From 3a67b686d101e57746c6e4901381e72078e29e19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christo De Lange <christo_de_lange@homedepot.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:26:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Set the defaults BEFORE considering a --config CLI argument

---
 cobra/cmd/root.go | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cobra/cmd/root.go b/cobra/cmd/root.go
index 065c8bf4..c059c81f 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/root.go
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ func init() {
 
 // Read in config file and ENV variables if set.
 func initConfig() {
+	viper.SetConfigName(".cobra") // name of config file (without extension)
+	viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME")  // adding home directory as first search path
+
 	if cfgFile != "" { // enable ability to specify config file via flag
 		viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
 	}
 
-	viper.SetConfigName(".cobra") // name of config file (without extension)
-	viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME")  // adding home directory as first search path
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()          // read in environment variables that match
 
 	// If a config file is found, read it in.