overwrite_config.py
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	from pipeline.scripts.load_config import load_config


	def overwrite_config(config, config_file_path):
	"""
	Overwrites the provided configuration with the configuration from the specified YAML configuration file.

	@author: Balazs Laurenczy
	@date: 2017-2018
	"""

	new_config = load_config(config_file_path)
	# replace the fields of the base configuration with the values from the new one
	for field, value in new_config.items():
	config = overwrite_dict(config, field, value)

	return config


	def overwrite_dict(config, field, value):

	# in case a field contains a dictionary itself
	if isinstance(value, dict):
	# just overwrite the sub-fields, do not overwrite the entire dictionary
	for field2, value2 in value.items():
	config[field] = overwrite_dict(config[field], field2, value2)
	# otherwise, just assign the value
	else:
	config[field] = value

	return config