From 31f6b7a851cf1000700ecffb98f205c89f336c0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 06:41:40 -0500
Subject: don't panic on .text protobuf file Load()

---
 load.go | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/load.go b/load.go
index dba0bf1..1fe1a50 100644
--- a/load.go
+++ b/load.go
@@ -76,18 +76,21 @@ func Load(pb proto.Message) error {
 		log.Info("'Filename' is not in: =", fullname, err)
 		return err
 	}
+	// text is supposed to be "easy". Don't verify 'version'
+	if strings.HasSuffix(fullname, ".text") {
+		return loadTEXT(pb, fullname)
+	}
+
+	// verify 'version' for .pb files
+	// application will panic if they don't match
+	var worked bool
 	ver, err := GetString(pb, "version")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Info("'Version' is not in: =", fullname, err)
 		return err
 	}
-	var worked bool
-	if strings.HasSuffix(fullname, ".text") {
-		if err := loadTEXT(pb, fullname); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		worked = true
-	}
+	// maybe don't really verify .json files (?)
+	// doing it for now anyway. maybe just return an error
 	if strings.HasSuffix(fullname, ".json") {
 		if err := loadJSON(pb, fullname); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ func Load(pb proto.Message) error {
 		log.Printf("VERSION '%s' != '%s'\n", ver, newver)
 		log.Info("Your protobuf file is old and can not be loaded")
 		log.Info("You must delete or convert the file", fullname)
+		// probably should ALWAYS PANIC HERE
 		panic("protobuf version mismatch")
 	}
 	return nil
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