configuration: the cache folder can now be specified in the configuration file

chatmastermind/commands/hist.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def hist_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> None:
                             tags_not=args.exclude_tags,
                             question_contains=args.question,
                             answer_contains=args.answer)
-    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path('.'),
+    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(Path(config.cache),
                            Path(config.db),
                            mfilter=mfilter)
     chat.print(args.source_code_only,

chatmastermind/commands/question.py

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def question_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> None:
     mfilter = MessageFilter(tags_or=args.or_tags if args.or_tags is not None else set(),
                             tags_and=args.and_tags if args.and_tags is not None else set(),
                             tags_not=args.exclude_tags if args.exclude_tags is not None else set())
-    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path('.'),
+    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path(config.cache),
                            db_path=Path(config.db),
                            mfilter=mfilter)
     # if it's a new question, create and store it immediately

chatmastermind/commands/tags.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def tags_cmd(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Config) -> None:
     """
     Handler for the 'tags' command.
     """
-    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path('.'),
+    chat = ChatDB.from_dir(cache_path=Path(config.cache),
                            db_path=Path(config.db))
     if args.list:
         tags_freq = chat.msg_tags_frequency(args.prefix, args.contain)

chatmastermind/configuration.py

@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class Config:
     """
     # all members have default values, so we can easily create
     # a default configuration
+    cache: str = '.'
     db: str = './db/'
     ais: dict[str, AIConfig] = field(default_factory=create_default_ai_configs)
 
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ class Config:
             ai_conf = ai_config_instance(conf['name'], conf)
             ais[ID] = ai_conf
         return cls(
+            cache=str(source['cache']) if 'cache' in source else '.',
             db=str(source['db']),
             ais=ais
         )