From bea6e5506ab3091d1198edff5e9b61d68ee7e4b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Daigle <daigle_jonathan@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 00:40:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Process config alt before any other.

This allows to version the configuration, using alt and to still be
able to use those configuration values in esh template
(using <% yamd config some-config %> )
---
 yadm | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yadm b/yadm
index cad4b8e..58a7418 100755
--- a/yadm
+++ b/yadm
@@ -251,11 +251,19 @@ function record_score() {
   done
   # if we don't find an existing index, create one by appending to the array
   if [ "$index" -eq -1 ]; then
-    alt_targets+=("$tgt")
-    # set index to the last index (newly created one)
-    for index in "${!alt_targets[@]}"; do :; done
-    # and set its initial score to zero
-    alt_scores[$index]=0
+    # The configuration must be the first alt of the list.
+    # This ensures that if any templates uses "yadm config some-confid", the config will be available.
+    if [ "$tgt" = "$YADM_DIR/.config/yadm/config" ]; then
+        alt_targets=("$tgt" "${alt_targets[@]}")
+        alt_scores=(0 "${alt_scores[@]}")
+        index=0
+    else
+        alt_targets+=("$tgt")
+        # set index to the last index (newly created one)
+        for index in "${!alt_targets[@]}"; do :; done
+        # and set its initial score to zero
+        alt_scores[$index]=0
+     fi
   fi
 
   # record nothing if a template command is registered for this file