# HG changeset patch
# User Alexis S. L. Carvalho <alexis@cecm.usp.br>
# Date 1160516600 10800
# Node ID a09be4317f9c03900e452c34c270e012b7ae25d0
# Parent  d9b3d3d34749f86a324f1c17eba5fab865a91ab3
ui.py: use the overlay to hold --config data

This allows the ui class to know that these items have a higher priority
without further help from commands.py.

diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -3349,11 +3349,6 @@ def dispatch(args):
             else:
                 d = lambda: func(u, *args, **cmdoptions)
 
-            # reupdate the options, repo/.hg/hgrc may have changed them
-            u.updateopts(options["verbose"], options["debug"], options["quiet"],
-                         not options["noninteractive"], options["traceback"],
-                         options["config"])
-
             try:
                 if options['profile']:
                     import hotshot, hotshot.stats
diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ class ui(object):
             try:
                 name, value = cfg.split('=', 1)
                 section, name = name.split('.', 1)
-                if not self.cdata.has_section(section):
-                    self.cdata.add_section(section)
                 if not section or not name:
                     raise IndexError
-                self.cdata.set(section, name, value)
+                self.setconfig(section, name, value)
             except (IndexError, ValueError):
                 raise util.Abort(_('malformed --config option: %s') % cfg)