Use custom type to avoid context-values collisions

internal/cli/cli.go

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func NewCommand(srv rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceServer) *cobra.Command {
 			preRun(verbose, outputFormat, logLevel, logFile, logFormat, noColor, settings)
 
 			// Log the configuration file used
-			if configFile := ctx.Value("config_file").(string); configFile != "" {
+			if configFile := config.GetConfigFile(ctx); configFile != "" {
 				logrus.Infof("Using config file: %s", configFile)
 			} else {
 				logrus.Info("Config file not found, using default values")

internal/cli/config/config.go

@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ func getAllArraySettingsKeys(ctx context.Context, srv rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceServ
 	return arrayKeys
 }
 
+type ctxValue string
+
+// GetConfigFile returns the configuration file path from the context
+func GetConfigFile(ctx context.Context) string {
+	res := ctx.Value(ctxValue("config_file"))
+	if res == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return res.(string)
+}
+
+// SetConfigFile sets the configuration file path in the context
+func SetConfigFile(ctx context.Context, configFile string) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, ctxValue("config_file"), configFile)
+}
+
 func saveConfiguration(ctx context.Context, srv rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceServer) {
 	var outConfig []byte
 	if res, err := srv.ConfigurationSave(ctx, &rpc.ConfigurationSaveRequest{SettingsFormat: "yaml"}); err != nil {
@@ -72,7 +88,7 @@ func saveConfiguration(ctx context.Context, srv rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceServer) {
 		outConfig = []byte(res.GetEncodedSettings())
 	}
 
-	configFile := ctx.Value("config_file").(string)
+	configFile := GetConfigFile(ctx)
 	if err := paths.New(configFile).WriteFile(outConfig); err != nil {
 		feedback.Fatal(tr("Error writing to file: %v", err), feedback.ErrGeneric)
 	}

internal/cli/config/init.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func runInitCommand(srv rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceServer) {
 		configFileAbsPath = configFileDir.Join(defaultFileName)
 
 	default:
-		configFileAbsPath = paths.New(ctx.Value("config_file").(string))
+		configFileAbsPath = paths.New(GetConfigFile(ctx))
 		configFileDir = configFileAbsPath.Parent()
 	}
 

main.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/cli"
+	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/cli/config"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/cli/configuration"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/cli/feedback"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/i18n"
@@ -35,8 +36,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Search for the configuration file in the command line arguments and in the environment
 	configFile := configuration.FindConfigFileInArgsFallbackOnEnv(os.Args)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, "config_file", configFile)
+	ctx := config.SetConfigFile(context.Background(), configFile)
 
 	// Read the settings from the configuration file
 	openReq := &rpc.ConfigurationOpenRequest{SettingsFormat: "yaml"}