my code is so goddamn jank

src/lib.rs

@@ -42,18 +42,22 @@ pub fn create_config(file: &String) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn read_config(file: &String) -> Config {
-    let read = fs::read_to_string(file).expect("couldn't read config file");
+    let replaced = file.replace('~', &get_home()[..]); // replace ~ with $HOME
+    let read = fs::read_to_string(replaced).expect("couldn't read config file");
     serde_json::from_str(&read[..]).expect("couldn't parse json")
 }
 
-pub fn ensure_exists(path: String) {
+pub fn ensure_exists(path: &String) {
-    let p = Path::new(&path);
+    let replaced = path.replace('~', &get_home()[..]); // replace ~ with $HOME
+    let p = Path::new(&replaced);
+    println!("{}", replaced);
+    println!("{:?}", p.exists());    
     if !p.exists() {
         fs::create_dir_all(p).expect("couldn't create folder")
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub latest_date: String,
     pub cache_folder: String,

src/main.rs

@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ fn main() {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
     let config_file = args.config_file;
-
+    println!("{}", config_file);
     ggg::create_config(&config_file);
     let config = ggg::read_config(&config_file);
-    ggg::ensure_exists(config.cache_folder)
+    ggg::ensure_exists(&config.cache_folder);
+
+    println!("{:?}", &config);
 }