Do not require config file

dominant-strategies · Oct 9, 2024 · 9eb9ccd · 9eb9ccd
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diff --git a/cmd/go-quai/root.go b/cmd/go-quai/root.go
@@ -65,12 +65,16 @@ func rootCmdPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	viper.SetConfigType(constants.CONFIG_FILE_TYPE)
 
 	// Write default config file if it does not exist
-	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		err := utils.WriteDefaultConfigFile(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME, constants.CONFIG_FILE_TYPE)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+	if viper.GetBool(utils.InitConfigFlag.Name) {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			err := utils.WriteDefaultConfigFile(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME, constants.CONFIG_FILE_TYPE)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			log.Global.WithField("path", filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)).Info("Initialized new config file.")
+		} else {
+			log.Global.WithField("path", filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)).Fatal("Cannot init config file. File already exists. Either remove this option to run with the existing config file, or delete the existing config file to re-initialize a new one.")
 		}
-		log.Global.WithField("path", filepath.Join(configDir, constants.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)).Info("Default config file created")
 	}
 
 	// load config from file and environment variables

diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ var Flags = [][]Flag{
 var GlobalFlags = []Flag{
 	ConfigDirFlag,
 	DataDirFlag,
+	InitConfigFlag,
 	AncientDirFlag,
 	LogLevelFlag,
 	LogSizeFlag,
@@ -185,6 +186,12 @@ var (
 		Usage:        "data directory" + generateEnvDoc(c_GlobalFlagPrefix+"data-dir"),
 	}
 
+	InitConfigFlag = Flag{
+		Name:  c_GlobalFlagPrefix + "init-cfg",
+		Value: false,
+		Usage: "initialize a new config file, if one does not already exist",
+	}
+
 	AncientDirFlag = Flag{
 		Name:  c_GlobalFlagPrefix + "datadir-ancient",
 		Value: "",