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1510964674,PR_kwDOBm6k_c5aD33C,2183,closed,0,`datasette.yaml` plugin support,15178711,"Part of #2093

In #2149 , we ported over `""settings.json""` into the new `datasette.yaml` config file, with a top-level `""settings""` key. This PR ports over plugin configuration into top-level `""plugins""` key, as well as nested database/table plugin config.

From now on, no plugin-related configuration is allowed in `metadata.yaml`, and must be in `datasette.yaml` in this new format. This is a pretty significant breaking change. Thankfully, you should be able to copy-paste your legacy plugin key/values into the new `datasette.yaml` format.

An example of what `datasette.yaml` would look like with this new plugin config:

```yaml

plugins:
  datasette-my-plugin:
    config_key: value

databases:
  fixtures:
      plugins: 
        datasette-my-plugin:
          config_key: fixtures-db-value
    tables:
      students:
        plugins:
          datasette-my-plugin:
            config_key: fixtures-students-table-value

```

As an additional benefit, this now works with the new `-s` flag:

```bash
datasette --memory -s 'plugins.datasette-my-plugin.config_key' new_value
```


Marked as a ""Draft"" right now until I add better documentation. We also should have a plan for the next alpha release to document and publicize this change, especially for plugin authors (since their docs will have to change to say `datasette.yaml` instead of `metadata.yaml`

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