lazygit fails to open on first launch due to the assumption that config.yml exists

[DrymarchonShaun]

Currently, the lazygit module assumes config.yml exists in its default location when it sets $LG_CONFIG_FILE, but that file doesn't get created until first launch, and if the aforementioned variable contains a file that doesn't exist, it fails to launch.

$ lazygit             
2025/01/10 20:31:53 stat /home/shaun/.config/lazygit/config.yml: no such file or directory

[DrymarchonShaun]

I would have just submitted a PR, but I'm not entirely sure how to mitigate the issue.

EDIT - I suppose the ideal way would be to feed it into home-manager's programs.lazygit.settings but that would require parsing YAML to Nix, which doesn't seem to be officially supported yet?

[natecox]

I was about to say that I couldn't replicate this, but then I realized that the config file is always being created for me via home-manager's install before a run can be tried. Out of curiosity, how are you installing lazygit?

[uncenter]

I was about to say that I couldn't replicate this, but then I realized that the config file is always being created for me via home-manager's install before a run can be tried.

I experienced this issue a few months ago (https://discord.com/channels/907385605422448742/1089733914328838294/1318055416684482590) because I deleted my (empty) lazygit config file for some forgotten reason, and home-manager actually wasn't recreating it...

[getchoo]

I suppose the ideal way would be to feed it into home-manager's programs.lazygit.settings but that would require parsing YAML to Nix, which doesn't seem to be officially supported yet?

We support this here via importYAML

It uses IFD which isn't great, but if there are no other alternative to applying the configuration in a mergeable (with other user settings) way, I'd say it's fine

[DrymarchonShaun]

I was about to say that I couldn't replicate this, but then I realized that the config file is always being created for me via home-manager's install before a run can be tried. Out of curiosity, how are you installing lazygit?

Like this. programs.lazygit.settings doesn't contain anything, so home-manager isn't creating the file, it seems.

[DrymarchonShaun]

It uses IFD which isn't great, but if there are no other alternative to applying the configuration in a mergeable (with other user settings) way, I'd say it's fine

Actually, looking at the commit history, it looks like this is how it was being done prior to #304.