code: def get_config(config_file):
      assert config_file.startswith(
          "configs/"
      ), "config file setting must start with configs/"
      temp_config_name = osp.basename(config_file)
      temp_module_name = osp.splitext(temp_config_name)[0]
      # print('A:', config_file, temp_config_name, temp_module_name)
      config1 = importlib.import_module("configs.base")
      importlib.reload(config1)
      cfg = config1.config
      # print('B1:', cfg)
      config2 = importlib.import_module("configs.%s" % temp_module_name)
      importlib.reload(config2)
      # reload(config2)
      job_cfg = config2.config
      # print('B2:', job_cfg)
      cfg.update(job_cfg)
      cfg.job_name = temp_module_name
      # print('B:', cfg)
      if cfg.output is None:
          cfg.output = osp.join("work_dirs", temp_module_name)
      # print('C:', cfg.output)
      cfg.flipindex = np.load(cfg.flipindex_file)
      return cfg
  
imports: import importlib
  import os
  import os.path
  import numpy
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: get_config(config_file) and returns: cfg