support config passed in as proplist instead of filename

5 files changed, 32 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/src/relx.erl b/src/relx.erl
index e9867a9..37918be 100644
--- a/src/relx.erl
+++ b/src/relx.erl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 -module(relx).
 
 -export([main/1,
+         main/2,
          do/2,
          do/7,
          do/8,
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@
 %%============================================================================
 -spec main([string()]) -> ok | error() | {ok, rlx_state:t()}.
 main(Args) ->
+    main([], Args).
+
+main(ApiOptions, Args) ->
     OptSpecList = opt_spec_list(),
     Result = case getopt:parse(OptSpecList, Args) of
                  {ok, {Options, NonOptions}} ->
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ main(Args) ->
                                      usage();
                                  false ->
                                      application:start(relx),
-                                     do([{caller, command_line} | Options], NonOptions)
+                                     do(ApiOptions++[{caller, command_line} | Options], NonOptions)
                              end
                      end;
                  {error, Detail} ->
diff --git a/src/rlx_cmd_args.erl b/src/rlx_cmd_args.erl
index e117d8e..84aeca5 100644
--- a/src/rlx_cmd_args.erl
+++ b/src/rlx_cmd_args.erl
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ format_error({invalid_option_arg, Arg}) ->
             io_lib:format("Invalid code path argument -n ~p~n", [Path])
     end;
 format_error({invalid_config_file, Config}) ->
-    io_lib:format("Invalid configuration file specified: ~s", [Config]);
+    io_lib:format("Invalid configuration file specified: ~p", [Config]);
 format_error({invalid_caller, Caller}) ->
     io_lib:format("Invalid caller specified: ~s", [Caller]);
 format_error({failed_to_parse, Spec}) ->
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ validate_config(Config) ->
         true ->
             {ok, filename:absname(Config)};
         false ->
-            ?RLX_ERROR({invalid_config_file, Config})
+            {ok, Config}
     end.
 
 run_creates(Opts) ->
diff --git a/src/rlx_config.erl b/src/rlx_config.erl
index d4acb3c..dbfe1c6 100644
--- a/src/rlx_config.erl
+++ b/src/rlx_config.erl
@@ -97,20 +97,26 @@ parent_dir([_H], Acc) ->
 parent_dir([H | T], Acc) ->
     parent_dir(T, [H | Acc]).
 
--spec load_config(file:filename(), rlx_state:t()) ->
+-spec load_config(file:filename() | proplists:proplist(), rlx_state:t()) ->
                          {ok, rlx_state:t()} | relx:error().
 load_config(ConfigFile, State) ->
     {ok, CurrentCwd} = file:get_cwd(),
-    ok = file:set_cwd(filename:dirname(ConfigFile)),
-    Result = case file:consult(ConfigFile) of
-                 {error, Reason} ->
-                     ?RLX_ERROR({consult, ConfigFile, Reason});
-                 {ok, Terms} ->
-                     CliTerms = rlx_state:cli_args(State),
-                     lists:foldl(fun load_terms/2, {ok, State}, merge_configs(CliTerms, Terms))
-             end,
-    ok = file:set_cwd(CurrentCwd),
-    Result.
+    case filelib:is_regular(ConfigFile) of
+        true ->
+            ok = file:set_cwd(filename:dirname(ConfigFile)),
+            Result = case file:consult(ConfigFile) of
+                         {error, Reason} ->
+                             ?RLX_ERROR({consult, ConfigFile, Reason});
+                         {ok, Terms} ->
+                             CliTerms = rlx_state:cli_args(State),
+                             lists:foldl(fun load_terms/2, {ok, State}, merge_configs(CliTerms, Terms))
+                     end,
+            ok = file:set_cwd(CurrentCwd),
+            Result;
+        false ->
+            CliTerms = rlx_state:cli_args(State),
+            lists:foldl(fun load_terms/2, {ok, State}, merge_configs(CliTerms, ConfigFile))
+    end.
 
 -spec load_terms(term(), {ok, rlx_state:t()} | relx:error()) ->
                         {ok, rlx_state:t()} | relx:error().
diff --git a/src/rlx_prv_overlay.erl b/src/rlx_prv_overlay.erl
index 4cbbf31..f7e2be8 100644
--- a/src/rlx_prv_overlay.erl
+++ b/src/rlx_prv_overlay.erl
@@ -377,7 +377,12 @@ get_relative_root(State) ->
         [] ->
             rlx_state:root_dir(State);
         Config ->
-            filename:dirname(Config)
+            case filelib:is_regular(Config) of
+                true ->
+                    filename:dirname(Config);
+                false ->
+                    rlx_state:root_dir(State)
+            end
     end.
 
 -spec is_directory(file:name(), file:name()) -> boolean().
diff --git a/src/rlx_state.erl b/src/rlx_state.erl
index 71b96f3..a25c60f 100644
--- a/src/rlx_state.erl
+++ b/src/rlx_state.erl
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ goals(#state_t{goals=TS}) ->
 goals(State, Goals) ->
     State#state_t{goals=Goals}.
 
--spec config_file(t()) -> file:filename() | undefined.
+-spec config_file(t()) -> file:filename() | proplists:proplist() | undefined.
 config_file(#state_t{config_file=ConfigFiles}) ->
     ConfigFiles.
 
--spec config_file(t(), file:filename() | undefined) -> t().
+-spec config_file(t(), file:filename() | proplists:proplist() | undefined) -> t().
 config_file(State, ConfigFiles) ->
     State#state_t{config_file=ConfigFiles}.