commit 8145e57c38b8b6736b6bc08124b5fc9e89c51664
Author: Jan Grewe <jan.grewe@g-node.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 8 11:27:11 2019 +0100

    initial comit

diff --git a/dj_local_conf.json b/dj_local_conf.json
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+++ b/dj_local_conf.json
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+{
+    "database.host": "localhost",
+    "database.password": "datajoint",
+    "database.port": 3306,
+    "loglevel": "DEBUG",
+    "display.width": 14,
+    "display.limit": 7,
+    "safemode": true,
+    "database.user": "dj",
+    "connection.init_function": null
+}
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
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+++ b/util.py
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+from IPython import embed
+from functools import reduce
+
+def read_info_file(file_name):
+    """
+    Reads the info file and returns the stored metadata in a dictionary. The dictionary may be nested.
+    @param file_name:  The name of the info file.
+    @return: dictionary, the stored information.
+    """
+    root = {}
+    with open(file_name, 'r') as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+        for l in lines:
+            if not l.startswith("#"):
+                continue
+            l = l.strip("#").strip()
+            if len(l) == 0:
+                continue
+            if not ": " in l:  # subsection
+                sec = {}
+                root[l[:-1] if l.endswith(":") else l] = sec
+            else:
+                parts = l.split(': ')
+                sec[parts[0].strip()] = parts[1].strip('"').strip()
+    return root
+
+
+def find_key_recursive(dictionary, key, path=[]):
+    assert(isinstance(dictionary, dict))
+    if key in dictionary.keys():
+        path.append(key)
+        return True
+    for k in dictionary.keys():
+        if isinstance(dictionary[k], dict):
+            if find_key_recursive(dictionary[k], key, path):
+                path.insert(-1, k)
+                break
+    return len(path) > 0
+
+
+def deep_get(dictionary, keys, default=None):
+    assert(isinstance(dictionary, dict))
+    assert(isinstance(keys, list))
+    return reduce(lambda d, key: d.get(key, default) if isinstance(d, dict) else default, keys, dictionary)
+