[pyoutline] Override configuration options with environment variables.

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This adds the ability to override any outline config option with environment variables.

Description:

Override config options with environment variables if present.
Format: OUTLINE_<SECTION>_<OPTION>
Section and option names are converted to uppercase, with non-alphanumeric characters (such as : in section names) replaced with _.

Example :
OUTLINE_OUTLINE_BACKEND=local
will override the backend variable under the [outline] section

LLM usage disclosure

Gemini 3.8 Flash was used for the code changes and tests

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Configuration values can now be overridden using environment variables in the OUTLINE_<SECTION>_<OPTION> format.
  • Section and option names containing non-alphanumeric characters are supported in environment variable names.

• Tests

  • Added coverage confirming environment-based overrides for facility, specification version, and local plugin settings.
  • Verified that environment variables take precedence over values loaded from configuration files.

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Walkthrough

Configuration loading applies matching sanitized OUTLINE_<SECTION>_<OPTION> environment variables over values loaded from disk. Tests verify overrides for facility, spec version, and local plugin enablement.

Changes

Configuration environment overrides

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Environment override loading and validation pyoutline/outline/config.py, pyoutline/tests/test_config.py	read_config_from_disk() documents and applies sanitized OUTLINE_* variables when present. The test verifies overrides for facility, spec version, and local plugin enablement and cleans up the variables.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b3be0

Environment-variable overrides can be silently ignored when the corresponding option is absent from the selected configuration file, so some documented configuration changes may not take effect. This is a bounded correctness risk and is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up.

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Inline comments:
In `@pyoutline/outline/config.py`:
- Line 129: Update the option iteration in the configuration-loading flow around
_config.options(section) to use the complete schema by merging packaged
outline.cfg options before applying environment overrides. Ensure valid omitted
options such as backend in the outline section are recognized, and add a
regression test covering an environment override for an option absent from the
user configuration.

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