From ee6227a5c5dd840a490d65e6ac3025c9a0234024 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WhatDidYouExpect <89535984+WhatDidYouExpect@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:46:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] updated 2 search for a settings.json too

---
 main.py | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 4b62144..ec1edad 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -50,12 +50,50 @@ def find_dotenv(start_path: pathlib.Path) -> pathlib.Path | None:
         current = current.parent
     return None
 
-env_path = find_dotenv(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent)
-if env_path:
-    load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
-    print(f"[VOLTA] {GREEN}Loaded .env from {env_path}{RESET}")
+def load_settings_json() -> dict | None:
+    start_path = working_dir.resolve()
+    current = start_path.resolve()
+    while current != current.parent:
+        candidate = current / "settings.json"
+        if candidate.exists():
+            try:
+                with open(candidate, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    data = json.load(f)
+                print(f"[VOLTA] {GREEN}Loaded settings.json locale '{data.get('locale')}' from {candidate}{RESET}")
+                return data
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"[VOLTA] {RED}Failed to load settings.json at {candidate}: {e}{RESET}")
+                return None
+        current = current.parent
+
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(start_path):
+        if "settings.json" in files:
+            candidate = pathlib.Path(root) / "settings.json"
+            try:
+                with open(candidate, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    data = json.load(f)
+                print(f"[VOLTA] {GREEN}Loaded settings.json locale '{data.get('locale')}' from {candidate}{RESET}")
+                return data
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"[VOLTA] {RED}Failed to load settings.json at {candidate}: {e}{RESET}")
+                return None
+
+    print(f"[VOLTA] {YELLOW}No settings.json found scanning up or down from {start_path}{RESET}")
+    return None
+
+settings = load_settings_json()
+if settings and "locale" in settings:
+    LOCALE = settings["locale"]
 else:
-    print(f"[VOLTA] {YELLOW}No .env file found from {__file__} upwards.{RESET}")
+    env_path = find_dotenv(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent)
+    if env_path:
+        load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
+        print(f"[VOLTA] {GREEN}Loaded .env from {env_path}{RESET}")
+    else:
+        print(f"[VOLTA] {YELLOW}No .env file found from {__file__} upwards.{RESET}")
+    
+    LOCALE = os.getenv("LOCALE") or None
+
 
 locales_dirs.extend(find_locales_dirs(module_dir))
 if working_dir != module_dir: