Print notification when failing to load .env file

jzelinskie · Aug 8, 2023 · 84573bf · 84573bf
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commit 84573bf
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/cobrautil.go b/cobrautil.go
@@ -57,12 +57,10 @@ func SyncViperPreRunE(prefix string) CobraRunFunc {
 // If empty, envfilePath defaults to ".env".
 // The .dotenv file is loaded first before any additional Viper behavior.
 func SyncViperDotEnvPreRunE(prefix string, envfilePath string) CobraRunFunc {
-	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if err := godotenv.Load(stringz.DefaultEmpty(envfilePath, ".env")); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return SyncViperPreRunE(prefix)(cmd, args)
+	if err := godotenv.Load(stringz.DefaultEmpty(envfilePath, ".env")); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Info: attempt to load env vars from config file at path: %s failed due to error: %s. Continue without loading it.\n", envfilePath, err)
 	}
+	return SyncViperPreRunE(prefix)
 }
 
 // CobraRunFunc is the signature of cobra.Command RunFuncs.