refactor: change config to be optional and create default state

src/cmd/cmd_test.go

@@ -34,25 +34,11 @@ const author_data = `
     }
 }`
 
-const config_data = `[settings]
-author_file = "author_file_test"
-starting_scope = "git"
-editor = "built-in"
-`
-
 var envVar = utils.Find_authorfile()
 
 func setup() {
-	// setup config file
-	err := os.WriteFile("config.toml", []byte(config_data), 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	os.Setenv("COCOMMIT_CONFIG", "config.toml")
-	utils.Find_authorfile()
-
 	// setup test data
-	err = os.WriteFile("author_file_test", []byte(author_data), 0644)
+	err := os.WriteFile("author_file_test", []byte(author_data), 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}

src/cmd/tui/tui_test.go

@@ -38,28 +38,11 @@ const author_data = `
     }
 }`
 
-const config_data = `[settings]
-author_file = "author_file_test"
-starting_scope = "git"
-editor = "built-in"
-`
-
 var envVar string
-var configVar string
 
 func setup() {
-	err := os.WriteFile("test_config.toml", []byte(config_data), 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	os.Setenv("COCOMMIT_CONFIG", "test_config.toml")
-	configVar = os.Getenv("COCOMMIT_CONFIG")
-	utils.Find_authorfile()
-
-
 	// setup test data
-	err = os.WriteFile("author_file_test", []byte(author_data), 0644)
+	err := os.WriteFile("author_file_test", []byte(author_data), 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -73,7 +56,6 @@ func teardown() {
 	// remove test data
 	os.Remove("author_file_test")
 	os.Setenv("author_file", envVar)
-	os.Remove("test_config.toml")
 }
 
 func keyPress(tm *teatest.TestModel, key string) {

src/cmd/utils/author_file_utils.go

@@ -13,15 +13,45 @@ import (
 // that contains the names and emails of the users that are allowed to commit
 // An example of the author file can be found in the examples folder of the repo
 func Find_authorfile() string {
+	var file string
+
 	if os.Getenv("author_file") == "" {
 		if ConfigVar == nil {
 			cfg, _ := LoadConfig()
+			if cfg == nil {
+				// mimic the default config structure
+				cfg = &Config{
+					Settings: struct {
+						AuthorFile    string `mapstructure:"author_file"`
+						StartingScope string `mapstructure:"starting_scope"`
+						Editor        string `mapstructure:"editor"`
+					}{
+						AuthorFile:    "",
+						StartingScope: "git",
+						Editor:        "built-in",
+					},
+				}
 				cfg.SetGlobalConfig()
 			}
-		if ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile == "" {
-			panic("No author file found, please set the author_file in the config file or set the environment variable 'author_file'")
 		}
-		return ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile
+
+		if ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile != "" {
+			file = ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile
+		} else if os.Getenv("author_file") != "" {
+			file = os.Getenv("author_file")
+		} else {
+			userconf, err :=os.UserConfigDir()
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting user config dir: %v", err))
+			}
+			
+			if _, err := os.Stat(userconf+"/cocommit/authors.json"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("No author file set, please set the author_file environment variable or create a config file using the command: cocommit config -c"))
+			} else {
+				file = userconf + "/cocommit/authors.json"
+			}
+		} 
+		return file
 	} else {
 		return os.Getenv("author_file")
 	}

src/cmd/utils/config.go

@@ -62,12 +62,15 @@ func LoadConfig() (*Config, error) {
 	// Try to read config
 	if err := v.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
 		if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); ok {
-			if err := handleMissingConfig(v); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		} else {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("config error: %w", err)
 		}
+		// if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); ok {
+		// 	if err := handleMissingConfig(v); err != nil {
+		// 		return nil, err
+		// 	}
+		// } else {
+		// 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("config error: %w", err)
+		// }
 	}
 
 	var cfg Config

src/cmd/utils/util_test.go

@@ -48,15 +48,17 @@ editor = "built-in"
 var envVar = os.Getenv("author_file")
 
 func setup() {
+	os.Setenv("author_file", "")
+
 	// setup test data
-	err := os.WriteFile("test_config.toml", []byte(config_data), 0644)
+	err := os.WriteFile("config.toml", []byte(config_data), 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	os.Setenv("COCOMMIT_CONFIG", "test_config.toml")
+	os.Setenv("COCOMMIT_CONFIG", "config.toml")
+	
 
-	utils.Find_authorfile()
 	os.WriteFile("author_file_test", []byte(author_data), 0644)
 	os.Setenv("author_file", "author_file_test")
 }
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ func teardown() {
 	// remove test data
 	os.Remove("author_file_test")
 	os.Setenv("author_file", envVar)
-	os.Remove("test_config.toml")
+	os.Remove("config.toml")
 }
 
 // Author tests BEGIN
@@ -140,16 +142,16 @@ func Test_CreateAuthor(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_FindAuthorFilePanic(t *testing.T) {
+	setup()
+	defer teardown()
 	// Save original environment variables
 	originalAuthorFile := os.Getenv("author_file")
 	originalHome := os.Getenv("HOME")
 	orignalXDG := os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
-	originalAuthorFile_Config := utils.ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile
 
 	// Test Find_authorfile panic
 	defer func() {
 		// Reset environment variables
-		utils.ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile = originalAuthorFile_Config
 		os.Setenv("author_file", originalAuthorFile)
 		os.Setenv("HOME", originalHome)
 		os.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", orignalXDG)
@@ -161,7 +163,6 @@ func Test_FindAuthorFilePanic(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Set environment variables to empty strings
 	// to trigger the panic
-	utils.ConfigVar.Settings.AuthorFile = ""
 	os.Setenv("author_file", "")
 	os.Setenv("HOME", "")
 	os.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "")