Replace config file string with a constant of the path (#933)

* replace config file with a constant of the path

* changelog

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ The types of changes are:
 * Endpoints now work with or without a trailing slash. [#886](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/886)
 * Dataset field columns show all columns by default in the UI [#898](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/898)
 * Fixed the `tag` specific GitHub Action workflows for Docker and publishing docs. [#901](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/901)
+* Fixed the missing `.fides./` directory when locating the default config [#933](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/933)
 
 ## [1.7.0](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/compare/1.6.1...1.7.0) - 2022-06-23
 

src/fidesctl/core/config/__init__.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 from .security_settings import FidesctlSecuritySettings
 from .user_settings import FidesctlUserSettings
 
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = ".fides/fidesctl.toml"
+
 
 class FidesctlConfig(BaseModel):
     """Umbrella class that encapsulates all of the config subsections."""
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ def get_config(config_path_override: str = "") -> FidesctlConfig:
         settings = (
             toml.load(config_path_override)
             if config_path_override
-            else load_toml(file_names=["fidesctl.toml"])
+            else load_toml(file_names=[DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH])
         )
 
         # credentials specific logic for populating environment variable configs.

src/fidesctl/core/config/utils.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 from fideslib.core.config import load_file
 from toml import dump, load
 
+from fidesctl.core.config import DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH
+
 
 def get_config_from_file(
     config_path_override: str,
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ def get_config_from_file(
     """
 
     try:
-        config_path = config_path_override or load_file(file_names=["fidesctl.toml"])
+        config_path = config_path_override or load_file(
+            file_names=[DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH]
+        )
     except FileNotFoundError as error:
         raise error
 
@@ -42,7 +46,9 @@ def update_config_file(  # type: ignore
     """
 
     try:
-        config_path = config_path_override or load_file(file_names=["fidesctl.toml"])
+        config_path = config_path_override or load_file(
+            file_names=[DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH]
+        )
     except FileNotFoundError as error:
         raise error