From 28730bd120f3764ae3a6c75c6aa28d7382bd78f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ryaneberly <ryaneberly@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:39:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] #362

---
 src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java b/src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java
index e532a8bde..884676d86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -170,9 +171,42 @@ public void scan(final String folderName) {
         if (showProgress) {
             ScanningProgressMonitorLookAhead.createInstance(this, folderName, progressUsesThread).startPreScan();
         }
-        scan(new File(folderName));
+        final File starterFile = new File(folderName);
+        setupConfigAncestry(starterFile.getParentFile());
+        scan(starterFile);
         fireClose();
     }
+    
+    private void setupConfigAncestry(File folder){
+        Stack<CFLintConfig> configFiles = new Stack<CFLintConfig>();
+        fileLoop:
+        while(folder != null && folder.exists()){
+            for (final File file : folder.listFiles()) {
+                if (file.getName().toLowerCase().startsWith(".cflintrc")) {
+                    if (verbose) {
+                        System.out.println("read config " + file);
+                    }
+                    System.out.println(
+                            "DEPRECATED: The use of \"inheritPlugins\" has been marked as deprecated in CFLint 1.2.x and support for it will be fully removed in CFLint 1.3.0. Please remove the setting from your configuration file(s). Run CFLint in verbose mode for config file location details.");
+                    try {
+                        CFLintConfig newConfig = file.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(".xml")
+                                ? ConfigUtils.unmarshal(new FileInputStream(file), CFLintConfig.class)
+                                : ConfigUtils.unmarshalJson(new FileInputStream(file), CFLintConfig.class);
+                        configFiles.push(newConfig);
+                        if (!newConfig.isInheritParent()) {
+                            break fileLoop;
+                        }
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        System.err.println("Could not read config file " + file);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            folder = folder.getParentFile();
+        }
+        for(CFLintConfig newConfig: configFiles){
+            configuration = new CFLintChainedConfig(newConfig,configuration);
+        }
+    }
 
     public void scan(final File folderOrFile) {
         if (getBugs().getFileFilter() != null && !getBugs().getFileFilter().includeFile(folderOrFile)) {