Started work on the config parser

config.yml.sample

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+input:
+  backup_paths:
+    - "/path/to/backup/location"
+    - "~/tilde/is/supported"
+output:
+  output_root: "/path/must/be/on/the/same/filesystem"
+
+customization:
+  time_format: "%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S"

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 pytz
 python-dateutil
+PyYAML
+appdirs

setup.py

@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ setup(
     author="Raphael Roberts",
     author_email="raphael.roberts48@gmail.com",
     packages=find_packages(),
+    data_files=[("", ["config.yml.sample"])],
 )

tibi_hardlinks/config.py

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+import appdirs as _appdirs
+import os
+import shutil
+import yaml
+
+
+def ensure_directory_exists(path):
+    os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+    return path
+
+
+appdirs = _appdirs.AppDirs("tibi_hardlinks")
+
+CONFIG_DIR = ensure_directory_exists(appdirs.user_config_dir)
+CACHE_DIR = ensure_directory_exists(appdirs.user_cache_dir)
+CONFIG_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, "config.yml")
+PACKAGE_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+if not os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE_PATH):
+    shutil.copy(os.path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT, "config.yml"), CONFIG_FILE_PATH)
+
+with open(CONFIG_FILE_PATH, "r") as config_file:
+    CONFIG_DATA = yaml.load(config_file)