From 89d8f665b5c661a4b373f766692b3d68c3cd294f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dranull <150595692+dranull@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 18:27:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] config: Avoid regenerating config if --config is used (#4103)

---
 src/config/ConfigManager.cpp | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index 28f3b746..71841804 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -1610,10 +1610,16 @@ void CConfigManager::loadConfigLoadVars() {
     ifs.open(mainConfigPath);
 
     if (!ifs.good()) {
-        Debug::log(WARN, "Config reading error. Attempting to generate, backing up old one if exists");
-
         ifs.close();
 
+        if (!g_pCompositor->explicitConfigPath.empty()) {
+            Debug::log(WARN, "Config reading error!");
+            parseError = "Broken config file! (Could not read)";
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Debug::log(WARN, "Config reading error. Attempting to generate, backing up old one if exists");
+
         if (std::filesystem::exists(mainConfigPath))
             std::filesystem::rename(mainConfigPath, mainConfigPath + ".backup");