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/*!
    \contentspage cli.html
    \page cli-config.html
    \ingroup cli

    \title config
    \brief Manages \QBS settings, such as preferences and profiles.

    \section1 Synopsis

    \code
    qbs config [--settings-dir <directory>] [--user|--system] [--list [<root> ...]]
               [--unset <key>] [--export <file>] [--import <file>]
    qbs config [--settings-dir <directory>] [--user|--system] <key>
    qbs config [--settings-dir <directory>] [--user|--system] <key> <value>
    \endcode

    \section1 Description

    Manages \QBS settings, such as preferences and profiles. You can list all
    keys and remove the specified key, as well as import settings from a file
    or export them to a file.

    The second form of this command displays the specified \c <key>.

    The third form sets the specified \c <key> with the specified \c <value>.

    There are two sets of settings: The system-level settings affect all users,
    while the user-level settings are specific to the current user.
    By default, the read operations consider both sources. If the same key is
    present in both settings, then for list values, the system value is
    appended to the user value, while for other types of values the user-level
    one takes precedence. Write operations go to the user-level settings by default.
    Use the \c {--user} and \c {--system} options to change this behavior.
    \note It is conceivable that the default system value of the
    \c {preferences.qbsSearchPaths} setting could pull in unwanted \QBS modules,
    in particular when doing cross-builds. In such a case, you can set
    \c {preferences.ignoreSystemSearchPaths} to exclude the search paths coming
    from the system settings. You'll typically do this for a specific profile:
    \code
    $ qbs config profiles.myprofile.preferences.ignoreSystemSearchPaths true
    \endcode

    You can use the \l{config-ui} command to open the Qbs Settings tool for
    managing settings in a hierarchical view.

    For more information, see \l{Configuring Profiles and Preferences}, \l{Managing Qt Versions},
    \l{Modules}, \l {List of Modules}, and \l{Custom Modules and Items}.

    \section1 Options

    \include cli-options.qdocinc settings-dir
    \include cli-options.qdocinc list-root
    \include cli-options.qdocinc unset
    \include cli-options.qdocinc export
    \include cli-options.qdocinc import
    \include cli-options.qdocinc config-user
    \include cli-options.qdocinc config-system
    \include cli-options.qdocinc help

    \section1 Parameters

    \include cli-parameters.qdocinc key

    \section1 Examples

    Lists the existing profiles:

    \code
    qbs config --list profiles
    \endcode

    Shows the default profile:

    \code
    qbs config defaultProfile
    \endcode

    \note If no output is shown, the default profile used is the built-in
    profile \c none, which sets no properties.

    Sets the profile called \c gcc as the base profile of the Qt profile called
    \c myqt:

    \code
    qbs config profiles.myqt.baseProfile gcc
    \endcode

    Adds the location of a custom module to your preferences, to make the module
    accessible in several projects:

    \code
    qbs config preferences.qbsSearchPaths /usr/local/share/custom-qbs-extensions
    \endcode
*/