better error handling

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

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 {
+				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)
 			}