Which file are you talking about? The homeserver.yaml?
Mine only has around 100 lines without comments.
Mine only has around 100 lines without comments.
# cat /etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml|wc -l
1611
# cat /etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml| grep -v '^\s*#\|^$' | wc -l
101
The config file is just well-commented.