[Changed] Now we keep a copy of the global options tree

kibot/config_reader.py

@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ def _parse_global(self, gb):
                 update_dict(gb, self.imported_globals)
             logger.debug("Global options + imported: {}".format(gb))
         # Parse all keys inside it
-        glb = GS.class_for_global_opts()
-        glb.set_tree(gb)
+        glb = GS.set_global_options_tree(gb)
         try:
             glb.config(None)
         except KiPlotConfigurationError as e:

kibot/gs.py

@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ class GS(object):
     def_global_output = '%f-%i%I%v.%x'
     # The class that controls the global options
     class_for_global_opts = None
+    # The last tree we used to configure it
+    globals_tree = {}
+    # Global options
     global_allow_component_ranges = None
     global_always_warn_about_paste_pads = None
     global_cache_3d_resistors = None
@@ -981,3 +984,10 @@ def tmp_file(content=None, prefix=None, suffix=None, dir=None, what=None, a_logg
     @staticmethod
     def mkdtemp(mod):
         return tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='tmp-kibot-'+mod+'-')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def set_global_options_tree(tree):
+        glb = GS.class_for_global_opts()
+        glb.set_tree(tree)
+        GS.globals_tree = tree
+        return glb

kibot/kiplot.py

@@ -1242,8 +1242,7 @@ def generate_examples(start_dir, dry, types):
         if not os.path.isdir(start_dir):
             GS.exit_with_error(f'Invalid dir {start_dir} to quick start', WRONG_ARGUMENTS)
     # Set default global options
-    glb = GS.class_for_global_opts()
-    glb.set_tree({})
+    glb = GS.set_global_options_tree({})
     glb.config(None)
     # Install the resources
     setup_resources()