From b71634a4ee542fac8fa7de09f1c1163d9b69be7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:26:51 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] dev: notes, debug output tweaks

---
 hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs      | 3 +++
 hledger/Hledger/Cli/Conf.hs | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
index 41766af43..fa436b8c0 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
@@ -485,6 +485,9 @@ cmdargsParse desc m args0 = process m (ensureDebugFlagHasVal args0)
 --   and will be moved - but later rejected by cmdargs.
 --   Instead these should be written to the right of a "--" argument, which hides them.
 --
+-- - XXX Relative order of flags is mostly but not entirely preserved, currently:
+--   pre-command flags get moved to the end, after post-command flags. 
+--
 moveFlagsAfterCommand :: [String] -> (String, [String], [String])
 moveFlagsAfterCommand args =
   case moveFlagAndVal (args, []) of
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Conf.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Conf.hs
index 3648505c7..b58fe1aac 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Conf.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Conf.hs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ getConf rawopts = do
         exists <- doesFileExist f
         return $ if exists then Just f else Nothing
       case conffiles of
-        f:_ -> dbg8IO "found config files" conffiles >> dbg1IO "using config file" f >> readConfFile f
+        f:_ -> dbg8IO "found config files" conffiles >> dbg1IO "using nearest config file" f >> readConfFile f
         []  -> return $ traceAt 1 "no config file found" (nullconf, Nothing)
 
 -- | Read this config file and parse its contents, or raise an error.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ defaultConfFilePaths :: IO [FilePath]
 defaultConfFilePaths = do
   ds   <- confDirs
   home <- getHomeDirectory
-  return $ dbg8 "possible config files" $
+  return $ dbg8 "possible config file paths" $
     flip map ds $ \d -> d </> if d==home then ".hledger.conf" else "hledger.conf"
 
 -- | Get the directories to check for a hledger config file.