refactor: update check author file function and create new flag to enter author list tui mode

src_code/go_src/author.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Syntax: name_short|Name|Username|email (opt: |ex) (opt: ;;group1|group2|group3...)     !!Remember to set the env var authors_file!!
+Syntax: name_short|Name|Username|email (opt: |ex) (opt: ;;group1|group2|group3...)

src_code/go_src/cmd/root.go

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ var rootCmD = &cobra.Command{
 		// check if the print flag is set
 		pflag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("print")
 		tflag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("test_print")
+		aflag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("authors")
+
+		if aflag {
+			tui.Entry()
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
 		// run execute commands again as root run will not call this part
 		// redundant check for now but will be useful later when we add tui
 	wrap_around:
@@ -96,4 +102,5 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmD.Flags().BoolP("print", "p", false, "Prints the commit message to the console")
 	rootCmD.Flags().BoolP("test_print", "t", false, "Prints the commit message to the console without running the git commit command")
 	rootCmD.Flags().BoolP("message", "m", false, "Does nothing but allows for -m to be used in the command")
+	rootCmD.Flags().BoolP("authors", "a", false, "Runs the author list TUI")
 }

src_code/go_src/cmd/tui/tui_author.go

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ package tui
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/Slug-Boi/cocommit/src_code/go_src/cmd/utils"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/Slug-Boi/cocommit/src_code/go_src/cmd/utils"
+
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textinput"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"

src_code/go_src/cmd/utils/author_file_utils.go

@@ -36,8 +36,31 @@ func CheckAuthorFile() string {
 			println("Error reading response")
 		}
 		if response == "y" {
-			//TODO: Tui response to create author file
+			if authorfile == "" {
-			//createAuthorFile(authorfile)
+				fmt.Println("author_file environment variable not set using default location:")
+				config, err := os.UserConfigDir()
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println("Error getting user config directory")
+					os.Exit(1)
+				}
+				authorfile = config + "/cocommit/authors"
+				fmt.Println(authorfile)
+			}
+
+			// create the author file
+			file, err := os.Create(authorfile)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Error creating file: ", err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+
+			defer file.Close()
+
+			// write the header to the file
+			file.WriteString("Syntax: name_short|Name|Username|email (opt: |ex) (opt: ;;group1|group2|group3...)\n")
+
+			fmt.Println("Author file created. To add authors please launch the TUI with -a  and press 'C'")
+
 		} else {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
@@ -59,14 +82,14 @@ func DeleteOneAuthor(author string) {
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	// create regex to capture author line
-	regexp, err := regexp.Compile(fmt.Sprintf("^(.+\\|%s\\|.+|%s\\|.+\\|.+)$",author,author))
+	regexp, err := regexp.Compile(fmt.Sprintf("^(.+\\|%s\\|.+|%s\\|.+\\|.+)$", author, author))
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error compiling regex: ", err)
 		return
 	}
-	
+
 	var b []byte
-    buf := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
 
 	// create a scanner for the file
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
@@ -85,10 +108,10 @@ func DeleteOneAuthor(author string) {
 
 	}
 	// remove the last newline character
-	buf.Truncate(buf.Len()-1)
+	buf.Truncate(buf.Len() - 1)
 
 	file.Truncate(0)
-	file.Seek(0,0)
+	file.Seek(0, 0)
 	buf.WriteTo(file)
 
 	RemoveUser(author)