(Args & args, const std::string & category);
 
-    bool isOverriden() const { return overriden; }
+    bool isOverridden() const { return overridden; }
 };
 
 /* A setting of type T. */
@@ -243,11 +246,13 @@ public:
     void operator =(const T & v) { assign(v); }
     virtual void assign(const T & v) { value = v; }
 
-    void set(const std::string & str) override;
+    void set(const std::string & str, bool append = false) override;
+
+    bool isAppendable() override;
 
     virtual void override(const T & v)
     {
-        overriden = true;
+        overridden = true;
         value = v;
     }
 
@@ -305,7 +310,7 @@ public:
         options->addSetting(this);
     }
 
-    void set(const std::string & str) override;
+    void set(const std::string & str, bool append = false) override;
 
     Path operator +(const char * p) const { return value + p; }
 
@@ -319,9 +324,9 @@ struct GlobalConfig : public AbstractConfig
 
     bool set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value) override;
 
-    void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) override;
+    void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overriddenOnly = false) override;
 
-    void resetOverriden() override;
+    void resetOverridden() override;
 
     nlohmann::json toJSON() override;