title: Python and YAML- GAE app settings file
body: <p>I was reading about using YAML to store settings in a GAE application and I think I want to go this way. I'm talking about my own constants like API keys and temp variables, NOT about standard GAE config files like app.yaml.</p>
  
  <p>So far I used a simple settings.py file for it (which included separate configs for production/testing/etc environment), but it doesn't seem to do the job well enough.</p>
  
  <p>I even had some serious problems when a git merge overwrote some settings (hard to control it).</p>
  
  <p>Eventually I want to store as much data as I can in the data store but as for now I'm looking for ideas.</p>
  
  <p>So does anybody have any ideas or examples for simple storing and access of, sometimes protected, config data?</p>