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timetrace config command #42

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dominikbraun opened this issue May 19, 2021 · 7 comments · May be fixed by #165
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timetrace config command #42

dominikbraun opened this issue May 19, 2021 · 7 comments · May be fixed by #165
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@dominikbraun
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At the moment, to get and set configuration values, users have to create a config.yaml file inside their .timetrace directory and set the values manually.

It would be nice to have a timetrace config command with two sub-commands to do this:

  • timetrace config set <KEY> <VALUE>
  • timetrace config get <KEY>

This way, users wouldn't have to touch their configuration file anymore.
@dominikbraun dominikbraun added documentation Improvements or additions to documentation enhancement New feature or request help wanted Extra attention is needed labels May 19, 2021
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Hi @dominikbraun, I would like to work on this issue.

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@dominikbraun Few questions regarding this issue. Here is my approach of solving this issue. let me know what you think.

  1. Create a userConfig file in config/ dir and upon each timetrace config set <KEY> <VALUE> command upsert the KEY VALUE.
  2. If the userConfig file is available then add some functionality like merge-deep-left to override withuserConfig list.

Question:

  1. Shouldn't we give them the list of possible configurable keys? Something like timetrace config list which will return all the configurable keys and the current value. Let me know what you think. I am confused what are the configurable things currently available.

@dominikbraun
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dominikbraun commented May 22, 2021 •
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@Eddie023 Your approach is fine, but you don't even need to introduce a new userConfig file because there already is support for config.yaml:

timetrace/config/config.go

Lines 16 to 48 in 2ba16af

// FromFile reads a configuration file called config.yml and returns it as a
// Config instance. If no configuration file is found, nil and no error will be
// returned. The configuration must live in one of the following directories:
//
// - /etc/timetrace
// - $HOME/.timetrace
// - .
//
// In case multiple configuration files are found, the one in the most specific
// or "closest" directory will be preferred.
func FromFile() (*Config, error) {
viper.SetConfigName("config")
viper.SetConfigType("yaml")
viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/timetrace/")
viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.timetrace")
viper.AddConfigPath(".")
if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); !ok {
return nil, err
}
}
var config Config
if err := viper.Unmarshal(&config); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
cached = &config
return cached, nil
}

Shouldn't we give them the list of possible configurable keys? Something like timetrace config list which will return all the configurable keys and the current value. Let me know what you think. I am confused what are the configurable things currently available.

Yes. I think that this could even be done using timetrace config get without an argument. You could simply display all fields of config.Config to do so. BTW, you can get the already parsed configuration using the Timetrace.Config() function.

@dominikbraun
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Hi @Eddie023! Any updates on this one? If you don't have the capacities to do this issue at the moment, just let me know.

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Eddie023 commented Jun 9, 2021 •
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@dominikbraun Sorry got caught up with work so working only on the weekends. I will send you draft PR by this weekend and you can decide what to do.

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@dominikbraun Sorry that I wasn't able to do this issue this weekend as well. Had some personal work pulling me. I don't want to extend this issue any longer so I will just unassign myself. Again, sorry for not getting this issue through.

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No problem, thanks for the update! 👍

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