Function LoadDefaultConfigFile

cli/config/config.go:166–176

LoadDefaultConfigFile attempts to load the default config file and returns a reference to the ConfigFile struct. If none is found or when failing to load the configuration file, it initializes a default ConfigFile struct. If no credentials-store is set in the configuration file, it attempts to disco

(stderr io.Writer)

// when updating the configuration file, to prevent discarding a (malformed)
// configuration file.
func LoadDefaultConfigFile(stderr io.Writer) *configfile.ConfigFile {
	configFile, err := load(Dir())
	if err != nil {
		// FIXME(thaJeztah): we should not proceed here to prevent overwriting existing (but malformed) config files; see https://github.com/docker/cli/issues/5075
		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(stderr, "WARNING: Error", err)
	}
	if !configFile.ContainsAuth() {
		configFile.CredentialsStore = credentials.DetectDefaultStore(configFile.CredentialsStore)
	}
	return configFile
}