Configuration

Configuration files

ScrumMD is configured by a toml file. The first of the following files available will be read for configuration:

  • .scrum.toml

  • scrum.toml

  • pyproject.toml

All fields in the [tool.scrummd] collection.

Where fields are listed as [tool.scrummd.fieldname], they should be in square brackets as TOML categories/arrays.

Supported fields

[tool.scrummd]

allow_header_summary

Type

bool

Description

Permit summaries to be set by an empty summary. For instance:

This is a valid summary
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# Description

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strict

Type

bool

Description

Fail on any issue with the collection rather than trying to persevere.

scrum_path

Type

string

Description

Path to the Scrum repository containing cards and collections.

required

Type

array of str

Description

List of fields that must be present in all cards.

[tools.scrummd.fields.<field name>]

Type

array of str

Description

Limit field name to specific values. Each member is an array of str.

[tools.scrummd.collections.<collection name>]

Additional restrictions which apply only to a specific collection.

required

array of str

List of fields that must be present in all cards in the collection.

[tools.scrummd.collections.<collection name>.fields.<field name>]

Type

array of str

Description

Limit field name to specific values for all cards in the collection. Each member is an array of str.

[tools.scrummd.sbl]

columns

Type

array of string

Description

Array of columns to show with sbl.

omit_headers

Type

bool

Description

Whether to omit headers from sbl output.

default_group_by

Type

array of string

Description

Default fields to group by if there’s no --group-by field. Defaults to none.

[tools.scrummd.sboard]

default_group_by

Type

array of string

Description

Default fields to group by if there’s no --group-by field. A --group-by argument or default_group_by configuration must be set for sboard to work.

[tools.scrummd.scard]

default_template

Type

str

Description

A path of a jinja2 template to use for scard output.

See the Output Template Guide for formatting the template.

The search path priorities are as follows:

  • the current working directory;

  • the .templates directory in the scrum_path

  • the templates directory in the scrum_path

  • templates in the scrummd package;

Example configuration file

[tool.scrummd]
strict = true
scrum_path = "scrum"
allow_header_summary = false
required = ["status"]

[tool.scrummd.sbl]
columns = ["index", "status", "summary"]
omit_headers = false
# default_group_by is unset but commented as example
# default_group_by = ["status"]

[tool.scrummd.sboard]
default_group_by = ["status"]

[tool.scrummd.scard]
default_template = "default_scard.j2"

[tool.scrummd.fields]
status = ["Not Fully Defined", "Ready", "In Progress", "In Testing", "Done"]

[tool.scrummd.collections.epic]
required = ["cost centre", "members"]

[tool.scrummd.collections.epic.fields]
cost_status = ["Not Costed", "Fully Costed"]