Switched to a .ssgod.json file to match other tools and to remove dependencies. Started using go:embed for the init.

.gitignore

@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ coverage/*
 .venv
 *.gz
 public
+ssgod

README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ SSG is a Static Site Generator that is only a Static Site Generator.  No resumes
 
 ## Current Features
 
+> __WARNING__: I changed the file format to .json to reduce dependencies and also made it a hidden
+> `.ssgod.json` file to match other tools.
+
 * Simply converts dirs to other dir.
 * Default Go templates, and markdown.
 * Watches the dir and reruns the build when there's a change.
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ go tool ssgod
 ## Usage
 
 These instructions assume you're running the tool using `go tool`.  If not then, I mean, you're a
-smart person right?  Create a default `ssgod.toml` config:
+smart person right?  Create a default `.ssgod.json` config:
 
 ```shell
 go tool ssgod init
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ go tool ssgod init
 You can change the config file name with the `--config` option:
 
 ```shell
-go tool ssgod --config mysite.toml init
+go tool ssgod --config mysite.json init
 ```
 
 This option is available for all commands, so if you want to init a different config file then do as
@@ -78,15 +81,16 @@ to prevent running the render too often.
 > into `static/` so `ssgod` can faithfully recreate your `public/`.
 
 If you want to have `ssgod` sync a `static` directory then you have to uncomment a line in the
-`ssgod.toml` file to enable `sync_dir` as an option:
-
-```toml
-views = "pages"
-layout = "pages/layouts/main.html"
-target = "public"
-watch_delay = "500ms"
-# comment this out to sync static
-sync_dir = "static"
+`.ssgod.json` file to enable `sync_dir` as an option:
+
+```json
+{
+  "views": "pages",
+  "layout": "pages/layouts/main.html",
+  "target": "public",
+  "watch_delay": "500ms",
+  "sync_dir": "static"
+}
 ```
 
 In this example I've removed the comment.  Once you do that `ssgod` will then __remove your

config/loader.go

@@ -2,29 +2,28 @@ package config
 
 import (
   "log"
-  "github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+  "encoding/json"
+  "os"
 )
 
 type config struct {
-  Views string `toml:"views"`
-  Layout string `toml:"layout"`
-  Target string `toml:"target"`
-  WatchDelay string `toml:"watch_delay"`
-  SyncDir string `toml:"sync_dir"`
+  Views string `json:"views"`
+  Layout string `json:"layout"`
+  Target string `json:"target"`
+  WatchDelay string `json:"watch_delay"`
+  SyncDir string `json:"sync_dir"`
 }
 
 var Settings config
 
 func Load(path string) {
-  metadata, err := toml.DecodeFile(path, &Settings)
+	config, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("invalid config path: %s", path)
+	}
 
-  if err != nil {
-    log.Fatalf("error loading config.toml: %v", err)
-  }
-
-  bad_keys := metadata.Undecoded()
-
-  if len(bad_keys) > 0 {
-    log.Fatalf("unknown configuration keys: %v", bad_keys);
-  }
+	err = json.Unmarshal(config, &Settings)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("json format error:", err)
+	}
 }

example/.ssgod.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "views": "pages",
+  "layout": "pages/layouts/main.html",
+  "target": "public",
+  "watch_delay": "500ms",
+  "sync_dir": "static"
+}

example/ssgod.toml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-views = "pages"
-layout = "pages/layouts/main.html"
-target = "public"
-watch_delay = "500ms"
-# comment this out, WARNING this deletes target!
-# sync_dir = "static"

go.mod

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module lcthw.dev/go/ssgod
 go 1.24.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.13

go.sum

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0 h1:W5quZX/G/csjUnuI8SUYlsHs9M38FC7znL0lIO+DvMg=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S9k=

main.go

@@ -15,16 +15,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
+	_ "embed"
 )
 
-var DEFAULT_CONFIG = `
-views = "pages"
-layout = "pages/layouts/main.html"
-target = "public"
-watch_delay = "500ms"
-# comment this out, WARNING this deletes target!
-# sync_dir = "static"
-`
+//go:embed example/.ssgod.json
+var DEFAULT_CONFIG string
 
 func Fatal(err error, format string, v ...any) {
 	err_format := fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: %v; %s", err, format)
@@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ func RenderTemplate(out io.Writer, embed string, variables any) error {
 func RenderMarkdown(path string, target_path string, page_id string) error {
 	log.Printf("MARKDOWN: %s -> %s", path, target_path)
 
-	out, err := os.OpenFile(target_path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	out, err := os.Create(target_path)
 	defer out.Close()
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ func RenderMarkdown(path string, target_path string, page_id string) error {
 func RenderHTML(source_path string, target_path string, page_id string) error {
 	log.Printf("RENDER: %s -> %s", source_path, target_path)
 
-	out, err := os.OpenFile(target_path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	out, err := os.Create(target_path)
 	defer out.Close()
 
 	html_content, err := os.ReadFile(source_path)
@@ -328,13 +323,14 @@ func InitConfig(config_file string) {
 	_, err := os.Stat(config_file)
 
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		out, err := os.OpenFile(config_file, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+		out, err := os.Create(config_file)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("error opening %s", config_file)
 		}
 		defer out.Close()
 
 		out.WriteString(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+		log.Println("new config written to:", config_file)
 	} else {
 		log.Fatalf("there's already a %s file here", config_file)
 	}
@@ -343,7 +339,7 @@ func InitConfig(config_file string) {
 func main() {
 	var config_file string
 
-	flag.StringVar(&config_file, "config", "ssgod.toml", ".toml config file to use")
+	flag.StringVar(&config_file, "config", ".ssgod.json", ".json config file to use")
 	flag.Parse()
 	command := flag.Arg(0)