I just found out this file helpers/parameter_generator.py, which states at the beginning:
This script generates LightGBM/src/io/config_auto.cpp file
with list of all parameters, aliases table and other routines
along with parameters description in LightGBM/docs/Parameters.rst file
from the information in LightGBM/include/LightGBM/config.h file.
meaning all the changes in config_auto that are done currently in fairgbm need to be moved out of there to the original LightGBM/include/LightGBM/config.h file.