refactor: CLI config parsing

app/client/cli/cmd.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"github.com/pokt-network/pocket/app/client/cli/flags"
-	"github.com/pokt-network/pocket/runtime/configs"
 	"github.com/pokt-network/pocket/runtime/defaults"
 )
 
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ const (
 	flagBindErrFormat = "could not bind flag %q: %v"
 )
 
-var cfg *configs.Config
-
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&flags.RemoteCLIURL, "remote_cli_url", defaults.DefaultRemoteCLIURL, "takes a remote endpoint in the form of <protocol>://<host>:<port> (uses RPC Port)")
 	// ensure that this flag can be overridden by the respective viper-conventional environment variable (i.e. `POCKET_REMOTE_CLI_URL`)
@@ -42,17 +39,10 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   cliExecutableName,
-	Short: "Pocket Network Command Line Interface (CLI)",
-	Long:  "The CLI is meant to be an user but also a machine friendly way for interacting with Pocket Network.",
-	PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		// by this time, the config path should be set
-		cfg = configs.ParseConfig(flags.ConfigPath)
-
-		// set final `remote_cli_url` value; order of precedence: flag > env var > config > default
-		flags.RemoteCLIURL = viper.GetString("remote_cli_url")
-		return nil
-	},
+	Use:               cliExecutableName,
+	Short:             "Pocket Network Command Line Interface (CLI)",
+	Long:              "The CLI is meant to be an user but also a machine friendly way for interacting with Pocket Network.",
+	PersistentPreRunE: flags.ParseConfigAndFlags,
 }
 
 func ExecuteContext(ctx context.Context) error {

app/client/cli/flags/config.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package flags
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+
+	"github.com/pokt-network/pocket/runtime/configs"
+)
+
+var Cfg *configs.Config
+
+func ParseConfigAndFlags(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+	// by this time, the config path should be set
+	Cfg = configs.ParseConfig(ConfigPath)
+
+	// set final `remote_cli_url` value; order of precedence: flag > env var > config > default
+	RemoteCLIURL = viper.GetString("remote_cli_url")
+	return nil
+}

app/client/cli/helpers/setup.go

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ import (
 // P2PDependenciesPreRunE initializes peerstore & current height providers, and a
 // p2p module which consumes them. Everything is registered to the bus.
 func P2PDependenciesPreRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+	if err := flags.ParseConfigAndFlags(nil, nil); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// TODO_THIS_COMMIT: figure out what to do with this vvv
 	// TECHDEBT: this is to keep backwards compatibility with localnet
 	flags.ConfigPath = runtime.GetEnv("CONFIG_PATH", "build/config/config.validator1.json")
 

app/client/cli/utils.go

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func attachKeybaseFlagsToSubcommands() []cmdOption {
 }
 
 func keybaseForCLI() (keybase.Keybase, error) {
-	return keybase.NewKeybase(cfg.Keybase)
+	return keybase.NewKeybase(flags.Cfg.Keybase)
 }
 
 func unableToConnectToRpc(err error) error {