1 files changed, 60 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/loadConfig.go b/loadConfig.go
index 0c90a17..439e65c 100644
--- a/loadConfig.go
+++ b/loadConfig.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func ConfigLoad(pb proto.Message) error {
 	}
 
 	// Get ~/.config/appname/protoname.text
-	fullname := GetConfigFilename(appname, protoname)
+	fullname := makeConfigFilename(appname, protoname)
 
 	if err = loadTEXT(pb, fullname); err == nil {
 		// If the config is old or broken, this sets the filename
@@ -57,3 +57,62 @@ func ConfigLoad(pb proto.Message) error {
 	}
 	return ErrMarshal
 }
+
+// loads foo.proto from ~/.config/<appname>/customName.text
+func ConfigLoadByName(pb proto.Message, customName string) (string, error) {
+	if customName == "" {
+		return "", errors.New("config.Load() customName can not be blank")
+	}
+	appname, err := GetAppname() // already configured by your application
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Get ~/.config/appname/customName.text
+	fullname := makeConfigFilename(appname, customName)
+
+	curfilename, err := GetFilename(pb)
+	if err != nil {
+		// pb doesn't have 'Filename'
+		// probably try to load anyway?
+		log.Info("ConfigLoadByName() FILENAME old=", curfilename)
+		log.Info("ConfigLoadByName() FILENAME new=", fullname)
+		log.Info("pb doesn't have 'Filename'")
+		log.Printf("err = (%v)\n", err)
+		panic("blah")
+		// return fullname, err
+	}
+	if curfilename == "" {
+		log.Printf("ConfigLoadByName() reading in %s\n", fullname)
+	}
+
+	if err = loadTEXT(pb, fullname); err == nil {
+		// If the config is old or broken, this sets the filename
+		if curfilename != fullname {
+			_, err := SetFilename(pb, fullname)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Info("FILENAME COULD NOT BE SET old=", curfilename)
+				log.Info("FILENAME COULD NOT BE SET new=", fullname)
+				return fullname, errors.Join(err, errors.New("something is wrong in lib/config"))
+			}
+		}
+		return fullname, nil
+	} else {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(fullname, ".text") {
+			fulljson := fullname + ".json"
+			// If the config is old or broken, this sets the filename
+			if err := loadJSON(pb, fulljson); err == nil {
+				if curfilename != fullname {
+					_, err := SetFilename(pb, fullname)
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Info("FILENAME COULD NOT BE SET old=", curfilename)
+						log.Info("FILENAME COULD NOT BE SET new=", fullname)
+						return fullname, errors.Join(err, errors.New("something is wrong in lib/config"))
+					}
+				}
+				return fullname, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return fullname, ErrMarshal
+}