Namespacing your viper binds is important

cmd/obp/cmd/hugo.go

@@ -22,19 +22,8 @@ var hugoCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		return nil
 	},
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		cmd.DebugFlags()
+		source := viper.GetString("hugo.source")
-
+		target := viper.GetString("hugo.target")
-		source := viper.GetString("source")
-		log.Printf("viper source: %q\n", source)
-		cobraSource, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("source")
-		log.Printf("cobra source: %q\n", cobraSource)
-
-		target := viper.GetString("target")
-		log.Printf("viper target: %q\n", target)
-		cobraTarget, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("target")
-		log.Printf("cobra target: %q\n", cobraTarget)
-
-		return nil
 
 		err := obp.CopyPosts(source, target)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -56,13 +45,13 @@ var hugoCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func init() {
 	hugoCmd.Flags().StringP("source", "s", "", "path to vault directory containing hugo posts")
-	err := viper.BindPFlag("source", hugoCmd.Flags().Lookup("source"))
+	err := viper.BindPFlag("hugo.source", hugoCmd.Flags().Lookup("source"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicln("error binding viper to source flag:", err)
 	}
 
 	hugoCmd.Flags().StringP("target", "t", "", "hugo content/ directory")
-	err = viper.BindPFlag("target", hugoCmd.Flags().Lookup("target"))
+	err = viper.BindPFlag("hugo.target", hugoCmd.Flags().Lookup("target"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicln("error binding viper to target flag:", err)
 	}

cmd/obp/cmd/validate.go

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ var validateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long: `Validate YAML frontmatter with jsonschema
 `,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		schema := viper.GetString("schema")
+		schema := viper.GetString("validate.schema")
-		target := viper.GetString("target")
+		target := viper.GetString("validate.target")
 		if target == "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("target flag must not be empty")
 		}
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ func init() {
 		log.Panicln("error binding viper to schema flag:", err)
 	}
 
-	err = viper.BindPFlag("target", validateCmd.Flags().Lookup("target"))
+	err = viper.BindPFlag("validate.target", validateCmd.Flags().Lookup("target"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicln("error binding viper to target flag:", err)
 	}
 
-	err = viper.BindPFlag("format", validateCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("format"))
+	err = viper.BindPFlag("validate.format", validateCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("format"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicln("error binding viper to format flag:", err)
 	}

hugo.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package obp
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
-	"log"
+	// "log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ func CopyPosts(src, dst string) error {
 
 		postName := strings.Join(splitPostName[:len(splitPostName)-1], ".")
 
-		log.Printf("provided dst: %q\n", dst)
 		postDir := filepath.Join(dst, postName)
-		log.Printf("postDir: %q\n", postDir)
-		return nil
 
 		err := os.MkdirAll(postDir, 0777)