Proposal: Reduce boilerplate with common config in package.json or .pactrc

[TimothyJones]

Intensive use of pact often involves rewriting the same config over and over- especially for the broker and consumer/provider names. I'd like to improve this in an idiomatic way by adding a package.json key and a .pactrc. I propose something like this, where PactOptions is under the key "pact" in package.json, or the export from .pactrc.{js,ts,json}:

interface Pacticipant {
  name?: string // Name of the pacticipant
  // Not sure what other info should go here?
  // Possibly tags or version selectors?
  // We may want to extend this type differently for provider verification
  // and consumer tests
}

interface BrokerOptions {
  // token and password are not to be committed, so don't exist here
  // They can both be set by environment variables.
  url?: string // URL to access the broker
  username?: string // username for the broker
}

interface PactOptions {
  consumer?: string | Pacticipant // The consumer name
  provider?: string | Pacticipant // The provider name
  broker?: BrokerOptions
  config?: {
    spec?: number // Which spec version to support
    pactFileDir?: string // Where the pact files are written to or read from
    logDir?: string // Where the logs get stored
    logLevel?: LogLevel // Log level
    doNotTrack?: boolean // Don't track pact download statistics
    binaryLocation?: string // The location of the standalone binaries if github is inaccessible
  }
}

Thoughts?

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