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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/configifier.cabal b/configifier.cabal
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/configifier.cabal
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+name:                configifier
+version:             0.0.2
+synopsis:
+    parser for config files, shell variables, command line args.
+description:
+
+    WARNING NOT READY FOR USE YET.  JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
+    .
+    Read runtime configuration from files, command line, and shell
+    environment in a uniform, canonical, and flexible way.  Inspired
+    by, among others, Configurator, cmdargs, optparse-applicative.
+
+license:             AGPL-3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Matthias Fischmann <mf@zerobuzz.net>, Andres Löh <andres@well-typed.com>
+maintainer:          Matthias Fischmann <mf@zerobuzz.net>
+copyright:           zerobuzz.net
+category:            Configuration, Data
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+Source-Repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/zerobuzz/configifier
+
+flag profiling
+  default: False
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  default-language:
+      Haskell2010
+  exposed-modules:
+      Data.Configifier
+  build-depends:
+      base >=4.7 && <4.8
+
+    , aeson >=0.8 && <0.9
+    , case-insensitive >=1.2 && <1.3
+    , containers >=0.5 && <0.6
+    , mtl >=2.2.1 && <2.3
+    , regex-easy >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2
+    , safe >=0.3 && <0.4
+    , string-conversions >=0.3 && <0.4
+    , unordered-containers >=0.2 && <0.3
+    , vector >=0.10 && <0.11
+    , yaml >=0.8 && <0.9
+
+executable configifier-example
+  default-language:
+      Haskell2010
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      examples
+  main-is:
+      Main.hs
+  other-modules:
+  ghc-options:
+      -Wall -threaded -rtsopts
+  if flag(profiling)
+      ghc-options:
+          -auto-all -caf-all -fforce-recomp
+  build-depends:
+      base
+    , configifier
+
+    , bytestring >=0.10 && <0.11
+    , pretty-show >=1.6.8 && <1.7
+    , string-conversions >=0.3.0.3 && <0.4
+    , text >=1.2 && <1.3
+    , yaml >=0.8 && <0.9
+
+test-suite tests
+  default-language:
+      Haskell2010
+  type:
+      exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      tests
+  main-is:
+      Spec.hs
+  other-modules:
+      Data.ConfigifierSpec
+    , Spec
+    , Test.Arbitrary
+  ghc-options:
+      -Wall -threaded -rtsopts
+  cpp-options:
+      -DGHC_GENERICS
+  build-depends:
+      base
+    , configifier
+
+    , aeson >= 0.8.0.2 && < 0.9
+    , aeson-pretty >= 0.7.2 && < 0.8
+    , case-insensitive >= 1.2.0.3 && < 1.3
+    , hspec >= 2.1.3 && < 2.2
+    , hspec-discover >= 2.1.3 && < 2.2
+    , pretty-show >= 1.6.8 && < 1.7
+    , QuickCheck >= 2.7.6 && < 2.8
+    , scientific >= 0.3.3.5 && < 0.4
+    , string-conversions >= 0.3.0.3 && < 0.4
+    , unordered-containers >= 0.2.5.1 && < 0.3
+    , vector >= 0.10.12.2 && < 0.11
diff --git a/examples/Main.hs b/examples/Main.hs
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+++ b/examples/Main.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds                                #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances                        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                                    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses                    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverlappingInstances                     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings                        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds                                #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables                      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving                       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies                             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators                            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances                     #-}
+
+{-# OPTIONS  #-}
+
+module Main
+where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Data.String.Conversions
+import Data.Typeable
+import Prelude
+import Text.Show.Pretty (ppShow)
+import System.Environment
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as SBS
+import qualified Data.Text.IO as ST
+import qualified Data.Yaml as Yaml
+
+import Data.Configifier
+
+
+-- * the config types
+
+type Cfg =
+     "bla" :> Int
+  :| "blu" :> SubCfg :>: "description of blu"
+  :| "uGH" :> [Cfg'] :>: "...  and something about uGH"
+
+type Cfg' =
+     "go"  :> ST
+  :| "blu" :> SubCfg
+
+type SubCfg =
+     "lii" :> Bool :>: "lii-desc"
+
+
+-- | you can write sample configs in haskell syntax.  (it's not very
+-- convenient, so luckily it's not usually required either.  see test
+-- suite on how to access fields in cfg from here on.)
+defaultCfg :: Cfg
+defaultCfg =
+     entry 3
+  :| entry False
+  :| entry [ entry "drei" :| entry True
+           , entry "vier" :| entry False
+           ]
+
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    sources <- sequence
+        [ ConfigFileYaml <$> SBS.readFile "examples/config.yaml"
+        , ShellEnv       <$> getEnvironment
+        , CommandLine    <$> getArgs
+        ]
+
+    -- putStrLn $ ppShow sources
+
+    ST.putStrLn $ docs (Proxy :: Proxy Cfg)
+
+    case configify sources of
+        Left e -> print e
+        Right (cfg :: Cfg) -> do
+            putStrLn $ ppShow cfg
+            putStrLn . cs . Yaml.encode $ cfg
+
+            putStrLn "accessing config values:"
+            print $ (cfg >. (Proxy :: Proxy '["bla"]))
+            print $ (cfg >. (Proxy :: Proxy '["blu", "lii"]))
+            print $ (>. (Proxy :: Proxy '["go"])) <$> (cfg >. (Proxy :: Proxy '["uGH"]))
diff --git a/src/Data/Configifier.hs b/src/Data/Configifier.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/Configifier.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE EmptyDataDecls        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                 #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverlappingInstances  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators         #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns          #-}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances  #-}  -- should only be required to run 'HasParseCommandLine'; remove later!
+
+{-# OPTIONS  #-}
+
+module Data.Configifier
+where
+
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>), (<*>), (<|>))
+import Control.Exception (assert)
+import Control.Monad.Error.Class (catchError)
+import Data.Aeson (ToJSON, FromJSON, Value(Object, Null), object, toJSON)
+import Data.CaseInsensitive (mk)
+import Data.Char (toUpper)
+import Data.Function (on)
+import Data.List (nubBy, intercalate, sort)
+import Data.Maybe (catMaybes)
+import Data.String.Conversions (ST, SBS, cs, (<>))
+import Data.Typeable (Typeable, Proxy(Proxy))
+import GHC.TypeLits (Symbol, KnownSymbol, symbolVal)
+import Safe (readMay)
+
+-- (FIXME: can i replace aeson entirely with yaml?  right now, the mix
+-- of use of both is rather chaotic.)
+
+import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
+import qualified Data.Aeson.Types as Aeson
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HashMap
+import qualified Data.Set as Set
+import qualified Data.Vector as Vector
+import qualified Data.Yaml as Yaml
+import qualified Text.Regex.Easy as Regex
+
+
+-- * type combinators
+
+-- | the equivalent of record field selectors.
+data (s :: Symbol) :> (t :: *) = L t
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Typeable)
+infixr 9 :>
+
+-- | descriptive strings for documentation.  (the way we use this is
+-- still a little awkward.  use tuple of name string and descr string?
+-- or a type class "path" with a type family that translates both @""
+-- :>: ""@ and @""@ to @""@?)
+data a :>: (s :: Symbol) = D a
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Typeable)
+infixr 8 :>:
+
+-- | @cons@ for record fields.
+data a :| b = a :| b
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Typeable)
+infixr 6 :|
+
+
+-- * constructing config values
+
+class Entry a b where
+  entry :: a -> b
+
+instance (a ~ b) => Entry a b where
+  entry = id
+
+instance Entry a b => Entry a (s :> b) where
+  entry = L . entry
+
+instance Entry a b => Entry a (b :>: s) where
+  entry = D . entry
+
+
+-- * sources
+
+data Source =
+      ConfigFileYaml SBS
+    | ShellEnv [(String, String)]
+    | CommandLine [String]
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Typeable)
+
+data ConfigFile
+data ShellEnv
+data CommandLine
+
+data Error =
+      InvalidJSON String
+    | ShellEnvNoParse (String, String)
+    | ShellEnvSegmentNotFound String
+    | CommandLinePrimitiveParseError String
+    | CommandLinePrimitiveOther Error
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Typeable)
+
+configify :: forall cfg .
+      ( FromJSON cfg
+      , HasParseConfigFile cfg
+      , HasParseShellEnv cfg
+      , HasParseCommandLine cfg
+      ) => [Source] -> Either Error cfg
+configify sources = sequence (_get <$> sources) >>= _parse . merge
+  where
+    proxy = Proxy :: Proxy cfg
+
+    _get :: Source -> Either Error Aeson.Value
+    _get (ConfigFileYaml sbs) = parseConfigFile proxy sbs
+    _get (ShellEnv env)       = parseShellEnv proxy env
+    _get (CommandLine args)   = parseCommandLine proxy args
+
+    _parse :: Aeson.Value -> Either Error cfg
+    _parse = either (Left . InvalidJSON) (Right) . Aeson.parseEither Aeson.parseJSON
+
+
+-- * json / yaml
+
+class HasParseConfigFile cfg where
+    parseConfigFile :: Proxy cfg -> SBS -> Either Error Aeson.Value
+
+instance HasParseConfigFile cfg where
+    parseConfigFile Proxy sbs = either (Left . InvalidJSON) (Right) (Yaml.decodeEither sbs)
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, FromJSON v) => FromJSON (path :> v) where
+    parseJSON = Aeson.withObject "config object" $ \ m ->
+        let proxy = Proxy :: Proxy path
+            key = cs $ symbolVal proxy
+        in L <$> m Aeson..: key
+
+instance (FromJSON o1, FromJSON o2)
+        => FromJSON (o1 :| o2) where
+    parseJSON value = (:|) <$> (Aeson.parseJSON value :: Aeson.Parser o1)
+                           <*> (Aeson.parseJSON value :: Aeson.Parser o2)
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, KnownSymbol descr, FromJSON v) => FromJSON (path :> v :>: descr) where
+    parseJSON = Aeson.withObject "config object" $ \ m ->
+        let key = cs $ symbolVal (Proxy :: Proxy path)
+        in D . L <$> m Aeson..: key
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, ToJSON v) => ToJSON (path :> v) where
+    toJSON (L v) = object [cs (symbolVal (Proxy :: Proxy path)) Aeson..= toJSON v]
+
+instance (ToJSON o1, ToJSON o2) => ToJSON (o1 :| o2) where
+    toJSON (o1 :| o2) = toJSON o1 <<>> toJSON o2
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, KnownSymbol descr, ToJSON v) => ToJSON (path :> v :>: descr) where
+    toJSON (D l) = toJSON l
+
+
+-- * shell env.
+
+type Env = [(String, String)]
+
+class HasParseShellEnv a where
+    parseShellEnv :: Proxy a -> Env -> Either Error Aeson.Value
+
+class HasParseShellEnv' a where
+    parseShellEnv' :: Proxy a -> Env -> Either Error Aeson.Pair
+
+instance HasParseShellEnv Int where
+    parseShellEnv Proxy [("", s)] = Aeson.Number <$> _catch (readMay s)
+      where
+        _catch = maybe (Left $ ShellEnvNoParse ("Int", s)) Right
+
+instance HasParseShellEnv Bool where
+    parseShellEnv Proxy [("", s)] = Aeson.Bool <$> _catch (readMay s)
+      where
+        _catch = maybe (Left $ ShellEnvNoParse ("Bool", s)) Right
+
+instance HasParseShellEnv ST where
+    parseShellEnv Proxy [("", s)] = Right . Aeson.String $ cs s
+
+-- | since shell env is not ideally suitable for providing
+-- arbitrary-length lists of sub-configs, we cheat: if a value is fed
+-- into a place where a list of values is expected, a singleton list
+-- is constructed implicitly.
+instance HasParseShellEnv a => HasParseShellEnv [a] where
+    parseShellEnv Proxy = fmap (Aeson.Array . Vector.fromList . (:[])) . parseShellEnv (Proxy :: Proxy a)
+
+-- | the sub-object structure of the config file is represented by '_'
+-- in the shell variable names.  (i think it's still ok to have '_' in
+-- your config variable names instead of caml case; this parser first
+-- chops off matching names, then worries about trailing '_'.)
+instance (KnownSymbol path, HasParseShellEnv v) => HasParseShellEnv (path :> v) where
+    parseShellEnv Proxy env = do
+        let key = symbolVal (Proxy :: Proxy path)
+            env' = catMaybes $ _crop <$> env
+
+            _crop :: (String, String) -> Maybe (String, String)
+            _crop (k, v) = case splitAt (length key) k of
+                (key', s@"")        | mk key == mk key' -> Just (s, v)
+                (key', '_':s@(_:_)) | mk key == mk key' -> Just (s, v)
+                _                                       -> Nothing
+
+        if null env'
+            then Left $ ShellEnvSegmentNotFound key
+            else do
+                val :: Aeson.Value <- parseShellEnv (Proxy :: Proxy v) env'
+                return $ object [cs key Aeson..= val]
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, HasParseShellEnv v, HasParseShellEnv o) => HasParseShellEnv (path :> v :| o) where
+    parseShellEnv Proxy env = mergeAndCatch
+             [ parseShellEnv (Proxy :: Proxy o)           env
+             , parseShellEnv (Proxy :: Proxy (path :> v)) env
+             ]
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, KnownSymbol descr, HasParseShellEnv v) => HasParseShellEnv (path :> v :>: descr) where
+    parseShellEnv Proxy = parseShellEnv (Proxy :: Proxy (path :> v))
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, KnownSymbol descr, HasParseShellEnv v, HasParseShellEnv o) => HasParseShellEnv (path :> v :>: descr :| o) where
+    parseShellEnv Proxy = parseShellEnv (Proxy :: Proxy (path :> v :| o))
+
+
+-- * cli
+
+type Args = [String]
+
+class HasParseCommandLine cfg where
+    parseCommandLine :: Proxy cfg -> [String] -> Either Error Aeson.Value
+
+instance (HasParseShellEnv cfg) => HasParseCommandLine cfg where
+    parseCommandLine = primitiveParseCommandLine
+
+
+-- | Very basic fist approach: read @/--(key)(=|\s+)(value)/@;
+-- construct shell env from keys and names, and use 'parseShellEnv' on
+-- the command line.  If it doesn't like the syntax used in the
+-- command line, it will crash.  I hope for this to get much fancier
+-- in the future.
+primitiveParseCommandLine :: (HasParseShellEnv cfg) => Proxy cfg -> [String] -> Either Error Aeson.Value
+primitiveParseCommandLine proxy args =
+      convertParseError (lastWins <$> parseArgs args)
+          >>= convertShellEnvError . parseShellEnv proxy
+  where
+    convertParseError    = either (Left . CommandLinePrimitiveParseError) Right
+    convertShellEnvError = either (Left . CommandLinePrimitiveOther) Right
+    lastWins             = reverse . nubBy ((==) `on` fst) . reverse
+
+parseArgs :: Args -> Either String Env
+parseArgs [] = Right []
+parseArgs (h:[]) = parseArgsWithEqSign h
+parseArgs (h:h':t) = ((++) <$> parseArgsWithEqSign h   <*> parseArgs (h':t))
+                 <|> ((++) <$> parseArgsWithSpace h h' <*> parseArgs t)
+
+parseArgsWithEqSign :: String -> Either String Env
+parseArgsWithEqSign s = case cs s Regex.=~- "^--([^=]+)=(.*)$" of
+    [_, k, v] -> Right [(cs k, cs v)]
+    bad -> Left $ "could not parse last arg: " ++ show (s, bad)
+
+parseArgsWithSpace :: String -> String -> Either String Env
+parseArgsWithSpace s v = case cs s Regex.=~- "^--([^=]+)$" of
+    [_, k] -> Right [(cs k, cs v)]
+    bad -> Left $ "could not parse long-arg with value: " ++ show (s, v, bad)
+
+
+-- * accessing config values
+
+-- ** data types
+
+-- | Type-level lookup of a path in a configuration type.
+-- A path is represented as a list of symbols.
+type family Val (a :: *) (p :: [Symbol]) :: Maybe * where
+  Val a         '[]       = Just a
+  Val (a :| b)  (p ': ps) = OrElse (Val a (p ': ps)) (Val b (p ': ps))
+  Val (a :>: s) (p ': ps) = Val a (p ': ps)
+  Val (p :> t)  (p ': ps) = Val t ps
+  Val a         p         = Nothing
+
+-- | This is '<|>' on 'Maybe' lifted to the type level.
+type family OrElse (x :: Maybe k) (y :: Maybe k) :: Maybe k where
+  OrElse (Just x) y = Just x
+  OrElse Nothing  y = y
+
+-- | A 'CMaybe' is a static version of 'Maybe', i.e., we know at
+-- compile time whether we have 'Just' or 'Nothing'.
+data CMaybe (a :: Maybe *) where
+  CNothing :: CMaybe Nothing
+  CJust    :: a -> CMaybe (Just a)
+
+-- | This is a version of '<|>' on 'Maybe' for 'CMaybe'.
+combine :: CMaybe a -> CMaybe b -> CMaybe (OrElse a b)
+combine (CJust x) _ = CJust x
+combine CNothing  y = y
+
+
+-- ** exposed interface
+
+-- | This is a wrapper around 'sel' that hides the interal use of
+-- 'CMaybe'.  As we expect, this version will just cause a type error
+-- if it is applied to an illegal path.
+(>.) :: forall a p r . (Sel a p, ValE a p ~ Done r) => a -> Proxy p -> r
+(>.) cfg p = case sel cfg p of
+  CJust x  -> x
+  _        -> error "inaccessible"
+
+-- | FIXME: is it possible to remove 'CMaybe' from the signature and
+-- return @Val a p@ instead?
+class Sel a p where
+  sel :: a -> Proxy p -> CMaybe (Val a p)
+
+
+-- ** implementation of 'Sel'
+
+instance Sel a '[] where
+  sel x _ = CJust x
+
+instance Sel a (p ': ps) => Sel (a :>: s) (p ': ps) where
+  sel (D x) _ = sel x (Proxy :: Proxy (p ': ps))
+
+instance Sel t ps => Sel (p :> t) (p ': ps) where
+  sel (L x) _ = sel x (Proxy :: Proxy ps)
+
+instance (Sel a (p ': ps), Sel b (p ': ps)) => Sel (a :| b) (p ': ps) where
+  sel (x :| y) _ = combine (sel x (Proxy :: Proxy (p ': ps))) (sel y (Proxy :: Proxy (p ': ps)))
+
+-- | We need the 'Val' constraint here because overlapping instances
+-- and closed type families aren't fully compatible.  GHC won't be
+-- able to recognize that we've already excluded the other cases and
+-- not reduce 'Val' automatically.  But the constraint should always
+-- resolve, unless we've made a mistake, and the worst outcome if we
+-- did are extra type errors, not run-time errors.
+instance (Val a ps ~ Nothing) => Sel a ps where
+  sel _ _ = CNothing
+
+
+-- ** better errors
+
+data Exc a b = Fail a | Done b
+
+data LookupFailed a p
+
+type ValE (a :: *) (p :: [Symbol]) = ToExc (LookupFailed a p) (Val a p)
+
+type family ToExc (a :: k) (x :: Maybe l) :: Exc k l where
+  ToExc a Nothing  = Fail a
+  ToExc a (Just x) = Done x
+
+
+-- * merge configs
+
+-- | Merge two json trees such that the latter overwrites nodes in the
+-- former.  'Null' is considered as non-existing.  Otherwise, right
+-- values overwrite left values.
+(<<>>) :: Aeson.Value -> Aeson.Value -> Aeson.Value
+(<<>>) (Object m) (Object m') = object $ f <$> ks
+  where
+    ks :: [ST]
+    ks = Set.toList . Set.fromList $ HashMap.keys m ++ HashMap.keys m'
+
+    f :: ST -> Aeson.Pair
+    f k = k Aeson..=
+        case (k `HashMap.lookup` m, k `HashMap.lookup` m') of
+            (Just v,  Just v') -> v <<>> v'
+            (Nothing, Just v') -> v'
+            (Just v,  Nothing) -> v
+            (Nothing, Nothing) -> assert False $ error "internal error in (<<>>)"
+
+(<<>>) v Null = v
+(<<>>) _ v'   = v'
+
+merge :: [Aeson.Value] -> Aeson.Value
+merge = foldl (<<>>) Aeson.Null
+
+mergeAndCatch :: [Either Error Aeson.Value] -> Either Error Aeson.Value
+mergeAndCatch = foldl (\ ev ev' -> (<<>>) <$> c'tcha ev <*> c'tcha ev') (Right Null)
+  where
+    -- (this name is a sound from the samurai jack title tune.  it
+    -- has nothing to do with this, but it sounds nice.  go watch
+    -- samurai jack!)
+    c'tcha = (`catchError` \ _ -> return Null)
+
+
+-- * docs.
+
+docs :: ( HasToDoc a
+        , HasRenderDoc ConfigFile
+        , HasRenderDoc ShellEnv
+        , HasRenderDoc CommandLine
+        ) => Proxy a -> ST
+docs proxy = renderDoc (Proxy :: Proxy ConfigFile)  (toDoc proxy)
+          <> renderDoc (Proxy :: Proxy ShellEnv)    (toDoc proxy)
+          <> renderDoc (Proxy :: Proxy CommandLine) (toDoc proxy)
+
+data Doc =
+    DocDict [(String, Maybe String, Doc)]
+  | DocList Doc
+  | DocBase String
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Read, Typeable)
+
+concatDoc :: Doc -> Doc -> Doc
+concatDoc (DocDict xs) (DocDict ys) = DocDict . sort $ xs ++ ys
+concatDoc bad bad' = error $ "concatDoc: " ++ show (bad, bad')
+
+
+class HasToDoc a where
+    toDoc :: Proxy a -> Doc
+
+_makeDocPair :: (KnownSymbol path, KnownSymbol descr, HasToDoc v)
+      => Proxy path -> Maybe (Proxy descr) -> Proxy v -> Doc
+_makeDocPair pathProxy descrProxy vProxy = DocDict [(symbolVal pathProxy, symbolVal <$> descrProxy, toDoc vProxy)]
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, HasToDoc v) => HasToDoc (path :> v) where
+    toDoc Proxy = _makeDocPair (Proxy :: Proxy path) (Nothing :: Maybe (Proxy path)) (Proxy :: Proxy v)
+
+instance (KnownSymbol path, KnownSymbol descr, HasToDoc v) =>  HasToDoc (path :> v :>: descr) where
+    toDoc Proxy = _makeDocPair (Proxy :: Proxy path) (Just (Proxy :: Proxy descr)) (Proxy :: Proxy v)
+
+instance (HasToDoc o1, HasToDoc o2) => HasToDoc (o1 :| o2) where
+    toDoc Proxy = toDoc (Proxy :: Proxy o1) `concatDoc` toDoc (Proxy :: Proxy o2)
+
+instance HasToDoc a => HasToDoc [a] where
+    toDoc Proxy = DocList . toDoc $ (Proxy :: Proxy a)
+
+instance HasToDoc ST where
+    toDoc Proxy = DocBase "string"
+
+instance HasToDoc Int where
+    toDoc Proxy = DocBase "number"
+
+instance HasToDoc Bool where
+    toDoc Proxy = DocBase "boolean"
+
+
+class HasRenderDoc t where
+    renderDoc :: Proxy t -> Doc -> ST
+
+instance HasRenderDoc ConfigFile where
+    renderDoc Proxy doc = cs . unlines $
+        "" :
+        "Config File" :
+        "-----------" :
+        "" :
+        f doc ++
+        "" :
+        []
+      where
+        f :: Doc -> [String]
+        f (DocDict xs)   = concat $ map g xs
+        f (DocList x)    = indent "- " $ f x
+        f (DocBase base) = [base]
+
+        g :: (String, Maybe String, Doc) -> [String]
+        g (key, Just mDescr, subdoc) = ("# " <> mDescr) : (key <> ":") : indent "  " (f subdoc)
+        g (key, Nothing,     subdoc) =                    (key <> ":") : indent "  " (f subdoc)
+
+        indent :: String -> [String] -> [String]
+        indent start = lines . (start <>) . intercalate "\n  "
+
+instance HasRenderDoc ShellEnv where
+    renderDoc Proxy doc = cs . unlines $
+        "" :
+        "Shell Environment Variables" :
+        "---------------------------" :
+        "" :
+        (f [] doc) ++
+        "" :
+        []
+      where
+        f :: [(String, Maybe String)] -> Doc -> [String]
+        f acc (DocDict xs) = concat $ map (g acc) xs
+        f acc (DocList x) = f acc x
+        f (reverse -> acc) (DocBase base) =
+                shellvar :
+                ("    type: " ++ base) :
+                (let xs = catMaybes (mkd <$> acc) in
+                  if null xs then [] else "    documented components:" : xs) ++
+                "" :
+                []
+          where
+            shellvar :: String
+            shellvar = map toUpper . intercalate "_" . map fst $ acc
+
+            mkd :: (String, Maybe String) -> Maybe String
+            mkd (_,   Nothing)    = Nothing
+            mkd (key, Just descr) = Just $ "        " ++ (toUpper <$> key) ++ ": " ++ descr
+
+        g :: [(String, Maybe String )] -> (String, Maybe String, Doc) -> [String]
+        g acc (key, descr, subdoc) = f ((key, descr) : acc) subdoc
+
+instance HasRenderDoc CommandLine where
+    renderDoc Proxy _ = cs . unlines $
+        "" :
+        "Command Line Arguments" :
+        "----------------------" :
+        "" :
+        "See `shell environment`.  (Anything you can set with a shell" :
+        "variable, you can also set with a long arg.)" :
+        "" :
+        []
diff --git a/tests/Data/ConfigifierSpec.hs b/tests/Data/ConfigifierSpec.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Data/ConfigifierSpec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds                                #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE IncoherentInstances                      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverlappingInstances                     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings                        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators                            #-}
+
+{-# OPTIONS  #-}
+
+module Data.ConfigifierSpec
+where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Data.Proxy
+import Data.String.Conversions
+import Debug.Trace
+import Prelude
+import Test.Hspec
+import Test.QuickCheck
+import Text.Show.Pretty
+
+import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
+import qualified Data.Aeson.Encode.Pretty as Aeson
+
+import Data.Configifier
+
+import Test.Arbitrary ()
+
+
+tests :: IO ()
+tests = hspec spec
+
+spec :: Spec
+spec = describe "Configifier" $ do
+    misc
+
+misc :: Spec
+misc = describe "misc" $ do
+    describe "<<>>" $ do
+        it "does not crash" . property $ \ a b -> (length . show $ a <<>> b) > 0
+
+    describe "(>.)" $ do
+        it "works (unit)" $ do
+            (cfg >. (Proxy :: Proxy '["bla"])) `shouldBe` 3
+            (cfg >. (Proxy :: Proxy '["blu", "lii"])) `shouldBe` False
+            (>. (Proxy :: Proxy '["go"])) <$> (cfg >. (Proxy :: Proxy '["uGH"])) `shouldBe` ["drei","vier"]
+
+    describe "FromJSON, ToJSON" $ do
+        it "is mutually inverse" $ do
+            simpleJSONTest False cfg
+            simpleJSONTest False subCfg
+            sequence_ (simpleJSONTest False <$> cfg's)
+
+    describe "parseShellEnv" $ do
+        it "works" $ do
+            parseShellEnv (Proxy :: Proxy ("bla" :> Int)) [("BLA", "3")] `shouldBe`
+                (Right $ Aeson.object ["bla" Aeson..= Aeson.Number 3.0])
+
+simpleJSONTest :: (Eq a, Aeson.FromJSON a, Aeson.ToJSON a, Show a) => Bool -> a -> IO ()
+simpleJSONTest noisy x = _trace $ x' `shouldBe` Aeson.Success x
+  where
+    x' = Aeson.fromJSON $ Aeson.toJSON x
+    _trace = if noisy
+        then trace $ cs (Aeson.encodePretty x) ++ "\n" ++ ppShow (x, x')
+        else id
+
+type Cfg =
+     "bla" :> Int :>: "description of bla"
+  :| "blu" :> SubCfg
+  :| "uGH" :> [Cfg'] :>: "...  and something about uGH"
+
+type Cfg' =
+     "go"  :> ST
+  :| "blu" :> SubCfg
+
+type SubCfg =
+     "lii" :> Bool
+
+cfg :: Cfg
+cfg =
+     entry 3
+  :| entry False  -- Curiously, it's not ok to put 'subCfg' here.
+  :| entry cfg's
+
+cfg's :: [Cfg']
+cfg's =
+    [ entry "drei" :| entry True
+    , entry "vier" :| entry False
+    ]
+
+subCfg :: SubCfg
+subCfg = entry False
diff --git a/tests/Spec.hs b/tests/Spec.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Spec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}
diff --git a/tests/Test/Arbitrary.hs b/tests/Test/Arbitrary.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Test/Arbitrary.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns         #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}
+
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+
+module Test.Arbitrary () where
+
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>), (<*>))
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.CaseInsensitive
+import Data.Scientific
+import Data.String.Conversions
+import Test.QuickCheck
+
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HashMap
+import qualified Data.Vector as Vector
+
+
+-- | 25 most common adjectives according to the Oxford English
+-- Dictionary.
+readableStrings :: [String]
+readableStrings =
+    "good" : "new" : "first" : "last" : "long" : "great" : "little" :
+    "own" : "other" : "old" : "right" : "big" : "high" : "different" :
+    "small" : "large" : "next" : "early" : "young" : "important" :
+    "few" : "public" : "bad" : "same" : "able" :
+    []
+
+instance Arbitrary ST where
+    arbitrary = cs <$> elements readableStrings
+
+instance Arbitrary (CI ST) where
+    arbitrary = mk <$> arbitrary
+
+instance Arbitrary Value where
+    arbitrary = sized $ \ size -> let size' = size `div` 2 in oneof
+        [ return Null
+        , String . cs <$> elements readableStrings
+        , Number <$> (scientific <$> arbitrary <*> oneof [return 0, (`mod` 12) <$> arbitrary])
+        , Bool <$> arbitrary
+        , Array . Vector.fromList <$> resize size' arbitrary
+        , object <$> resize size' arbitrary
+        ]
+
+    shrink (Array v) = Array . Vector.fromList <$> shrink (Vector.toList v)
+    shrink (Object m) = Object . HashMap.fromList <$> shrink (HashMap.toList m)
+    shrink _ = []
