Allow including config files matching glob patterns in conf files

Fixes #4533

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ Detailed list of changes
 - macOS: Allow opening text files, images and directories with kitty when
   launched using "Open with" in Finder (:iss:`4460`)
 
+- Allow including config files matching glob patterns in :file:`kitty.conf`
+  (:iss:`4533`)
+
 - Shell integration: Fix bash integration not working when ``PROMPT_COMMAND``
   is used to change the prompt variables (:iss:`4476`)
 

docs/conf.rst

@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ character. This works only if the ``#`` character is the first character
 in the line.
 
 You can include secondary config files via the :code:`include` directive.  If
-you use a relative path for include, it is resolved with respect to the
+you use a relative path for :code:`include`, it is resolved with respect to the
 location of the current config file. Note that environment variables are
 expanded, so :code:`${USER}.conf` becomes :file:`name.conf` if
-:code:`USER=name`.  For example::
+:code:`USER=name`. Also, you can use :code:`globinclude` to include files
+matching a shell glob pattern. For example::
 
      include other.conf
+     globinclude kitty.d/**/*.conf
 
 
 .. note:: Syntax highlighting for :file:`kitty.conf` in vim is available via

kitty/conf/utils.py

@@ -170,24 +170,30 @@ def parse_line(
         log_error(f'Ignoring invalid config line: {line}')
         return
     key, val = m.groups()
-    if key == 'include':
+    if key in ('include', 'globinclude'):
         val = os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser(val.strip()))
-        if not os.path.isabs(val):
-            val = os.path.join(base_path_for_includes, val)
-        try:
-            with open(val, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as include:
-                with currently_parsing.set_file(val):
-                    _parse(include, parse_conf_item, ans, accumulate_bad_lines)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            log_error(
-                'Could not find included config file: {}, ignoring'.
-                format(val)
-            )
-        except OSError:
-            log_error(
-                'Could not read from included config file: {}, ignoring'.
-                format(val)
-            )
+        if key == 'globinclude':
+            from pathlib import Path
+            vals = tuple(map(lambda x: str(os.fspath(x)), Path(base_path_for_includes).glob(val)))
+        else:
+            if not os.path.isabs(val):
+                val = os.path.join(base_path_for_includes, val)
+            vals = (val,)
+        for val in vals:
+            try:
+                with open(val, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as include:
+                    with currently_parsing.set_file(val):
+                        _parse(include, parse_conf_item, ans, accumulate_bad_lines)
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                log_error(
+                    'Could not find included config file: {}, ignoring'.
+                    format(val)
+                )
+            except OSError:
+                log_error(
+                    'Could not read from included config file: {}, ignoring'.
+                    format(val)
+                )
         return
     if not parse_conf_item(key, val, ans):
         log_error(f'Ignoring unknown config key: {key}')