code: def load_configuration_from_file(directory, args):
      
      args = copy.copy(args)
  
      directory_or_file = directory
      if args.config is not None:
          directory_or_file = args.config
  
      options = _get_options(directory_or_file, debug=args.debug)
  
      args.report = options.get('report', args.report)
      threshold_dictionary = docutils.frontend.OptionParser.thresholds
      args.report = int(threshold_dictionary.get(args.report, args.report))
  
      args.ignore_language = get_and_split(
          options, 'ignore_language', args.ignore_language)
  
      args.ignore_messages = options.get(
          'ignore_messages', args.ignore_messages)
  
      args.ignore_directives = get_and_split(
          options, 'ignore_directives', args.ignore_directives)
  
      args.ignore_substitutions = get_and_split(
          options, 'ignore_substitutions', args.ignore_substitutions)
  
      args.ignore_roles = get_and_split(
          options, 'ignore_roles', args.ignore_roles)
  
      return args
docs: Return new ``args`` with configuration loaded from file.