From 6bf6cd03a651013a327d31427d0366cd8aa1c8de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:25:32 -0500
Subject: try out an If(key) function

---
 exit.go    |  5 ++---
 verbose.go | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/exit.go b/exit.go
index 8e70a55..01ac9a5 100644
--- a/exit.go
+++ b/exit.go
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ package config
 // see how this turns out
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
-
-	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 // todo: figure out how to pass this back to argv
 func BadExit(reason string, err error) {
-	log.Exit("lib/config exiting here", reason, err)
+	fmt.Println("lib/config bad exit. no app callback here. FIXME", reason, err)
 	os.Exit(-1)
 }
diff --git a/verbose.go b/verbose.go
index 4658dcf..d08885c 100644
--- a/verbose.go
+++ b/verbose.go
@@ -7,8 +7,36 @@ func Verbose() bool {
 	// always use the config file value first
 	if configPB != nil {
 		found := configPB.FindByKey("Verbose")
+		if found == nil {
+			// Verbose isn't in the config. do nothing here
+		} else {
+			// return what the config file has
+			// fmt.Println("returning from the config:" + found.Value)
+			if found.Value == "true" {
+				return true
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+	}
 
-		if found != nil {
+	// nothing in the config file.  check argv
+	for _, v := range argv {
+		if v == "--verbose" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func If(key string) bool {
+	// always use the config file value first
+	if configPB != nil {
+		found := configPB.FindByKey(key)
+		if found == nil {
+			// Verbose isn't in the config. do nothing here
+		} else {
+			// return what the config file has
+			// fmt.Println("returning from the config:" + found.Value)
 			if found.Value == "true" {
 				return true
 			}
@@ -17,6 +45,7 @@ func Verbose() bool {
 	}
 
 	// nothing in the config file.  check argv
+	// todo: turn key to lowercase and check here
 	for _, v := range argv {
 		if v == "--verbose" {
 			return true
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