From 4255a1f83a2459849f143843f5625ff806842826 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madeline Hashcube <hashcube.dev@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 14:46:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] scaffolding of config has been put in place

---
 cmd/ytpm/sync.go |  2 +-
 config/config.go | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/ytpm/sync.go b/cmd/ytpm/sync.go
index f548df3..e68b79d 100644
--- a/cmd/ytpm/sync.go
+++ b/cmd/ytpm/sync.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func SyncSources() (int, error) {
 		keyPath := sourcesPath + key + "/"
 		err = os.Mkdir(keyPath, cacheInfo.Mode())
 		if err != nil {
-			if err.Error() != "mkdir " + keyPath + ": file exists" {
+			if !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrExist) {
 				return 0, err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 9155e98..6cdc79e 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@
 package config
 
-type Configuration struct{
-	Authors []string
-	Default []string
+import (
+	"os"
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+)
+
+type Settings struct{
+	Authors []string `yaml:"authors"`
+	Categories []string `yaml:"categories"`
+}
+
+func ReadConfig(path string) (Settings, error) {
+	s := Settings{}
+	if path == "" {
+		cfgDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
+		if err != nil { return s, err }
+		path = cfgDir + "/ytpm.yaml"
+	}
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: Handle Error To Use a Default Config
+		return s, err
+	}
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return s, err
+	}
+
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+func GenerateDefaultConfig() (Settings, error) {
+	s := Settings{}
+	return s, nil
 }
-- 
2.51.2