def parse_args(parser: ArgumentParser) -> Box:
# get defaults
defaults = {}
# taken from parser_known_args code
# add any action defaults that aren't present
for action in parser._actions:
if action.dest is not argparse.SUPPRESS:
if action.default is not argparse.SUPPRESS:
defaults[action.dest] = action.default
# add any parser defaults that aren't present
for dest in parser._defaults:
defaults[dest] = parser._defaults[dest]
# check if there is config & read config
args = parser.parse_args()
if vars(args).get("config") is not None:
# load a .py config
configFile = args.config
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("config", configFile)
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)
config = module.config
# merge config and override defaults
defaults.update({k: v for k, v in config.items()})
# override defaults with command line params
# this will get rid of defaults and only read command line args
parser._defaults = {}
parser._actions = {}
args = parser.parse_args()
defaults.update({k: v for k, v in vars(args).items()})
return boxify_dict(defaults)
