allow configs to be loaded from remote sources

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maximus
 
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 The all-in-one linting solution.
 
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ If calling Maximus::Wraith from a script, please see the note in lib/statistics/
 
 ### 0.1.6 
 
+Features:
+
+* Remote config files can be specified
+
 Bugfixes:
 
 * Clean up config option loading/overriding 

lib/maximus/config.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'active_support'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/keys'
+require 'open-uri'
 
 module Maximus
 
@@ -210,12 +211,21 @@ def set_families(head_of_house, family)
       #   the reset of the process doesn't break
       def load_config(value)
         return value unless value.is_a?(String)
-        if File.exist?(value)
-          return YAML.load_file(value)
+
+        if value =~ /^http/
+          begin open(value)
+            YAML.load open(value).read
+          rescue
+            puts "#{value} not accessible"
+            {}
+          end
+        elsif File.exist?(value)
+          YAML.load_file(value)
         else
           puts "#{value} not found"
-          return {}
+          {}
         end
+
       end
 
       # Create a temp file with config data

maximus.gemspec

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "thor"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.6"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "pry-byebug", "~> 3.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "yard", "~> 0.8"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "coveralls", "~> 0.7.8"

spec/maximus/config_spec.rb

@@ -171,10 +171,29 @@
   describe '#load_config', :isolated_environment do
 
     context 'a file path is provided' do
-      let(:config_body) { 'rubocop: spec/support/rubocop.yml' }
-      it 'should load the file' do
-        expect( YAML.load_file(config.settings[:rubocop])['Rubolinter'] ).to be true
+
+      context 'at a local address' do
+        let(:config_body) { 'rubocop: spec/support/rubocop.yml' }
+        it 'should load the file' do
+          expect( YAML.load_file(config.settings[:rubocop])['Rubolinter'] ).to be true
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'at an available remote address' do
+        let(:config_body) { 'rubocop: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wearefine/standards/master/linters/.rubocop.yml" ' }
+        it 'should load the file' do
+          expect( YAML.load_file(config.settings[:rubocop]) ).to be_a(Hash)
+        end
       end
+
+      context 'at an unavailable remote address' do
+        let(:config_body) { 'rubocop: "http://raw.githubusercontent.com/wearefine/standards/master/linters/nonexistent_file.yml" ' }
+        it 'should report an error and return an empty hash' do
+          STDOUT.should_receive(:puts).with('http://raw.githubusercontent.com/wearefine/standards/master/linters/nonexistent_file.yml not accessible')
+          expect( YAML.load_file(config.settings[:rubocop]) ).to eq({})
+        end
+      end
+
     end
 
     context 'settings are provided' do

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'maximus'
 require 'coveralls'
+require 'pry'
 Coveralls.wear!
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|