Configuration

beancount2ledger can use a configuration file using YAML syntax.

It will search for a configuration file in the following order:

• The file specified via the --config option
• .beancount2ledger.yaml in the current working directory
• beancount2ledger/config.yaml in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME (that is, usually $HOME/.config/beancount2ledger/config.yaml)

Config options

General

indent

The number of spaces to indent postings (default: 2).

Information from metadata

auxdate

A metadata key that specifies metadata that should become the auxiliary date of a transaction or posting (date2 in hledger).

postdate

A metadata key that specifies metadata that should become the date of a posting (date in hledger).

code

A metadata key that specifies metadata that should become the code of a transaction.

Information to metadata

payee-meta

A metadata key that specifies where to store the payee of a transaction, instead of using the payee | narration syntax (which is the default).

Mappings

account_map

A mapping of beancount account names to ledger account names.

currency_map

A mapping of beancount currency names to ledger currency names.