From c26e7340c76f1a2906eda23b5e86f7926a143fa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amy Gale Ruth Bowersox <amy@erbosoft.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 23:12:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Amsterdam can now find a config file using the
 AMSTERDAM_CONFIG environment variable

---
 .vscode/launch.json | 4 +++-
 config/config.go    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 0189096..8982920 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "mode": "auto",
             "program": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "args": ["-C", "${workspaceFolder}/test2.yaml"]
+            "env": {
+                "AMSTERDAM_CONFIG": "${workspaceFolder}/test2.yaml"
+            }
         },
     ]
 }
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index a11e636..59a15a1 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const AMSTERDAM_COPYRIGHT = "2025-2026"
 
 // AmCLI is the command-line interface arguments structure.
 type AmCLI struct {
-	ConfigFile       string `arg:"-C,--config" help:"Location of the configuration file."`
+	ConfigFile       string `arg:"-C,--config,env:AMSTERDAM_CONFIG" help:"Location of the configuration file."`
 	DebugPanic       bool   `arg:"--debug-panic" help:"Development Only - disable Echo panic recovery"`
 	BuggyAttachments bool   `arg:"--buggy-attachments" help:"Some attachments may be buggy - truncate data if necessary"`
 }