add configfile stuff

.env

@@ -1 +1 @@
-DATABASE_URL=sqlite://${HOME}/.what2watch.db
+DATABASE_URL=sqlite://${HOME}/.local/share/what2watch/what2watch.db

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
 /libjulid.so
 ww-style
+*.db

Cargo.lock

@@ -635,6 +635,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "5.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -2877,6 +2886,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "confy",
+ "dirs",
  "http 1.0.0",
  "julid-rs",
  "justerror",

Cargo.toml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ axum-macros = "0.4"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "clock"] }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "env", "unicode", "suggestions", "usage"] }
 confy = "0.6"
+dirs = "5"
 http = "1"
 julid-rs = "1"
 justerror = "1"

src/conf.rs

@@ -1,33 +1,42 @@
-use std::ffi::OsString;
-
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 pub const APP_NAME: &str = "what2watch";
+const CONFIG_NAME: Option<&str> = Some("config");
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub base_url: String,
-    pub db_file: OsString,
+    pub db_file: String,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        let mut datadir = dirs::data_dir().unwrap();
+        datadir.push(APP_NAME);
+        datadir.push("what2watch.db");
         Self {
             base_url: "http://localhost:3000".into(),
-            db_file: "what2watch.db".into(),
+            db_file: datadir.as_os_str().to_string_lossy().to_string(),
         }
     }
 }
 
 impl Config {
     pub fn get() -> Self {
-        let config: Config = confy::load(APP_NAME, None).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        let config: Config = confy::load(APP_NAME, CONFIG_NAME).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
             tracing::debug!("Could not load {APP_NAME} config, got error {e}");
             Default::default()
         });
-        confy::store(APP_NAME, None, config.clone()).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        confy::store(APP_NAME, CONFIG_NAME, config.clone()).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
             tracing::debug!("Could not store {APP_NAME} config, got error {e}");
         });
+        tracing::info!("Loading config from {}", cpath());
         config
     }
 }
+
+fn cpath() -> String {
+    confy::get_configuration_file_path(APP_NAME, CONFIG_NAME)
+        .map(|p| p.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap().to_string())
+        .expect("couldn't get the path to the configuration file")
+}

src/db.rs

@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ pub fn get_db_pool() -> SqlitePool {
         std::env::var("DATABASE_FILE").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
             #[cfg(not(test))]
             {
-                let home =
+                let f = crate::conf::Config::get().db_file;
-                    std::env::var("HOME").expect("Could not determine $HOME for finding db file");
+                let p = std::path::Path::new(&f);
-                format!("{home}/.what2watch.db")
+                let p = p.parent().unwrap();
+                std::fs::create_dir_all(p).expect("couldn't create data dir");
+                f
             }
             #[cfg(test)]
             {