add deep merge functionality to config file sources #698
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Closes #590. @hramezani I took the liberty and put your suggestion from #590 (comment) into a PR, because I'd like to see this supported out of the box.
I'm aware tests are missing. I'll send them a little later.
Do you want the
deep_mergeflag also to be part of theSettingsConfigDict?