Use a global configuration file for a book (default to book.json)

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/generate/index.js b/lib/generate/index.js
index 0e7eb6c..898e71f 100644
--- a/lib/generate/index.js
+++ b/lib/generate/index.js
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ var generate = function(options) {
         input: null,
         output: null,
 
+        // Config file (relative to input)
+        configFile: "book.json",
+
         // Output generator
         generator: "site",
 
@@ -63,6 +66,21 @@ var generate = function(options) {
     // Clean output folder
     return fs.remove(options.output)
 
+    // Read config file
+    .then(function() {
+        return fs.readFile(path.resolve(options.input, options.configFile))
+        .then(function(_config) {
+            // Extend current config
+            _config = JSON.parse(_config);
+            _config = _.omit(_config, 'input', 'configFile');
+
+            _.extend(options, _config);
+        }, function() {
+            // No config file: not a big deal
+            return Q();
+        })
+    })
+
     // Get repo's URL
     .then(function() {
         return parse.git.url(options.input)