From 952a3acd4a5e25edc72714b7cb68d54e6418cf7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Eastwood <contact@ericeastwood.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 21:37:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Explain how config inherits (#17)

---
 server/lib/config.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/lib/config.js b/server/lib/config.js
index 904477c..b6d72f1 100644
--- a/server/lib/config.js
+++ b/server/lib/config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-// This file is based off the Gitter config, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/env/blob/master/lib/config.js
+// This file is based off the Gitter config,
+// https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/env/blob/master/lib/config.js
 
 const path = require('path');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ const nodeEnv = configureNodeEnv();
 console.log(`Config is using nodeEnv=${nodeEnv}`);
 const configDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../config');
 
+// Setup nconf to use (in-order):
+//   1. Command-line arguments (argv)
+//   2. Environment variables (env)
+//   3. `config/config-{env}.json` files
 nconf.argv().env('__');
 
 nconf.add('envUser', {