feat(rome_service): traverse upwards the fs to discover the config file

crates/rome_cli/src/commands/rage.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use rome_diagnostics::termcolor::{ColorChoice, WriteColor};
 use rome_diagnostics::{termcolor, PrintDescription};
 use rome_fs::FileSystem;
 use rome_service::workspace::{client, RageEntry, RageParams};
-use rome_service::{load_config, BasePath, DynRef, Workspace};
+use rome_service::{load_config, ConfigurationBasePath, DynRef, Workspace};
 use std::{env, io, ops::Deref};
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ impl Display for RageConfiguration<'_, '_> {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut Formatter) -> io::Result<()> {
         Section("Rome Configuration").fmt(fmt)?;
 
-        match load_config(self.0, BasePath::default()) {
+        match load_config(self.0, ConfigurationBasePath::default()) {
             Ok(None) => KeyValuePair("Status", markup!(<Dim>"unset"</Dim>)).fmt(fmt)?,
             Ok(Some(deserialized)) => {
                 let (configuration, diagnostics) = deserialized.consume();

crates/rome_cli/src/configuration.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use crate::{CliDiagnostic, CliSession};
 use rome_deserialize::Deserialized;
-use rome_service::{load_config, BasePath, Configuration};
+use rome_service::{load_config, Configuration, ConfigurationBasePath};
 
 /// Load the configuration for this session of the CLI, merging the content of
 /// the `rome.json` file if it exists on disk with common command line options
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ pub(crate) fn load_configuration(
         .map_err(|source| CliDiagnostic::parse_error("--config-path", source))?;
 
     let base_path = match config_path {
-        None => BasePath::default(),
-        Some(path) => BasePath::FromUser(path),
+        None => ConfigurationBasePath::default(),
+        Some(path) => ConfigurationBasePath::FromUser(path),
     };
 
     let config = load_config(&session.app.fs, base_path)?;

crates/rome_lsp/src/session.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use rome_console::markup;
 use rome_fs::{FileSystem, OsFileSystem, RomePath};
 use rome_service::workspace::{FeatureName, PullDiagnosticsParams, SupportsFeatureParams};
 use rome_service::workspace::{RageEntry, RageParams, RageResult, UpdateSettingsParams};
-use rome_service::{load_config, BasePath, Workspace};
+use rome_service::{load_config, ConfigurationBasePath, Workspace};
 use rome_service::{DynRef, WorkspaceError};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ impl Session {
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
     pub(crate) async fn load_workspace_settings(&self) {
         let base_path = match self.base_path() {
-            None => BasePath::default(),
-            Some(path) => BasePath::Lsp(path),
+            None => ConfigurationBasePath::default(),
+            Some(path) => ConfigurationBasePath::Lsp(path),
         };
 
         let status = match load_config(&self.fs, base_path) {

crates/rome_service/src/configuration/mod.rs

@@ -115,10 +115,14 @@ impl FilesConfiguration {
     const KNOWN_KEYS: &'static [&'static str] = &["maxSize", "ignore"];
 }
 
+/// - [Result]: if an error occurred while loading the configuration file.
+/// - [Option]: sometimes not having a configuration file should not be an error, so we need this type.
+/// - [Deserialized]: result of the deserialization of the configuration.
+/// - [Configuration]: the type needed to [Deserialized] to infer the return type.
 type LoadConfig = Result<Option<Deserialized<Configuration>>, WorkspaceError>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
-pub enum BasePath {
+pub enum ConfigurationBasePath {
     /// The default mode, not having a configuration file is not an error.
     #[default]
     None,
@@ -129,53 +133,88 @@ pub enum BasePath {
     FromUser(PathBuf),
 }
 
+impl ConfigurationBasePath {
+    const fn is_from_user(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, ConfigurationBasePath::FromUser(_))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Load the configuration from the file system.
 ///
-/// The configuration file will be read from the `file_system`.
-/// An optional base path can be appended to the configuration file path.
-pub fn load_config(file_system: &DynRef<dyn FileSystem>, base_path: BasePath) -> LoadConfig {
+/// The configuration file will be read from the `file_system`. A [base path](ConfigurationBasePath) should be provided.
+///
+/// The function will try to traverse upwards the file system until if finds a `rome.json` file, or there
+/// aren't directories anymore.
+///
+/// If a the configuration base path was provided by the user, the function will error. If not, Rome will use
+/// its defaults.
+pub fn load_config(
+    file_system: &DynRef<dyn FileSystem>,
+    base_path: ConfigurationBasePath,
+) -> LoadConfig {
     let config_name = file_system.config_name();
-    let configuration_path = match base_path {
-        BasePath::Lsp(ref path) | BasePath::FromUser(ref path) => path.join(config_name),
+    let mut configuration_path = match base_path {
+        ConfigurationBasePath::Lsp(ref path) | ConfigurationBasePath::FromUser(ref path) => {
+            path.join(config_name)
+        }
         _ => PathBuf::from(config_name),
     };
+    let should_error = base_path.is_from_user();
     info!(
-        "Attempting to read the configuration file from {:?}",
-        configuration_path
+        "Attempting to read the configuration file from {}",
+        configuration_path.display()
     );
-    let options = OpenOptions::default().read(true);
-    let file = file_system.open_with_options(&configuration_path, options);
-    match file {
-        Ok(mut file) => {
-            let mut buffer = String::new();
-            file.read_to_string(&mut buffer).map_err(|_| {
-                WorkspaceError::cant_read_file(format!("{}", configuration_path.display()))
-            })?;
-
-            let deserialized = deserialize_from_json::<Configuration>(&buffer)
-                .with_file_path(&configuration_path.display().to_string());
-            Ok(Some(deserialized))
-        }
-        Err(err) => {
-            // We skip the error when the configuration file is not found.
-            // Not having a configuration file is only an error when the `base_path` is
-            // set to `BasePath::FromUser`.
-            if match base_path {
-                BasePath::FromUser(_) => true,
-                _ => err.kind() != ErrorKind::NotFound,
-            } {
-                return Err(WorkspaceError::cant_read_file(format!(
-                    "{}",
-                    configuration_path.display()
-                )));
+
+    let mut from_parent = false;
+    loop {
+        let options = OpenOptions::default().read(true);
+        let file = file_system.open_with_options(&configuration_path, options);
+        return match file {
+            Ok(mut file) => {
+                let mut buffer = String::new();
+                file.read_to_string(&mut buffer).map_err(|_| {
+                    WorkspaceError::cant_read_file(format!("{}", configuration_path.display()))
+                })?;
+
+                if from_parent {
+                    info!(
+                        "Rome auto discovered a configuration file at following path that wasn't in the working directory: {}",
+                        configuration_path.display()
+                    );
+                }
+
+                let deserialized = deserialize_from_json::<Configuration>(&buffer)
+                    .with_file_path(&configuration_path.display().to_string());
+                Ok(Some(deserialized))
             }
-            error!(
-                "Could not read the configuration file from {:?}, reason:\n {}",
-                configuration_path.display(),
-                err
-            );
-            Ok(None)
-        }
+            Err(err) => {
+                // base paths from users are not eligible for auto discovery
+                if !base_path.is_from_user() {
+                    if let Some(path) = configuration_path.parent() {
+                        if path.is_dir() {
+                            configuration_path = path.join(config_name);
+                            from_parent = true;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                // We skip the error when the configuration file is not found.
+                // Not having a configuration file is only an error when the `base_path` is
+                // set to `BasePath::FromUser`.
+                if should_error || err.kind() != ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                    return Err(WorkspaceError::cant_read_file(format!(
+                        "{}",
+                        configuration_path.display()
+                    )));
+                }
+                error!(
+                    "Could not read the configuration file from {:?}, reason:\n {}",
+                    configuration_path.display(),
+                    err
+                );
+                Ok(None)
+            }
+        };
     }
 }
 

crates/rome_service/src/lib.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mod diagnostics;
 pub mod workspace_types;
 
 pub use crate::configuration::{
-    create_config, load_config, BasePath, Configuration, ConfigurationDiagnostic,
+    create_config, load_config, Configuration, ConfigurationBasePath, ConfigurationDiagnostic,
     RuleConfiguration, Rules,
 };
 pub use crate::matcher::{MatchOptions, Matcher, Pattern};

website/package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 				"start": "astro dev",
 				"format": "cargo rome-cli-dev format --write .",
 				"tsc": "tsc --skipLibCheck",
-				"check": "cd ../ && cargo rome-cli-dev check ./website/src",
+				"check": "cargo rome-cli-dev check ./src",
 				"start:playground": "pnpm build:wasm-dev && pnpm start",
 				"build": "pnpm build:wasm && pnpm build:js",
 				"build:js": "astro build",