bunfig: fall back to $HOME/.bunfig.toml when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME has none - #38313
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`get_home_config_path` returned `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.bunfig.toml` whenever the variable was set, so exporting `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` (which many Linux setups do by default) silently stopped `$HOME/.bunfig.toml` from being read at all. Probe `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.bunfig.toml` and use it only when the file is actually there, otherwise fall back to `$HOME/.bunfig.toml`. Only one user-level file is ever loaded, as before. Rebased onto main after the same fix for the user-level `.npmrc` landed in PackageManager::init (#36289); this commit now only carries the `.bunfig.toml` half. Fixes #23128
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In `@src/bunfig/arguments.rs`:
- Around line 27-32: Update the XDG_CONFIG_HOME candidate validation in the
arguments path to use bun_sys::stat followed by bun_sys::is_regular_file instead
of bun_sys::exists_z, so only readable regular files prevent the
HOME/.bunfig.toml fallback. Add regression tests covering directory candidates
and candidates lacking read permission.
In `@test/cli/install/npmrc.test.ts`:
- Around line 275-285: Add a regression case alongside the existing pmCache
tests for an empty HOME, setting both HOME and USERPROFILE to empty values with
XDG_CONFIG_HOME absent or empty, and provide a home/.bunfig.toml fixture plus a
no-bunfig baseline for comparison. Assert the empty-HOME result matches the
baseline, proving home/.bunfig.toml is not read; keep the existing unset and
empty XDG_CONFIG_HOME coverage unchanged.
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| let xdg_dir = env_var::XDG_CONFIG_HOME.get_not_empty().filter(|xdg_dir| { | ||
| bun_sys::exists_z(resolve_path::join_abs_string_buf_z::<platform::Auto>( | ||
| xdg_dir, &mut **buf, &paths, | ||
| )) | ||
| }); | ||
| let dir = xdg_dir.or_else(|| env_var::HOME.get_not_empty())?; |
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Replace bun_sys::exists_z with a regular-file check. exists_z accepts directories and ignores read permissions, so either candidate blocks the $HOME/.bunfig.toml fallback. Use bun_sys::stat with bun_sys::is_regular_file, and add regression tests for both cases.
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In `@src/bunfig/arguments.rs` around lines 27 - 32, Update the XDG_CONFIG_HOME
candidate validation in the arguments path to use bun_sys::stat followed by
bun_sys::is_regular_file instead of bun_sys::exists_z, so only readable regular
files prevent the HOME/.bunfig.toml fallback. Add regression tests covering
directory candidates and candidates lacking read permission.
| it.concurrent("uses $HOME/.bunfig.toml when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is unset", async () => { | ||
| using dir = tempDir("bunfig-xdg-unset", { ...pkg, "home/.bunfig.toml": bunfig("home-cache") }); | ||
| const result = await pmCache(String(dir), {}); | ||
| expect(result).toEqual(usesCacheDir("home-cache")); | ||
| }); | ||
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| it.concurrent("uses $HOME/.bunfig.toml when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty", async () => { | ||
| using dir = tempDir("bunfig-xdg-empty", { ...pkg, "home/.bunfig.toml": bunfig("home-cache") }); | ||
| const result = await pmCache(String(dir), { XDG_CONFIG_HOME: "" }); | ||
| expect(result).toEqual(usesCacheDir("home-cache")); | ||
| }); |
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Add coverage for empty HOME values.
Line 281 tests an empty XDG_CONFIG_HOME, but the stated behavior also treats an empty HOME value as unset. Add a case with absent or empty XDG and empty HOME plus USERPROFILE. Compare it with a no-bunfig baseline so the test fails if home/.bunfig.toml is read.
As per coding guidelines: “Every behavioral change must include an automated regression test,” and tests must cover relevant boundary states.
Based on learnings: env_var::HOME uses HOME on POSIX and USERPROFILE on Windows, so set both values.
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In `@test/cli/install/npmrc.test.ts` around lines 275 - 285, Add a regression case
alongside the existing pmCache tests for an empty HOME, setting both HOME and
USERPROFILE to empty values with XDG_CONFIG_HOME absent or empty, and provide a
home/.bunfig.toml fixture plus a no-bunfig baseline for comparison. Assert the
empty-HOME result matches the baseline, proving home/.bunfig.toml is not read;
keep the existing unset and empty XDG_CONFIG_HOME coverage unchanged.
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LGTM — small, well-tested fix aligning global .bunfig.toml lookup with the .npmrc rule from #36289.
What was reviewed:
get_home_config_path: verifiedget_not_empty()andbun_sys::exists_zexist and match the sibling implementation inPackageManager::init(src/install/PackageManager.rs:1882-1888).- Buffer reuse across the
.filter()closure and final join — env var values aren't borrowed frombuf, so the second join is redundant but correct. - Fallback when XDG is set but HOME is unset/empty now returns
Noneinstead of a nonexistent XDG path; caller (load_bunfigwithauto_loaded=true) already treated a missing file as no-op, so no regression. - Tests mirror the existing
.npmrc lookupblock:it.concurrent, spreadbunEnvbefore deleting keys, drain pipes concurrently, cover set/unset/empty/no-file.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
The PR touches one function, get_home_config_path in src/bunfig/arguments.rs, and adds a four-case describe block to test/cli/install/npmrc.test.ts. The Rust change replaces two sequential if let Some(...) = env_var::X.get() returns with a .get_not_empty().filter(exists) chain that falls through to $HOME/.bunfig.toml when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set but contains no bunfig. This is the same logic #36289 already applied to the user-level .npmrc in PackageManager::init, and the new doc comment cross-references that.
Security risks
None. This is startup-time config-file path resolution reading process env vars and calling access(2) via bun_sys::exists_z. No untrusted input, no privilege boundary, no new file writes.
Level of scrutiny
Low-to-moderate. The function is called once during CLI startup on the main thread, the change is ~10 net lines, and it follows an in-tree precedent line-for-line. The behavior change is strictly a fallback addition — machines without XDG_CONFIG_HOME set, or with a bunfig actually present under it, see identical behavior. The only observable difference is that $HOME/.bunfig.toml is now read on machines that export XDG_CONFIG_HOME without a bunfig there, which is the filed bug (#23128).
Other factors
- The tests are copied structurally from the adjacent
user .npmrc lookupblock (same file, landed in #36289), so harness conventions are already vetted:tempDir+using,bunEnvspread before mutation,HOME/USERPROFILEboth overridden,BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIRand inheritedXDG_CONFIG_HOMEcleared, concurrent pipe draining, combined-object assertions. - I checked the redundant second
join_abs_string_buf_zwhen the XDG path exists — it re-joins the same env-var-owned dir string into the same buffer, which is wasteful but correct (the dir value comes from the env-var cache, not frombuf). .get()→.get_not_empty()forHOMEis a minor behavior tightening (emptyHOMEnow returnsNoneinstead of"/.bunfig.toml"); the PR title/description covers this and it's tested.- Windows: unchanged — the function read
env_var::HOMEbefore and still does; tests set bothHOMEandUSERPROFILE. - No prior reviews or outstanding comments on the PR.
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What does this PR do?
The global bunfig lookup returned
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.bunfig.tomlwhenever the variable was set, without checking the file exists, so on machines that exportXDG_CONFIG_HOME(GitHub Actions runners, most Linux desktops)$HOME/.bunfig.tomlwas never read. It now uses the XDG path only if that file exists and otherwise$HOME/.bunfig.toml, and an emptyXDG_CONFIG_HOMEorHOMEcounts as unset. Same rule #36289 applied to the user-level.npmrc.Fixes #23128 (the bunfig half; the
.npmrchalf landed in #36289).Supersedes #36486. The first commit is @Properrr's from that PR; the second folds in the empty-variable handling and tests so this can go through CI on an in-repo branch.
How did you verify your code works?
bun bd test test/cli/install/npmrc.test.ts: the four newglobal .bunfig.toml lookupcases pass. Drove the debug binary by hand withbun pm cacheand a~/.bunfig.tomlsettinginstall.cache: XDG pointing at an empty dir,XDG_CONFIG_HOME=""and XDG unset all print the home cache dir, XDG with its own file prints the XDG one. Released bun 1.3.14 prints the default cache dir for the empty-dir case, which is the bug.Not verified here: Windows.