[yashdotdev13]

Summary

Closes #1431.

Allow the default environment repository to be disabled through configuration when embedding Spring Cloud Config Server in an application.

Previously, when no EnvironmentRepository was explicitly configured, the default Git repository was created and required a Git URI, even when loading external configuration was not desired.

This change introduces the following configuration property:

spring:
  cloud:
    config:
      server:
        default-repository:
          enabled: false

When set to false, the default Git environment repository is not created. The property defaults to true when absent to preserve existing behavior.

Testing

• Added a test verifying that the default Git environment repository can be disabled.
• Verified that EnvironmentRepositoryConfigurationTests passes.

[ryanjbaxter]

Can we add documentation for the property and when it is useful to use? Also the documentation should call out the behavior the user will see when the property is false (I believe they will just get empty responses from the config server)

[yashdotdev13]

Thanks for the review! i have added documentation for the new spring.cloud.config.server.default-repository.enabled property, including its default behavior and its use when embedding Config Server. The documentation distinguishes disabling the default repository from the separate spring.cloud.config.server.accept-empty setting.

[ryanjbaxter]

I think this should go in embedding.adoc

[yashdotdev13]

Thanks for the suggestion! I have moved the documentation to embedding.adoc, since this configuration is primarily intended for embedded Config Server use cases.