From 7ddcfd4d6421473dca5e19b9f8aa227a52382ee3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vidhu Kant Sharma <vidhukant@vidhukant.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:14:29 +0530
Subject: added 'default guestbook' option

---
 cmd/del.go     |   6 +++++-
 cmd/dump.go    |   6 +++++-
 cmd/root.go    |  22 +++++++++++++---------
 cmd/serve.go   |   6 +++++-
 guestbook      | Bin 0 -> 15109353 bytes
 guestbook.toml |   5 +++++
 6 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 guestbook

diff --git a/cmd/del.go b/cmd/del.go
index 60dad6c..5764d86 100644
--- a/cmd/del.go
+++ b/cmd/del.go
@@ -87,5 +87,9 @@ var delCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(delCmd)
 
-	delCmd.Flags().StringP("guestbook", "g", "my_guestbook", "Guestbook name (defined in /etc/guestbook.toml)")
+	if viper.IsSet("default_guestbook") {
+		defaultGuestbook = viper.GetString("default_guestbook")
+	}
+
+	delCmd.Flags().StringP("guestbook", "g", defaultGuestbook, "Guestbook name (defined in /etc/guestbook.toml)")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/dump.go b/cmd/dump.go
index 769c4bc..3880c85 100644
--- a/cmd/dump.go
+++ b/cmd/dump.go
@@ -80,5 +80,9 @@ var dumpCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(dumpCmd)
 
-	dumpCmd.Flags().StringP("guestbook", "g", "my_guestbook", "Guestbook name (defined in /etc/guestbook.toml)")
+	if viper.IsSet("default_guestbook") {
+		defaultGuestbook = viper.GetString("default_guestbook")
+	}
+
+	dumpCmd.Flags().StringP("guestbook", "g", defaultGuestbook, "Guestbook name (defined in /etc/guestbook.toml)")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 0a7d0e6..b3b8395 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ import (
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "guestbook",
-	Version: "v1.6.2",
+	Version: "v1.7.0",
 	Short: "Standalone guestbook server for static websites",
 	Long: "Standalone guestbook server for static websites",
 }
 
+var defaultGuestbook string = "my_guestbook"
+
 func Execute() {
 	err := rootCmd.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -40,12 +42,14 @@ func Execute() {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	cobra.OnInitialize(func () {
-		viper.SetConfigName("guestbook")
-		viper.AddConfigPath("/etc")
-
-		if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	})
+	viper.SetConfigName("guestbook")
+	viper.AddConfigPath("/etc")
+
+	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if viper.IsSet("default_guestbook") {
+		defaultGuestbook = viper.GetString("default_guestbook")
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index 7d0b8c1..89f6680 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -130,5 +130,9 @@ var serveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(serveCmd)
 
-	serveCmd.Flags().StringP("guestbook", "g", "my_guestbook", "Guestbook name (defined in /etc/guestbook.toml)")
+	if viper.IsSet("default_guestbook") {
+		defaultGuestbook = viper.GetString("default_guestbook")
+	}
+
+	serveCmd.Flags().StringP("guestbook", "g", defaultGuestbook, "Guestbook name (defined in /etc/guestbook.toml)")
 }
diff --git a/guestbook b/guestbook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ae92034
Binary files /dev/null and b/guestbook differ
diff --git a/guestbook.toml b/guestbook.toml
index 0a1c7c0..a8c921a 100644
--- a/guestbook.toml
+++ b/guestbook.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# useful especially if you have multiple guestbooks running
+# serve, dump and del commands will default to this
+# use the -g flag to override
+default_guestbook = "my_guestbook"
+
 # the idea is to have a single database but different
 # tables for each guestbook (if any)
 [database]
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