Remove more side effects from application config testing (#1684)

* remove a few side effects from config testing

Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com>

* fix xdg config app name prefix

Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com>

* account for restoring and protecting xdg state throughout testing

Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com>

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Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com>

internal/config/application.go

@@ -270,13 +270,12 @@ func loadConfig(v *viper.Viper, configPath string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// 4. look for .<appname>/config.yaml in xdg locations (starting with xdg home config dir, then moving upwards)
-
+	// 4. look for <appname>/config.yaml in xdg locations (starting with xdg home config dir, then moving upwards)
 	v.SetConfigName("config")
-	configPath = path.Join(xdg.ConfigHome, "."+internal.ApplicationName)
+	configPath = path.Join(xdg.ConfigHome, internal.ApplicationName)
 	v.AddConfigPath(configPath)
 	for _, dir := range xdg.ConfigDirs {
-		v.AddConfigPath(path.Join(dir, "."+internal.ApplicationName))
+		v.AddConfigPath(path.Join(dir, internal.ApplicationName))
 	}
 	if err = v.ReadInConfig(); err == nil {
 		v.Set("config", v.ConfigFileUsed())

internal/config/application_test.go

@@ -1,25 +1,43 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/adrg/xdg"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 // TODO: set negative case when config.yaml is no longer a valid option
 func TestApplicationConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	// disable homedir package cache for testing
+	originalCacheOpt := homedir.DisableCache
+	homedir.DisableCache = true
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		homedir.DisableCache = originalCacheOpt
+	})
+
+	// ensure we have no side effects for xdg package for future tests
+	originalXDG := os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		// note: we're not using t.Setenv since the effect we're trying to eliminate is within the xdg package
+		require.NoError(t, os.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", originalXDG))
+		xdg.Reload()
+	})
+
 	// config is picked up at desired configuration paths
 	// VALID: .syft.yaml, .syft/config.yaml, ~/.syft.yaml, <XDG_CONFIG_HOME>/syft/config.yaml
 	// DEPRECATED: config.yaml is currently supported by
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
 		setup      func(t *testing.T) string
 		assertions func(t *testing.T, app *Application)
-		Cleanup    func(t *testing.T)
+		cleanup    func()
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "explicit config",
@@ -29,92 +47,82 @@ func TestApplicationConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, app *Application) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "test-explicit-config", app.File)
 			},
-			Cleanup: func(t *testing.T) {},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "current working directory named config",
 			setup: func(t *testing.T) string {
 				err := os.Chdir("./test-fixtures/config-wd-file") // change application cwd to test-fixtures
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Fatalf("%s failed to change cwd: %+v", t.Name(), err)
-				}
+				require.NoError(t, err)
 				return ""
 			},
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, app *Application) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "test-wd-named-config", app.File)
 			},
-			Cleanup: func(t *testing.T) {},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "current working directory syft dir config",
 			setup: func(t *testing.T) string {
 				err := os.Chdir("./test-fixtures/config-dir-test") // change application cwd to test-fixtures
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Fatalf("%s failed to change cwd: %+v", t.Name(), err)
-				}
+				require.NoError(t, err)
 				return ""
 			},
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, app *Application) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "test-dir-config", app.File)
 			},
-			Cleanup: func(t *testing.T) {},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "home directory file config",
 			setup: func(t *testing.T) string {
 				// Because Setenv affects the whole process, it cannot be used in parallel tests or
 				// tests with parallel ancestors: see separate XDG test for consequence of this
-				t.Setenv("HOME", "./test-fixtures/config-home-test")
-				err := os.Link("./test-fixtures/config-home-test/config-file/.syft.yaml", "./test-fixtures/config-home-test/.syft.yaml")
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Fatalf("%s failed to link home config: %+v", t.Name(), err)
-				}
+				t.Setenv("HOME", "./test-fixtures/config-home-test/config-file")
 				return ""
 			},
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, app *Application) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "test-home-config", app.File)
 			},
-			Cleanup: func(t *testing.T) {
-				err := os.Remove("./test-fixtures/config-home-test/.syft.yaml") //
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Fatalf("%s failed to remove home config link: %+v", t.Name(), err)
-				}
-			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "XDG file config",
 			setup: func(t *testing.T) string {
 				wd, err := os.Getwd()
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Fatalf("%s: failed to get working directory: %+v", t.Name(), err)
-				}
+				require.NoError(t, err)
 				configDir := path.Join(wd, "./test-fixtures/config-home-test") // set HOME to testdata
-				t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS", configDir)
+				// note: this explicitly has multiple XDG paths, make certain we use the first VALID one (not the first one)
+				t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS", fmt.Sprintf("/another/foo/bar:%s", configDir))
 				xdg.Reload()
 				return ""
 			},
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, app *Application) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "test-home-XDG-config", app.File)
 			},
-			Cleanup: func(t *testing.T) {},
+			cleanup: func() {
+				require.NoError(t, os.Unsetenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS"))
+				xdg.Reload()
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer test.Cleanup(t)
-			wd, err := os.Getwd()
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to get working directory: %+v", err)
+			if test.cleanup != nil {
+				t.Cleanup(test.cleanup)
 			}
+			wd, err := os.Getwd()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
 			defer os.Chdir(wd) // reset working directory after test
 			application := &Application{}
 			viperInstance := viper.New()
 
+			// this will override home in case you are running this test locally and DO have a syft config
+			// in your home directory... now it will be ignored. Same for XDG_CONFIG_DIRS.
+			t.Setenv("HOME", "/foo/bar")
+			t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS", "/foo/bar")
+			xdg.Reload()
+
 			configPath := test.setup(t)
 			err = application.LoadAllValues(viperInstance, configPath)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to load application config: %+v", err)
-			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			test.assertions(t, application)
 		})
 	}