Function loadConfig

cmd/sops/main.go:2521–2537

loadConfig will look for an existing config file, either provided through the command line, or using findConfigFile Since a config file is not required, this function does not error when one is not found, and instead returns a nil config pointer

(c *cli.Context, file string, kmsEncryptionContext map[string]*string)

// loadConfig will look for an existing config file, either provided through the command line, or using findConfigFile
// Since a config file is not required, this function does not error when one is not found, and instead returns a nil config pointer
func loadConfig(c *cli.Context, file string, kmsEncryptionContext map[string]*string) (*config.Config, error) {
	var err error
	configPath := c.GlobalString("config")
	if configPath == "" {
		// Ignore config not found errors returned from findConfigFile since the config file is not mandatory
		configPath, err = findConfigFile()
		if err != nil {
			// If we can't find a config file, but we were not explicitly requested to, assume it does not exist
			return nil, nil
		}
	}
	conf, err := config.LoadCreationRuleForFile(configPath, file, kmsEncryptionContext)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return conf, nil
}

func shamirThreshold(c *cli.Context, file string, optionalConfig *config.Config) (int, error) {
	if c.Int("shamir-secret-sharing-threshold") != 0 {