text: import sublime
  
  _settings_file = "GitConflictResolver.sublime-settings"
  _subl_settings = {}
  _default_settings = {
      "live_matching": True,
      "matching_scope": 'invalid',
      "fill_conflict_area": False,
      "outline_conflict_area": True,
      "git_path": "git",
      "show_only_filenames": True
  }
  
  
  def load():
      global _subl_settings
  
      _subl_settings = sublime.load_settings(_settings_file)
  
  
  def get(key):
      return _subl_settings.get(key, _default_settings[key])
  