Github user dsbos commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/93#discussion_r35053589 --- Diff: common/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/common/config/DrillConfig.java --- @@ -115,19 +124,26 @@ public static DrillConfig forClient() { * <p> * Configuration values are retrieved as follows: * <ul> - * <li>Check a single copy of "drill-override.conf". If multiple copies are on the classpath, behavior is - * indeterminate. If a non-null value for overrideFileName is provided, this is utilized instead of drill-override.conf.</li> - * <li>Check all copies of "drill-module.conf". Loading order is indeterminate.</li> - * <li>Check a single copy of "drill-default.conf". If multiple copies are on the classpath, behavior is - * indeterminate.</li> + * <li>Check a single copy of "drill-override.conf". If multiple copies are + * on the classpath, which copy is read is indeterminate. + * If a non-null value for overrideFileResourcePathname is provided, this + * is used instead of "{@code drill-override.conf}".</li> + * <li>Check all copies of "{@code drill-module.conf}". Loading order is + * indeterminate.</li> + * <li>Check a single copy of "{@code drill-default.conf}". If multiple + * copies are on the classpath, which copy is read is indeterminate.</li> * </ul> * * </p> - * @param overrideFileName The name of the file to use for override purposes. + * @param overrideFileResourcePathname + * the classpath resource pathname of the file to use for + * configuration override purposes; {@code null} specifies to use the + * default pathname ({@link CommonConstants.CONFIG_OVERRIDE}) + * (<strong>not</strong> to not look for an override file at all) --- End diff -- Reworded.
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