From cca8db9b6cc681430e5aef5f082a6b4c27f95cfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jaime=20Marqui=CC=81nez=20Ferra=CC=81ndiz?=
 <jaimemf93@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:15:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add option to ignore config files

---
 README.md              |  1 +
 youtube_dl/__init__.py | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8fda07f77..35c9c5b7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
     --user-agent UA          specify a custom user agent
     --list-extractors        List all supported extractors and the URLs they
                              would handle
+    --ignore-config          Ignore the configuration files                           
 
 ## Video Selection:
     --playlist-start NUMBER  playlist video to start at (default is 1)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index d7ab0f086..0e895167d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ def parseOpts():
             action='store_true', dest='list_extractors',
             help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle', default=False)
     general.add_option('--test', action='store_true', dest='test', default=False, help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+    general.add_option('--ignore-config', action='store_true',
+            help="Ignore the configuration files", default=False)
 
     selection.add_option('--playlist-start',
             dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', help='playlist video to start at (default is %default)', default=1)
@@ -265,12 +267,18 @@ def parseOpts():
     parser.add_option_group(authentication)
     parser.add_option_group(postproc)
 
-    xdg_config_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
-    if xdg_config_home:
-        userConf = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
+    opts, args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+
+    if not opts.ignore_config:
+        xdg_config_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
+        if xdg_config_home:
+            userConf = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
+        else:
+            userConf = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
+        argv = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf') + _readOptions(userConf) + sys.argv[1:]
     else:
-        userConf = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
-    argv = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf') + _readOptions(userConf) + sys.argv[1:]
+        argv = sys.argv[1:]
+
     opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
     return parser, opts, args