From f54f189bcd079221cf314c616fbe1d993f43846e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 20:19:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] check if a config file exists for new users

---
 config.go |  2 +-
 init.go   | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 2af14d8..f737291 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (c *ForgeConfigs) loadText() error {
 	if err := c.UnmarshalTEXT(data); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	log.Log(INFO, "forge.ConfigLoad()", len(c.ForgeConfigs), "entries in ~/.config/forge")
+	log.Log(INFO, "forge.loadText()", len(c.ForgeConfigs), "entries in ~/.config/forge")
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 9f72a92..1dc1fb6 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 package forgepb
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
@@ -83,16 +85,16 @@ func Init() *Forge {
 
 func FirstTimeUser() bool {
 	if checkenv() {
-		return true
+		return false
 	}
 
 	// setup the env
 	f := new(Forge)
 	f.setenv()
 
-	f.Config = new(ForgeConfigs)
-	if err := f.Config.ConfigLoad(f.configDir); err != nil {
-		// no config
+	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG"), "forge.text")
+	_, err := os.ReadFile(fullname)
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false