Resolve "Overriding options in davinci script depends on order of special flag overwrite_data_options" & bug with bool passed via command line

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cd786561 - fix bug with bool passed by command line

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changed title from Resolve "Overriding options in davinci script depends on order of special flag overwrite_data_options" to Resolve "Overriding options in davinci script depends on order of special flag overwrite_data_options" & bug with bool passed via command line

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I will check this asap. Can you in any case rebase to pick up the tests at !608 (merged) where we should add one with the "wrong order" to ensure the buglet is fixed? Thanks.

Thinking further about this special option - I wonder if it would make more sense to have it a command-line option displayed with davinci run-mc --help as for example --inputfiledb. Indeed it seems more natural as a command option kind of saying "hey, I'm passing in some job options on the command line that are meant to override whatever values the options have in the option files" than as a DaVinci option itself along DataType and alike. Happy to make this a follow-up since this change would involve various changes.