Support supplying directories of files in the personal/preload directory (#1432)

Author: levinem

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+<!-- markdownlint-disable MD013 MD024 -->
+
 # Change log
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
 ### New features
 
+- [PR 1432](https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/pull/1432): Allow directories of custom Emacs Lisp files in `personal/preload`.
 - Enable `org-habits`.
 - Neatly track `TODO` state changes in a drawer (LOGBOOK), thereby improving readability.
 - Add a module to enable Literate Programming (`prelude-literal-programming.el`).

docs/configuration.md

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+<!-- markdownlint-disable MD013 MD046 -->
+
 # Configuration
 
 ## User Interface
@@ -74,10 +76,10 @@ Finally, if you don't want any theme at all, you can add this to your
 
 ## Personalizing
 
-All files you create under the `personal/` directory are yours for
+All files or directories of files you create under the `personal/` directory are yours for
 personalization.  There is no single special personal config file --
-any files you create in the `personal/` directory will be loaded in
-lexicographical order.  The overall loading precedence is:
+any files or directories of files you create in the `personal/` directory will be loaded in
+lexicographical order (files first and then directories of files).  The overall loading precedence is:
 
 1. `personal/preload/*`
 2. `core/`

init.el

@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ by Prelude.")
 (setq large-file-warning-threshold 100000000)
 
 ;; preload the personal settings from `prelude-personal-preload-dir'
-(when (file-exists-p prelude-personal-preload-dir)
-  (message "[Prelude] Loading personal configuration files in %s..." prelude-personal-preload-dir)
-  (mapc 'load (directory-files prelude-personal-preload-dir 't "^[^#\.].*el$")))
+(when (file-directory-p prelude-personal-preload-dir)
+  (message "[Prelude] Loading personal configuration files from files and directories in %s..." prelude-personal-preload-dir)
+  (mapc 'load (directory-files-recursively prelude-personal-preload-dir "^[^#\.].*el$")))
 
 (message "[Prelude] Loading Prelude's core modules...")