From 8b74a98836a39819bcb763ef81787391383aa973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cupcakearmy <hi@nicco.io>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:06:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] better error handling

---
 CHANGELOG.md       |  6 ++++++
 internal/config.go | 17 +++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f72ccb1..c689f60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.5.8] - 2022-03-18
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Better error handling for bad config files.
+
 ## [1.5.7] - 2022-03-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/internal/config.go b/internal/config.go
index 6d45c4d..d290c7f 100644
--- a/internal/config.go
+++ b/internal/config.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-const VERSION = "1.5.7"
+const VERSION = "1.5.8"
 
 type OptionMap map[string][]interface{}
 type Options map[string]OptionMap
@@ -60,11 +60,16 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 					colors.Faint.Println("Using env:\t", envFile)
 				}
 			} else {
-				cfgFileName := ".autorestic"
-				colors.Error.Println(
-					fmt.Sprintf(
-						"cannot find configuration file '%s.yml' or '%s.yaml'.",
-						cfgFileName, cfgFileName))
+				text := err.Error()
+				if strings.Contains(text, "no such file or directory") {
+					cfgFileName := ".autorestic"
+					colors.Error.Println(
+						fmt.Sprintf(
+							"cannot find configuration file '%s.yml' or '%s.yaml'.",
+							cfgFileName, cfgFileName))
+				} else {
+					colors.Error.Println("could not load config file\n" + text)
+				}
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}