From de801589db2a527c20d98ad07117c0c228b9f35f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:29:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: resolve config not loading from ~/.docscontext/ or
 config.yml

The config loader only searched ~/.DocsContext/ (case-sensitive on Linux)
and restricted to .yaml extension via SetConfigType. Users creating
~/.docscontext/config.yml would silently fall back to ollama defaults.

- Add ~/.docscontext/ as primary config search path (lowercase, conventional)
- Remove SetConfigType("yaml") so Viper finds both .yaml and .yml
- Add slog warnings when no config file is found, showing searched paths
- Log which config file was loaded and the resolved LLM provider

https://claude.ai/code/session_011Ryet7uu9j6VyzNGmUuaaj
---
 cmd/root.go               |  2 +-
 internal/config/config.go | 14 ++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 0ae16a7..13521ac 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func Execute() {
 
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default ~/.DocsContext/config.yaml)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default ~/.docscontext/config.yaml or ~/.DocsContext/config.yaml)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&logLevel, "log-level", "info", "Log level: debug, info, warn, error")
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index f7b2f6c..4bda3a0 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -95,13 +96,14 @@ func Load(cfgFile string) (*Config, error) {
 	v.SetDefault("server.port", 8080)
 
 	// Config file
+	defaultCfgDirLower := filepath.Join(home, ".docscontext")
 	if cfgFile != "" {
 		v.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
 	} else {
+		v.AddConfigPath(defaultCfgDirLower)
 		v.AddConfigPath(defaultCfgDir)
 		v.AddConfigPath(".")
 		v.SetConfigName("config")
-		v.SetConfigType("yaml")
 	}
 
 	// Env overrides
@@ -110,9 +112,15 @@ func Load(cfgFile string) (*Config, error) {
 	v.AutomaticEnv()
 
 	if err := v.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
-		if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); !ok {
+		if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); ok {
+			slog.Warn("no config file found, using defaults",
+				"searched_paths", []string{defaultCfgDirLower, defaultCfgDir, "."},
+				"expected_names", "config.yaml or config.yml")
+		} else {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("reading config: %w", err)
 		}
+	} else {
+		slog.Info("loaded config file", "path", v.ConfigFileUsed())
 	}
 
 	var cfg Config
@@ -120,6 +128,8 @@ func Load(cfgFile string) (*Config, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling config: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	slog.Info("resolved LLM config", "provider", cfg.LLM.Provider)
+
 	// Expand home dir
 	if strings.HasPrefix(cfg.DataDir, "~/") {
 		cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(home, cfg.DataDir[2:])