.aicli directory containing history and config

now you can set a system message in the config file so it gets set at startup

also fixd races in the tests, using pipe instead of buffer

pkg/aicli/cmd.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package aicli
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ type Cmd struct {
 	stdout io.Writer
 	stderr io.Writer
 
+	dotAICLIDir string
 	historyPath string
 
 	client AI
@@ -56,6 +58,12 @@ func (cmd *Cmd) Run() error {
 	if err := cmd.checkConfig(); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "checking config")
 	}
+	if err := cmd.setupConfigDir(); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "setting up config dir")
+	}
+	if err := cmd.readConfigFile(); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "reading config file")
+	}
 
 	rl, err := readline.NewEx(&readline.Config{
 		Prompt:       "> ",
@@ -207,14 +215,51 @@ func (cmd *Cmd) printConfig() {
 	fmt.Fprintf(cmd.stderr, "Verbose: %v\n", cmd.Verbose)
 }
 
+func (cmd *Cmd) setupConfigDir() error {
+	if cmd.dotAICLIDir != "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	path := filepath.Join(home, ".aicli")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	cmd.dotAICLIDir = path
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (cmd *Cmd) getHistoryFilePath() string {
 	if cmd.historyPath != "" {
 		return cmd.historyPath
 	}
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		// if we can't get a home dir, we'll use the local directory
-		return ".aicli_history"
+	return filepath.Join(cmd.dotAICLIDir, "history")
+}
+
+func (cmd *Cmd) readConfigFile() error {
+	path := filepath.Join(cmd.dotAICLIDir, "config")
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return nil
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "opening file")
 	}
-	return filepath.Join(home, ".aicli_history")
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		line := sc.Text()
+		if len(line) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if isMeta(line) {
+			cmd.handleMeta(line)
+			continue
+		} else if line[0] == '#' {
+			continue
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }

pkg/aicli/cmd_test.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package aicli
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -12,13 +11,13 @@ import (
 func TestCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := NewCmd(&Echo{})
 	stdinr, stdinw := io.Pipe()
-	stdout := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	stderr := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	stdout, stdoutw := io.Pipe()
+	stderr, stderrw := io.Pipe()
 
 	cmd.stdin = stdinr
-	cmd.stdout = stdout
-	cmd.stderr = stderr
-	cmd.historyPath = t.TempDir() + "/.aicli_history"
+	cmd.stdout = stdoutw
+	cmd.stderr = stderrw
+	cmd.dotAICLIDir = t.TempDir()
 	cmd.OpenAIAPIKey = "blah"
 
 	done := make(chan struct{})
@@ -27,8 +26,9 @@ func TestCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		runErr = cmd.Run()
 		close(done)
 	}()
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
 	require.NoError(t, runErr)
-	// expect(t, stdout, []byte{0x20, 0x08, 0x1b, 0x5b, 0x36, 0x6e, 0x3e, 0x20})
 	_, _ = stdinw.Write([]byte("blah\n"))
 	require.NoError(t, runErr)
 	expect(t, stdout, []byte("blah\n"))
@@ -64,22 +64,24 @@ func expect(t *testing.T, r io.Reader, exp []byte) {
 	t.Helper()
 	buffer := make([]byte, len(exp)*20)
 	i := 0
+	var tot int
 	var n int
 	var err error
 	for {
 		i++
-		n, err = r.Read(buffer)
+		n, err = r.Read(buffer[tot:])
 		if err != nil && err.Error() != "EOF" {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 		}
-		if n > 0 {
+		tot += n
+		if tot >= len(exp) {
 			break
 		}
-		if i > 100 {
+		if i > 20 {
 			t.Fatal("spent too long waiting for output")
 		}
 		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
 	}
 
-	require.Equal(t, exp, buffer[:n])
+	require.Equal(t, exp, buffer[:tot])
 }