Is it possible to overide CLI options with YAML (instead of the other way round)??

[Christopher Grieser <grieser.chris-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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Hi everyone,

I am new to this Forum – if this is the wrong place for this kind of 
question, I apologize; feel free to point me to the right place then.

My question: When there are conflictings between YAML-Metadata and CLI 
options, the standard behavior of Pandoc is a) to extend the information 
(e.g. with --include-in-header) in some cases when it is repeatable, or to 
override the YAML-Metadata with the CLI options (e.g. --csl or 
--bibliography).

Is it somehow possible to control the behavior more precisely? For example: 

   1. in conflicting cases, YAML-Metadata overrides CLI options
   2. in repeatable cases, extend the CLI options with the YAML Metadata.

Option 1 could be useful for the --csl option, when you want to prevent the 
use of a different citation style, when a different user compiles the 
document with a different csl. Option 2 could be useful for --bibliography 
to "add" document-specific citations while you use your main bibliography 
via CLI. (especially the later strikes me as unusual, since with some other 
repeatable options, the YAML-Metadata is extended and not overridden.)

More generally, I am wondering whether there is/could be something like an 
"--yaml-overrides-cli=[true/false]" option to control this behavior?

Best,
Chris



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