How can I override settings from a global detekt settings in a module for a multi-module gradle build? Right now I have a

detekt-config.yml

in my root directory, and another `detekt-config.yml`in my module directory. To use both, I use

detekt { config = files("${project.rootDir}/detekt-config.yml", "detekt-config.yml") }

. Is there a better way which e.g. does not require to repeat the base config file name or perhaps even a

mergeConfigs: true

which will automatically merge these? I tried

detekt { config += files("detekt-config.yml") }

but that did not work.

Is there a better way which e.g. does not require to repeat the base config file name

You should be able to write a Gradle function (let’s call it

mergeBaseConfigWith

) that returns a

ConfigurableFileCollection

(is Gradle type) and do something like:

detekt { config = mergeBaseConfigWith("detekt-config.yml") }

This would still require to have programmatic access to the root config file (or file name), which I don't think I have.