add test and argument handler for runtime override of configurations.

jrnl/args.py

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 # License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 
 import argparse
+from jrnl import config
 import re
 import textwrap
+import json
 
 from .commands import postconfig_decrypt
 from .commands import postconfig_encrypt
@@ -314,6 +316,24 @@ def parse_args(args=[]):
         help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
     )
 
+    overrides = parser.add_argument_group("Config file overrides",textwrap.dedent('These are one-off overrides of the config file options'))
+    overrides.add_argument(
+        "--override",
+        dest="config_override",
+        action="store",
+        type=json.loads,
+        nargs="?",
+        default={},
+        metavar="CONFIG_KV_PAIR",
+        help="""
+        Override configured key-value pairs with CONFIG_KV_PAIR for this command invocation only. 
+
+        For example, to use a different editor for this jrnl entry, call: 
+            jrnl --override '{"editor": "nano"}' 
+        
+        """
+    )
+
     # Handle '-123' as a shortcut for '-n 123'
     num = re.compile(r"^-(\d+)$")
     args = [num.sub(r"-n \1", arg) for arg in args]

tests/test_parse_args.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def expected_args(**kwargs):
         "strict": False,
         "tags": False,
         "text": [],
+        "config_override":{}
     }
     return {**default_args, **kwargs}
 
@@ -204,6 +205,10 @@ def test_version_alone():
 
     assert cli_as_dict("--version") == expected_args(preconfig_cmd=preconfig_version)
 
+def test_editor_override():
+    from jrnl.commands import postconfig_override
+
+    assert cli_as_dict("--override '{\"editor\": \"nano\"}'") == expected_args(config_override={'editor':'nano'})
 
 # @see https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/issues/520
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(