fix: better cli reporting of missing/invalid config file

packages/schema/src/cli/config.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { GUARD_FIELD_NAME, TRANSACTION_FIELD_NAME } from '@zenstackhq/sdk';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import z from 'zod';
+import z, { ZodError } from 'zod';
 import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
 import { CliError } from './cli-error';
 
@@ -20,21 +20,20 @@ export let config: ConfigType = schema.parse({});
  * @returns
  */
 export function loadConfig(filename: string) {
-    if (!fs.existsSync(filename)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let content: unknown;
     try {
-        content = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf-8'));
-    } catch {
-        throw new CliError(`Config is not a valid JSON file: ${filename}`);
+        const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filename, `utf-8`);
+        const content = JSON.parse(fileData);
+        config = schema.parse(content);
+    } catch (err: any) {
+        if (err?.code === `ENOENT`) {
+            throw new CliError(`Config file could not be found: ${filename}`);
+        }
+        if (err instanceof SyntaxError) {
+            throw new CliError(`Config is not a valid JSON file: ${filename}`);
+        }
+        if (err instanceof ZodError) {
+            throw new CliError(`Config file ${filename} is not valid: ${fromZodError(err)}`);
+        }
+        throw new CliError(`Error loading config: ${filename}`);
     }
-
-    const parsed = schema.safeParse(content);
-    if (!parsed.success) {
-        throw new CliError(`Config file ${filename} is not valid: ${fromZodError(parsed.error)}`);
-    }
-
-    config = parsed.data;
 }

packages/schema/src/cli/index.ts

@@ -139,16 +139,13 @@ export function createProgram() {
     // make sure config is loaded before actions run
     program.hook('preAction', async (_, actionCommand) => {
         let configFile: string | undefined = actionCommand.opts().config;
+
         if (!configFile && fs.existsSync(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE)) {
             configFile = DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE;
         }
 
         if (configFile) {
-            if (fs.existsSync(configFile)) {
-                loadConfig(configFile);
-            } else {
-                throw new CliError(`Config file ${configFile} not found`);
-            }
+            loadConfig(configFile);
         }
     });
 

packages/schema/tests/cli/config.test.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ describe('CLI Config Tests', () => {
         projDir = r.name;
         console.log(`Project dir: ${projDir}`);
         process.chdir(projDir);
+
+        fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify({ name: 'my app', version: '1.0.0' }));
     });
 
     afterEach(() => {
@@ -26,7 +28,6 @@ describe('CLI Config Tests', () => {
     });
 
     it('invalid default config', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify({ name: 'my app', version: '1.0.0' }));
         fs.writeFileSync('zenstack.config.json', JSON.stringify({ abc: 'def' }));
 
         const program = createProgram();
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ describe('CLI Config Tests', () => {
     });
 
     it('valid default config empty', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify({ name: 'my app', version: '1.0.0' }));
         fs.writeFileSync('zenstack.config.json', JSON.stringify({}));
 
         const program = createProgram();
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ describe('CLI Config Tests', () => {
     });
 
     it('valid default config non-empty', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify({ name: 'my app', version: '1.0.0' }));
         fs.writeFileSync(
             'zenstack.config.json',
             JSON.stringify({ guardFieldName: 'myGuardField', transactionFieldName: 'myTransactionField' })
@@ -66,16 +65,24 @@ describe('CLI Config Tests', () => {
         expect(config.transactionFieldName).toBe('myTransactionField');
     });
 
-    it('config not found', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify({ name: 'my app', version: '1.0.0' }));
+    it('custom config file does not exist', async () => {
         const program = createProgram();
+        const configFile = `my.config.json`;
         await expect(
-            program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest', '--config', 'my.config.json'], { from: 'user' })
-        ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(CliError);
+            program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest', '--config', configFile], { from: 'user' })
+        ).rejects.toThrow(/Config file could not be found/i);
+    });
+
+    it('custom config file is not json', async () => {
+        const program = createProgram();
+        const configFile = `my.config.json`;
+        fs.writeFileSync(configFile, ` 😬 😬 😬`);
+        await expect(
+            program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest', '--config', configFile], { from: 'user' })
+        ).rejects.toThrow(/Config is not a valid JSON file/i);
     });
 
     it('valid custom config file', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify({ name: 'my app', version: '1.0.0' }));
         fs.writeFileSync('my.config.json', JSON.stringify({ guardFieldName: 'myGuardField' }));
         const program = createProgram();
         await program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest', '--config', 'my.config.json'], { from: 'user' });
@@ -88,11 +95,10 @@ describe('CLI Config Tests', () => {
     });
 
     it('invalid custom config file', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify({ name: 'my app', version: '1.0.0' }));
         fs.writeFileSync('my.config.json', JSON.stringify({ abc: 'def' }));
         const program = createProgram();
         await expect(
             program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest', '--config', 'my.config.json'], { from: 'user' })
-        ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(CliError);
+        ).rejects.toThrow(/Config file my.config.json is not valid/i);
     });
 });