⚙️ Move preferred formatter to its own config field

cli/drop.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var DropCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		v, _ := config.RetrieveFromContext(cmd.Context())
 		if outJson {
-			v.Set("output.stdout.config.format", "json")
+			v.Set("formatters.preferred", "json")
 		}
 
 		log := args[0]

cli/root.go

@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ var configValues map[string]string
 
 func init() {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configPath, "config", "c", config.DefaultPath(), "config file")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringToStringVarP(&configValues, "config-value", "v", nil, "Override config values. Use dot syntax to specify key. E.g. -v output.stdout.config.format=json")
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringToStringVarP(&configValues, "config-value", "v", nil, "Override config values. Use dot syntax to specify key. E.g. -v formatters.preferred=json")
 }

config/default.go

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ format = "plain"
 
 [formatters]
 
+# Default formatter used. Some outputs can override this value
+preferred = "plain"
+
+# Each formatter may have additional configuration
 [formatters.json]
 # Set to true to pretty print JSON output
 pretty_print = false

config/types.go

@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ type Output struct {
 	Config  map[string]any
 }
 
-type Formatters map[string]map[string]any
+type Formatters struct {
+	Preferred string
+}

formatters/new.go

@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ var formatterMap = map[string]formatMaker{
 }
 
 func Preferred(ctx context.Context) (f Formatter, err error) {
-	v, _ := config.RetrieveFromContext(ctx)
-	format := v.GetString("output.stdout.config.format")
-	return New(ctx, format)
+	_, c := config.RetrieveFromContext(ctx)
+	return New(ctx, c.Formatters.Preferred)
 }
 
 func New(ctx context.Context, kind string) (f Formatter, err error) {

formatters/new_test.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func setupNewTest(t *testing.T) context.Context {
 	t.Helper()
 	v := viper.New()
 	v.SetConfigType("toml")
-	v.Set("output.stdout.config.format", "plain")
+	v.Set("formatters.preferred", "plain")
 	v.Set("formatters.json.pretty_print", false)
 	return config.AddToContext(t.Context(), v)
 }