Configuration override of settings for context

Every configuration parameter can be overwritten for the
current context by setting the parameter:

context.<name>.rc.<parameter> = <value>

in the config file. This allows for example to set a custom
report for each context.
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Thanks to Sebastian Uharek Thanks to Sebastian Uharek
- #2208 Feature: added coloring of dates with scheduled tasks to calendar - #2208 Feature: added coloring of dates with scheduled tasks to calendar
Thanks to Sebastian Uharek Thanks to Sebastian Uharek
- Feature: Configuration options can be overwritten for current
context
Thanks to Sebastian Uharek
------ current release --------------------------- ------ current release ---------------------------

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Note how read and write contexts differ for context "family", while for context Note how read and write contexts differ for context "family", while for context
"home" they stay the same. "home" they stay the same.
In addition, every configuration parameter can be overridden for the current
context, by specifying context.<name>.rc.<parameter>. For example, if the default
command for the family context should be displaying the family_report:
$ task config context.family.rc.default.command family_report
.SH COMMAND ABBREVIATION .SH COMMAND ABBREVIATION
All Taskwarrior commands may be abbreviated as long as a unique prefix is used, All Taskwarrior commands may be abbreviated as long as a unique prefix is used,

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.RE .RE
.TP .TP
.B context.<name>=<filter> .B context.<name>.<type>=<filter>
.RS .RS
Stores the definition of the context with the name <name>. Stores the definition of the context for type <type> with the name <name>. The
type can either be read, write or rc. For details of the read and write types,
please see the task(1) man page. The rc type allows to override any configuration
parameter for the current context, e.g. if the default command for the context
home should be changed to home_report, the following statement could be added:
context.home.rc.default.command=home_report
.RE .RE
.SS SYNC .SS SYNC

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