Abort startup on a config file pixa cannot read (closes #176)
check / check (push) Failing after 4s

Of the places pixa looks for its config file on its own, it passed over
any place where os.Stat failed, so a file in a directory pixa may not
enter was skipped without a word and pixa started on a later file or on
the environment and defaults. Now only a path that does not exist, or
that runs through a file (such as under a HOME of /dev/null), is passed
over; any other error aborts startup naming the file, as a file that
does not parse already did. README.md says so where it gives the search
order. A config.yml that links to itself tests this as root too.

Model: opus-5-5
This commit was merged in pull request #181.
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2026-10-04 18:24:43 +02:00
parent f8c437b83f
commit 48f21d4ecf
4 changed files with 140 additions and 15 deletions
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package config
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"io/fs"
"log/slog"
"math"
"net/netip"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import (
"sort"
"strconv"
"strings"
"syscall"
"time"
"git.eeqj.de/sneak/smartconfig"
@@ -778,19 +780,27 @@ func loadConfigFile(log *slog.Logger, appName string) (*smartconfig.Config, erro
for _, path := range configPaths {
cleanPath := filepath.Clean(path)
// Only a config file that does not exist is skipped, including
// one whose path runs through a file, such as under a HOME of
// /dev/null. One that cannot be read or does not parse is a
// fatal startup error.
_, statErr := os.Stat(cleanPath)
if statErr == nil {
// A config file that exists but does not parse is a fatal
// startup error, never something to skip over.
sc, err := smartconfig.NewFromConfigPath(path)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse config file %s: %w", path, err)
}
log.Info("loaded config file", "path", path)
return sc, nil
if errors.Is(statErr, fs.ErrNotExist) || errors.Is(statErr, syscall.ENOTDIR) {
continue
}
if statErr != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file %s: %w", path, statErr)
}
sc, err := smartconfig.NewFromConfigPath(path)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse config file %s: %w", path, err)
}
log.Info("loaded config file", "path", path)
return sc, nil
}
return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil // nil config is valid (use defaults)