A basic init command that will generate a starter .toml file and the ability to change the config used with --config. MUST COME BEFORE COMMAND.

example/pages/index.html

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 <h1>Your Content Here</h1>
 
 <p>Put your stuff here.</p>
+
+<h3>Hello</h3>

example/ssgod.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+
 views = "pages"
 layout = "pages/layouts/main.html"
 target = "public"
-watch_delay = "1s"
+watch_delay = "500ms"

main.go

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ import (
   "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 )
 
+var DEFAULT_CONFIG = `
+views = "pages"
+layout = "pages/layouts/main.html"
+target = "public"
+watch_delay = "500ms"
+`
+
 func Fail(err error, format string, v ...any) error {
   err_format := fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: %v; %s", err, format)
   log.Printf(err_format, v...)
@@ -206,15 +213,34 @@ func WatchDir() {
   <-make(chan struct{})
 }
 
+func InitConfig(config_file string) {
+  _, err := os.Stat(config_file)
+
+  if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+    out, err := os.OpenFile(config_file, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+    if err != nil { log.Fatalf("error opening %s", config_file) }
+    defer out.Close()
+    out.WriteString(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+  } else {
+    log.Fatalf("there's already a %s file here", config_file);
+  }
+}
+
 func main() {
-  config.Load("ssgod.toml")
+  var config_file string
 
-  watch := flag.Bool("watch", false, "Watch the views directory for changes")
+  flag.StringVar(&config_file, "config", "ssgod.toml", ".toml config file to use")
   flag.Parse()
+  command := flag.Arg(0)
 
-  if *watch {
+  switch command {
+  case "watch":
+    config.Load(config_file)
     WatchDir()
-  } else {
+  case "init":
+    InitConfig(config_file)
+  default:
+    config.Load(config_file)
     RenderPages();
   }
 }