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diff --git a/src/common/init.cpp b/src/common/init.cpp
index 8933d59c27..412d73aec7 100644
--- a/src/common/init.cpp
+++ b/src/common/init.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <chainparams.h>
#include <common/args.h>
#include <common/init.h>
+#include <logging.h>
#include <tinyformat.h>
#include <util/fs.h>
#include <util/translation.h>
@@ -20,6 +21,19 @@ std::optional<ConfigError> InitConfig(ArgsManager& args, SettingsAbortFn setting
if (!CheckDataDirOption(args)) {
return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED, strprintf(_("Specified data directory \"%s\" does not exist."), args.GetArg("-datadir", ""))};
}
+
+ // Record original datadir and config paths before parsing the config
+ // file. It is possible for the config file to contain a datadir= line
+ // that changes the datadir path after it is parsed. This is useful for
+ // CLI tools to let them use a different data storage location without
+ // needing to pass it every time on the command line. (It is not
+ // possible for the config file to cause another configuration to be
+ // used, though. Specifying a conf= option in the config file causes a
+ // parse error, and specifying a datadir= location containing another
+ // bitcoin.conf file just ignores the other file.)
+ const fs::path orig_datadir_path{args.GetDataDirBase()};
+ const fs::path orig_config_path{AbsPathForConfigVal(args, args.GetPathArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), /*net_specific=*/false)};
+
std::string error;
if (!args.ReadConfigFiles(error, true)) {
return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED, strprintf(_("Error reading configuration file: %s"), error)};
@@ -48,6 +62,32 @@ std::optional<ConfigError> InitConfig(ArgsManager& args, SettingsAbortFn setting
fs::create_directories(net_path / "wallets");
}
+ // Show an error or warning if there is a bitcoin.conf file in the
+ // datadir that is being ignored.
+ const fs::path base_config_path = base_path / BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME;
+ if (fs::exists(base_config_path) && !fs::equivalent(orig_config_path, base_config_path)) {
+ const std::string cli_config_path = args.GetArg("-conf", "");
+ const std::string config_source = cli_config_path.empty()
+ ? strprintf("data directory %s", fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(orig_datadir_path)))
+ : strprintf("command line argument %s", fs::quoted("-conf=" + cli_config_path));
+ const std::string error = strprintf(
+ "Data directory %1$s contains a %2$s file which is ignored, because a different configuration file "
+ "%3$s from %4$s is being used instead. Possible ways to address this would be to:\n"
+ "- Delete or rename the %2$s file in data directory %1$s.\n"
+ "- Change datadir= or conf= options to specify one configuration file, not two, and use "
+ "includeconf= to include any other configuration files.\n"
+ "- Set allowignoredconf=1 option to treat this condition as a warning, not an error.",
+ fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(base_path)),
+ fs::quoted(BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME),
+ fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(orig_config_path)),
+ config_source);
+ if (args.GetBoolArg("-allowignoredconf", false)) {
+ LogPrintf("Warning: %s\n", error);
+ } else {
+ return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED, Untranslated(error)};
+ }
+ }
+
// Create settings.json if -nosettings was not specified.
if (args.GetSettingsPath()) {
std::vector<std::string> details;