[Bug] cli failing to create new user data directory

[Jonathan Zollinger]

What version of Cosma are you using?

2.4.0

On which operating system(s) did you observe the bug?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

What version of the operating system are you on?

Windows 11 Home (22H2 22621.3007) & Fedora 39 workstation

Actions leading to the bug

1. install cosma (no upgrade)
2. call cosma --create-user-data-dir
3. error output is printed to the screen (see bug description)

Bug description

attempting to create a user data directory produces this error and fails to produce the directory needed.

$_> cosma --create-user-data-dir
Warn. No default or local config file to use. Cosma runs with factory config. Use "cosma config --help" for more info about create config file.
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1146
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '../models/config-cli'
Require stack:
- C:\Users\jonat\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@graphlab-fr\cosma\controllers\user-data-dir.js
- C:\Users\jonat\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@graphlab-fr\cosma\app.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:984:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1234:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:176:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\jonat\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@graphlab-fr\cosma\controllers\user-data-dir.js:3:16)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1375:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1434:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1206:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1022:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1234:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    'C:\\Users\\jonat\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\@graphlab-fr\\cosma\\controllers\\user-data-dir.js',
    'C:\\Users\\jonat\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\@graphlab-fr\\cosma\\app.js'
  ]
}

Additional information

I've replicated this issue on both a fedora machine and a windows machine.

I've added software versions between the two setups below.

software	fedora	windows
npm	10.2.3	10.2.4
node	20.10.0	21.5.0

[Arthur Perret]

@Jonathan-Zollinger Thanks for opening an issue. I can reproduce the bug on macOS. I also have the following bugs:

• Using cosma --help without having created a user data directory produces a similar warning:

Warn. No default or local config file to use. Cosma runs with factory config. Use "cosma config --help" for more info about create config file.

• If I create the user data directory manually, using cosma --create-user-data-dir should produce a message about the directory being already there, but instead I get an error message that is similar to yours:

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1093
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '../models/config-cli'
Require stack:
- /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/controllers/user-data-dir.js
- /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/app.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1090:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:934:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1157:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:119:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/controllers/user-data-dir.js:3:16)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1275:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1329:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1133:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:972:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1157:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/controllers/user-data-dir.js',
    '/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@graphlab-fr/cosma/app.js'
  ]
}

Node.js v19.8.1

Pinging @Myllaume. I think this is an issue with detecting the absence/presence of the defaults file.

Until the bug is fixed, follow these steps:

• Create a user data directory manually. On Linux, it should be something like $HOME/.config/cosma-cli or $HOME/.local/share/cosma-cli. On macOS, ~/Library/Application Support/cosma-cli.
• Add a defaults.yml configuration file manually to your user data directory. It can be empty.

This does not fix the error with cosma --create-user-data-dir but it makes the warning about default config go away.