From 11a13f8b39509288cc6957348d0a5879db3aa364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: itaiad200 <itaiad200@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:27:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow lakectl to run without a config file (#1040)

---
 cmd/lakectl/cmd/root.go | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/lakectl/cmd/root.go b/cmd/lakectl/cmd/root.go
index ee2263ca475..9b8f6059d11 100644
--- a/cmd/lakectl/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/lakectl/cmd/root.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -40,8 +41,13 @@ lakectl is a CLI tool allowing exploration and manipulation of a lakeFS environm
 		if cmd == configCmd {
 			return
 		}
-		if _, ok := cfgFileErr.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); ok {
-			// specific message in case the file doesn't not found
+
+		if errors.As(cfgFileErr, &viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError{}) {
+			if cfgFile == "" {
+				// if the config file wasn't provided, try to run using the default values + env vars
+				return
+			}
+			// specific message in case the file isn't found
 			DieFmt("config file not found, please run \"lakectl config\" to create one\n%s\n", cfgFileErr)
 		} else if cfgFileErr != nil {
 			// other errors while reading the config file