From c381947cebe81d092bc13c693afe4ec050eb2968 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tgross03 <tom.gross@udo.edu>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 03:27:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: Wrong types in config set CLI

---
 backpy/cli/config/set_command.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 backpy/core/config/variables.py  |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backpy/cli/config/set_command.py b/backpy/cli/config/set_command.py
index e46ac24..abc4886 100644
--- a/backpy/cli/config/set_command.py
+++ b/backpy/cli/config/set_command.py
@@ -33,6 +33,26 @@ def set_value(key: str, value: str, force: bool, debug: bool) -> None:
     try:
         prev_value = VariableLibrary.get_variable(key=key)
 
+        if isinstance(prev_value, bool):
+            if value.lower() == "true":
+                value = True
+            elif value.lower() == "false":
+                value = False
+            else:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    "The given value has to be boolean type (e.g. 'true' or 'false')!"
+                )
+        elif isinstance(prev_value, int):
+            try:
+                value = int(value)
+            except ValueError:
+                raise TypeError("The given value has to be integer type (e.g. '1').")
+        elif isinstance(prev_value, float):
+            try:
+                value = float(value)
+            except ValueError:
+                raise TypeError("The given value has to be float type (e.g. '1.0').")
+
         if prev_value == value:
             print(
                 f"{palette.red}ERROR: {palette.maroon}The variable is already set "
diff --git a/backpy/core/config/variables.py b/backpy/core/config/variables.py
index 81b3b2a..5dfa87f 100644
--- a/backpy/core/config/variables.py
+++ b/backpy/core/config/variables.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
 
 from mergedeep import merge
 
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@
 
 
 class VariableLibrary:
-
     _instance = None
 
     def __new__(cls):
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ def get_path(cls) -> Path:
         return instance._path
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_variable(cls, key: str):
+    def get_variable(cls, key: str) -> Any:
         instance = cls()
         return instance._config[key]
 
     @classmethod
-    def set_variable(cls, key: str, value: str) -> None:
+    def set_variable(cls, key: str, value: Any) -> None:
         instance = cls()
         instance._config[key] = value
 

From 4dbc01bd54b1ee2f715c4c1bd776fc07376e8733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tgross03 <tom.gross@udo.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:23:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: Add changelog

---
 docs/changes/7.docs.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/changes/7.docs.rst

diff --git a/docs/changes/7.docs.rst b/docs/changes/7.docs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..749effb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/7.docs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prepared docs for usage by newly added modules.