# HG changeset patch
# User Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
# Date 2021-01-13 17:29:19
# Node ID b9b37418ac7e167fa8c7e59cae8ef6bfda906f5a
# Parent  e8b0c519dfb3d33592daeab2ce96624b58396afc

ui: add a "config_default" method

This allow code to access the expected value for a config. This is useful in the
context of dynamic default value, and short term it will be useful to write
dynamically "correct" code.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9759

diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -673,6 +673,18 @@ class ui(object):
                     )
         return value
 
+    def config_default(self, section, name):
+        """return the default value for a config option
+
+        The default is returned "raw", for example if it is a callable, the
+        callable was not called.
+        """
+        item = self._knownconfig.get(section, {}).get(name)
+
+        if item is None:
+            raise KeyError((section, name))
+        return item.default
+
     def configsuboptions(self, section, name, default=_unset, untrusted=False):
         """Get a config option and all sub-options.