fix(config): Don't write non-TOML default config files

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/crates/turtle/src/atuin_client/settings.rs b/crates/turtle/src/atuin_client/settings.rs
index b32a04e0..e4c21d4a 100644
--- a/crates/turtle/src/atuin_client/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/turtle/src/atuin_client/settings.rs
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ impl Settings {
             .set_default("dialect", "us")?
             .set_default("timezone", "local")?
             .set_default("auto_sync", true)?
-            .set_default("sync_address", "https://api.atuin.sh")?
+            .set_default("sync.address", "https://api.atuin.sh")?
             .set_default("sync_frequency", "5m")?
             .set_default("search_mode", "fuzzy")?
             .set_default("filter_mode", None::<String>)?
@@ -1177,14 +1177,14 @@ impl Settings {
                 .ok_or_else(|| eyre!("config file path is not valid UTF-8"))?;
             config_builder.add_source(ConfigFile::new(config_file_str, FileFormat::Toml))
         } else {
-            let mut file = File::create(config_file).wrap_err("could not create config file")?;
+            // TODO(@bpeetz): Rework the config handling, so that we can actually auto-write a
+            // file with defaults. <2026-06-13>
+            create_dir_all(config_file.parent().unwrap())?;
 
-            let config = config_builder.build_cloned()?;
-            // TODO(@bpeetz): Not so sure about this <2026-06-10>
-            file.write_all(config.cache.to_string().as_bytes())
-                .wrap_err("could not write default config file")?;
-
-            config_builder
+            bail!(
+                "No config file at: `{}`. Please add one.",
+                config_file.display()
+            )
         };
 
         // all paths should be expanded