From 5232c981fac642671870ca3508834918f3f72f38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bradley Jones <bradley.jones@anchore.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:18:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: improve error message if config file not present

Signed-off-by: Bradley Jones <bradley.jones@anchore.com>
---
 cmd/cmd.go                | 15 +++++++++++++--
 internal/config/config.go |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 5cc261c..0fb2b48 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
@@ -42,10 +43,20 @@ func Execute() {
 
 func InitAppConfig() {
 	cfg, err := config.LoadConfigFromFile(viper.GetViper(), &cliOnlyOpts)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("failed to load application config: \n\t%+v\n", err)
+	if errors.Is(err, config.ErrConfigNotFound) {
+		fmt.Println(
+			"Please ensure that a config file is specified with the --config flag or " +
+				"is present at one of the following locations:\n" +
+				"\t- ./anchore-ecs-inventory.yaml\n" +
+				"\t- ./.anchore-ecs-inventory/config.yaml\n" +
+				"\t- $HOME/anchore-ecs-inventory.yaml\n" +
+				"\t- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/anchore-ecs-inventory/config.yaml")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	} else if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Failed to load application config: \n\t%+v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+
 	appConfig = cfg
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 63101ae..7ec9614 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ var DefaultConfigValues = AppConfig{
 	PollingIntervalSeconds: 300,
 }
 
+var ErrConfigNotFound = fmt.Errorf("application config not found")
+
 func setDefaultValues(v *viper.Viper) {
 	v.SetDefault("log.level", DefaultConfigValues.Log.Level)
 	v.SetDefault("log.file", DefaultConfigValues.Log.FileLocation)
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ func readConfig(v *viper.Viper, configPath, applicationName string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Errorf("application config not found")
+	return ErrConfigNotFound
 }
 
 func (cfg AppConfig) String() string {