Trying out dict optionsdict-option

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 938a64c..4f364ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ htmlcov/
 nosetests.xml
 coverage.xml
 *,cover
+.pytest_cache/
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
diff --git a/gitlint/config.py b/gitlint/config.py
index 2d892bb..35938fe 100644
--- a/gitlint/config.py
+++ b/gitlint/config.py
@@ -255,9 +255,18 @@ class LintConfig(object):
     def set_rule_option(self, rule_name_or_id, option_name, option_value):
         """ Attempts to set a given value for a given option for a given rule.
             LintConfigErrors will be raised if the rule or option don't exist or if the value is invalid. """
+        print option_name
+        option_name_parts = option_name.split(".")
+        option_name = option_name_parts[0]
+        print option_name
+        print option_value
+        print "---"
         option = self._get_option(rule_name_or_id, option_name)
         try:
-            option.set(option_value)
+            if isinstance(option, options.DictOption):
+                option.set_key(".".join(option_name_parts[1:]), option_value)
+            else:
+                option.set(option_value)
         except options.RuleOptionError as e:
             msg = u"'{0}' is not a valid value for option '{1}.{2}'. {3}."
             raise LintConfigError(msg.format(option_value, rule_name_or_id, option_name, ustr(e)))
diff --git a/gitlint/options.py b/gitlint/options.py
index d20549f..34664e8 100644
--- a/gitlint/options.py
+++ b/gitlint/options.py
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ class StrOption(RuleOption):
         self.value = ustr(value)
 
 
+class DictOption(RuleOption):
+
+    def set(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            self.value = value
+        else:
+            raise RuleOptionError(u"Option '{0}' must be python dict".format(self.name))
+
+    def set_key(self, key, value):
+        self.value[key].set(value)
+
+
 class IntOption(RuleOption):
     def __init__(self, name, value, description, allow_negative=False):
         self.allow_negative = allow_negative