From 5546fe57ebe723e2f2cbee5af3a6a31282994447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reini Urban <reini.urban@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:23:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add ~/checkmake.ini as global fallback config

---
 cmd/checkmake/main.go   |  6 ++++++
 man/man1/checkmake.1.md | 14 ++++++++------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/checkmake/main.go b/cmd/checkmake/main.go
index 3256adf..04de632 100644
--- a/cmd/checkmake/main.go
+++ b/cmd/checkmake/main.go
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ func parseArgsAndGetFormatter(args map[string]interface{}) (formatters.Formatter
 
 	if args["--config"] != nil {
 		configPath = args["--config"].(string)
+	} else {
+		_, err := os.Stat(configPath);
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			home := os.Getenv("HOME")
+			configPath = home + "/checkmake.ini"
+		}
 	}
 
 	cfg, cfgError := config.NewConfigFromFile(configPath)
diff --git a/man/man1/checkmake.1.md b/man/man1/checkmake.1.md
index 9e3c24e..ee90197 100644
--- a/man/man1/checkmake.1.md
+++ b/man/man1/checkmake.1.md
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ configurable rules being run against a Makefile or a set of `\*.mk` files.
 :    List registered rules
 
 # CONFIGURATION
-By default checkmake looks for a `checkmake.ini` file in the same folder it's
-executed in. This can be overridden by passing the `--config=` argument
-pointing it to a different configuration file. With the configuration file
-the `[default]` section is for checkmake itself while sections named after the
-rule names are passed to the rules as their configuration. All keys/values are
-hereby treated as strings and passed to the rule in a string/string map.
+By default checkmake looks for a `checkmake.ini` file in the same
+folder it's executed in, and then as fallback in `~/checkmake.ini`.
+This can be overridden by passing the `--config=` argument pointing it
+to a different configuration file. With the configuration file the
+`[default]` section is for checkmake itself while sections named after
+the rule names are passed to the rules as their configuration. All
+keys/values are hereby treated as strings and passed to the rule in a
+string/string map.
 
 The following configuration options for checkmake itself are supported within
 the `default` section: