config default set utility

lib/utility.lua

@@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ end
 
 
 
+local config_path = utility.path .. "config.json"
 local config, config_lock
 utility.get_config = function(skip_lock)
   if not config then
-    local config_path = utility.path .. "config.json"
     if utility.is_file(config_path) then
       if not skip_lock then
         config_lock = utility.get_lock(config_path)
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ end
 
 utility.save_config = function()
   if config then
-    local config_path = utility.path .. "config.json"
     if not config_lock then
       print("Warning: A config lock file was not established.")
     end
@@ -412,6 +411,31 @@ utility.save_config = function()
   end
 end
 
+utility.get_config_with_defaults = function(defaults)
+  local config = utility.get_config()
+
+  local loop, changes_made
+  loop = function(config_level, default_level)
+    for k,v in pairs(default_level) do
+      if not config_level[k] then
+        config_level[k] = v
+        changes_made = true
+      elseif type(v) == "table" then
+        loop(config_level[k], v)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  loop(config, defaults)
+
+  if changes_made then
+    utility.save_config()
+  else
+    utility.release_lock(config_path)
+  end
+
+  return config
+end
+
 
 
 local data_file_locations = {}

refresh_sources.lua

@@ -8,19 +8,16 @@ local log = utility.require("log")
 local text_processing = utility.require("text_processing")
 local timing = utility.require("timing")
 
--- TODO make utility have a function for getting/setting defaults where locking is only used to set defaults if they aren't present
 -- TODO there should be a check function for a lock so a warning/error can be dumped?
-local config = utility.get_config("no-lock")
+local config = utility.get_config_with_defaults{
-if not config.models then
+  models = {
-  config.models = {
     embedding = {
       model = "qwen3-embedding:0.6b",
       max_chunk_size = 32768,
     },
     initialized_sources = {},
+  },
 }
-  utility.save_config()
-end
 
 log{
   info = true,
@@ -257,7 +254,7 @@ local refresh_sources = function()
 
         if embeddings.vectors[sha512sum] then
           log("debug", file_name .. "\n has already been embedded, skipping.")
-          -- add file reference if it was missing
+          -- add file reference if it was missing (also handles recognition of duplicate files)
           if not embeddings.files[file_name] then
             embeddings.files[file_name] = { sha512sum }
           end