rewrite setting in other jar - typesafe config

Question

In my classpath, there is a jar a.jar with reference.conf file in it. In the application, I read a config, let's say config.myConfig1 with value true . I have another project in the classpath b.jar with application.conf file in it. I want to rewrite the original config.myConfig1 with false .

I just placed the application.conf in the jar with the hope that it will get rewritten but it didn't happen. The value defined in reference.conf appeared in the application. What do I need to do in order to make it happen?

FYI, I read the config with play :

class MyPlugin(app: Application) extends Plugin with Logging {
  app.configuration.getStringList("config.myConfig1")

  // ...

Answer 1

application.conf values should override reference.conf values; my guess is that there's just some small typo or equivalent keeping this from working.