From 96378c70293b7367f43e630a8d334c19f701b4db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:49:35 -0500
Subject: make config.Set(key, value)

---
 errors.go |  5 +++++
 flags.go  | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 init.go   |  4 ----
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 errors.go

diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..807386d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package config
+
+import "errors"
+
+var NotInitialized error = errors.New("your application config not initialized")
diff --git a/flags.go b/flags.go
index d827f7e..31d6801 100644
--- a/flags.go
+++ b/flags.go
@@ -11,13 +11,18 @@ func Get(flag string) string {
 	return found.Value
 }
 
-func GetError(flag string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func Set(flag string) {
-}
+func Set(key string, newValue string) error {
+	if configPB == nil {
+		return NotInitialized
+	}
+	found := configPB.FindByKey(key)
+	if found != nil {
+		found.Value = newValue
+	}
 
-func SetError(flag string) error {
+	newvar := new(Config)
+	newvar.Key = key
+	newvar.Value = newValue
+	configPB.Append(newvar)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index eb5afbe..93ebeab 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ func makeNewConfigFile(appname string) error {
 	newvar.Value = "protobufs are neat"
 	configPB.Clone(newvar)
 
-	newvar.Key = "Verbose"
-	newvar.Value = "true"
-	configPB.Clone(newvar)
-
 	// writes the config file to disk
 	err = Save()
 	return err
-- 
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