public static LayersConfig getLayersConfig(final File repoRoot) throws IOException {
        final File layersList = new File(repoRoot, LAYERS_CONF);
        if (!layersList.exists()) {
            return new LayersConfig();
        }
        final Properties properties = PatchUtils.loadProperties(layersList);
        return new LayersConfig(properties);
    }
public static LayersConfig getLayersConfig ( final File repoRoot ) throws IOException { final File layersList = new File ( repoRoot , LAYERS_CONF ) ; if ( ! layersList . exists ( ) ) { return new LayersConfig ( ) ; } final Properties properties = PatchUtils . loadProperties ( layersList ) ; return new LayersConfig ( properties ) ; }
Process the layers.conf file.

@param repoRoot the root
@return the layers conf
@throws java.io.IOException