Fix fallback to global config

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/client/go/cmd/config.go b/client/go/cmd/config.go
index 50d302b1e5d..f274bf7fc33 100644
--- a/client/go/cmd/config.go
+++ b/client/go/cmd/config.go
@@ -476,10 +476,15 @@ func (c *Config) list() []string {
 	return options
 }
 
+func (c *Config) isSet(option string) bool { return c.viper.IsSet(option) }
+
 func (c *Config) get(option string) (string, bool) {
 	if c.local != nil {
-		if value, ok := c.local.get(option); ok {
-			return value, ok
+		// when reading from local config, the option must be explicitly set to be considered
+		if c.local.isSet(option) {
+			if value, ok := c.local.get(option); ok {
+				return value, ok
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	value := c.viper.GetString(option)
diff --git a/client/go/cmd/config_test.go b/client/go/cmd/config_test.go
index 7059bfa78cc..58e70893619 100644
--- a/client/go/cmd/config_test.go
+++ b/client/go/cmd/config_test.go
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLocalConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	configHome := t.TempDir()
+	// Write a few global options
 	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "", "config", "set", "instance", "main")
+	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "", "config", "set", "target", "cloud")
 
-	// Change directory to an application package and write local configuration
+	// Change directory to an application package and write local options
 	_, rootDir := mock.ApplicationPackageDir(t, false, false)
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
 	require.Nil(t, err)
@@ -60,17 +62,20 @@ func TestLocalConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "instance = bar\n", "config", "get", "--instance", "bar", "instance") // flag overrides local config
 
 	// get --local prints only options set in local config
-	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "", "config", "set", "--local", "target", "hosted")
-	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "instance = foo\ntarget = hosted\n", "config", "get", "--local")
+	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "instance = foo\n", "config", "get", "--local")
+
+	// get reads global option if unset locally
+	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "target = cloud\n", "config", "get", "target")
 
-	// only locally set options are written
+	// Only locally set options are written
 	localConfig, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(rootDir, ".vespa", "config.yaml"))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "instance: foo\ntarget: hosted\n", string(localConfig))
+	assert.Equal(t, "instance: foo\n", string(localConfig))
 
 	// Changing back to original directory reads from global config
 	require.Nil(t, os.Chdir(wd))
 	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "instance = main\n", "config", "get", "instance")
+	assertConfigCommand(t, configHome, "target = cloud\n", "config", "get", "target")
 }
 
 func assertConfigCommand(t *testing.T, configHome, expected string, args ...string) {