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Description

When .fga.yaml (or the file given with --config) exists but can't be parsed, for example because it's indented with tabs, initConfig ignored the error from ReadInConfig. The CLI then continued with flags and environment variables only, and gave no hint that the config file was found but not used (#608).

Now a config file that is found but can't be read produces a warning on stderr with its path and the parse error, for example:

Warning: ignoring config file /home/user/.fga.yaml: While parsing config: yaml: line 3: found character that cannot start any token

The CLI still continues, as before, so scripts that pass everything through flags or environment variables keep working. When no config file is found in the search paths, nothing is printed, as before. A file passed explicitly with --config that doesn't exist also gets the warning, since the user asked for that file.

The read-and-report step moved into readConfig(viperInstance, stderr) so it can be tested.

This is similar to #609 by @rhamzeh, which the stale bot closed. That PR printed the details only with --debug. Here the warning always includes the error, since the issue asks for the path and the parse error to be shown. Happy to gate the details behind --debug if you prefer that.

Fixes #608

Testing

New cmd/root_test.go with three cases:

• a valid config file is read and reported as before
• a file indented with a tab produces the warning with its path, and none of its values are used
• a missing file given with --config produces the warning
• no config file in the search paths prints nothing

go test ./cmd/ and go vet ./cmd/ pass.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved command-line feedback when loading configuration files. Successful loads now report the file path, and unreadable or invalid files produce a warning on standard error. Missing optional configuration files remain quiet.

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Walkthrough

Config loading now reports successful reads and warns when an existing config file cannot be read. Missing config files do not produce a warning. Tests cover valid YAML, invalid YAML, and a missing file.

Changes

Config file reporting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Read and report config results cmd/root.go, cmd/root_test.go	initConfig delegates config loading to readConfig. Successful reads report the config path. Missing-file errors are suppressed, and other read errors produce a warning. Tests cover all three outcomes.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: rhamzeh

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 30653

Config parsing failures now produce useful warnings while preserving fallback behavior. A missing explicit --config path also produces a warning despite the stated silent behavior; this is a bounded reporting discrepancy, not a workflow failure.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: warning when an existing configuration file cannot be read.
Linked Issues check		The changes satisfy issue #608. readConfig preserves successful config loading and reports the used path. It keeps missing config files silent. For other ReadInConfig errors, it writes a stderr wa…
Out of Scope Changes check		The pull request changes only config loading behavior in cmd/root.go and adds focused tests in cmd/root_test.go. The helper extraction and injected writer support testing of the linked issue. No u…
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The changes satisfy issue #608. readConfig preserves successful config loading and reports the used path. It keeps missing config files silent. For other ReadInConfig errors, it writes a stderr warning with ConfigFileUsed() and the parse or read error. cmd/root_test.go covers valid, invalid, and missing config files, including that invalid config values are not loaded.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

Nitpick comments: 1

cmd/root_test.go: 1

47-47: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Assert the parse error text in the invalid-config test.

The assertion at cmd/root_test.go:47 matches only the warning prefix and the file path. A warning that omits the parse error still passes this test. The production code includes the error, so this gap leaves the new behavior unguarded against regression. The suggested assertion reads the same file with a fresh Viper instance and checks that the warning contains the exact error text.

🧪 Suggested fix

-		assert.Contains(t, stderr.String(), "Warning: ignoring config file "+configFile+": ")
+		probe := viper.New()
+		probe.SetConfigFile(configFile)
+		parseErr := probe.ReadInConfig()
+		require.Error(t, parseErr)
+		assert.Contains(t, stderr.String(), "Warning: ignoring config file "+configFile+": "+parseErr.Error()+"\n")

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Review comment at @cmd/root_test.go at line 47:
The invalid-config test only checks the warning prefix and file path, so it does
not guard against losing the parse error. Update the assertion in the test
around the stderr warning to obtain the error by reading the same config with a
fresh Viper instance, require that read to fail, and assert the warning includes
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Review comments at @cmd/root.go:
- Around line 145-146: Update the error check in readConfig so missing
configuration files remain silent when Viper returns an operating-system
file-not-found error, while preserving the existing ConfigFileNotFoundError
handling; add the io/fs import needed to recognize fs.ErrNotExist.

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Review comments at @cmd/root_test.go:
- Line 47: The invalid-config test only checks the warning prefix and file path,
so it does not guard against losing the parse error. Update the assertion in the
test around the stderr warning to obtain the error by reading the same config
with a fresh Viper instance, require that read to fail, and assert the warning
includes the exact error text.

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LGTM. Verified locally that the warning goes to stderr once per run, stdout and completion output stay clean, and nothing is printed when no config is found.

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What changed in this PR

This PR addresses #608 by warning when the CLI cannot read a configuration file, while allowing commands to continue using flags and environment variables.

Changes:

• Extracts configuration loading and reporting into a testable readConfig helper.
• Reports failed reads on stderr with the file path and error, while keeping missing auto-discovered configurations silent.
• Adds four tests covering valid, invalid, explicitly missing, and undiscovered configuration files.

File	Description
cmd/​root.go	Adds the configuration-reading helper and warnings while preserving successful-load reporting.
cmd/​root_test.go	Tests configuration loading and stderr output for four scenarios.

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[Siddhant-K-code]

Re-verified on f584c06: the search-path subtest fails without the fix and passes with it.