feat(cli): allow for toml files in --config arg, closes #7859

.changes/toml-json5-configs-in-cli.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+tauri-cli: minor:enhance
+"@tauri-apps/cli": minor:enhance
+---
+
+Add support for passing TOML and JSON5 config files to `--config` arg

crates/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ tauri-bundler = { version = "2.3.0", default-features = false, path = "../tauri-
 colored = "2"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["preserve_order"] }
+json5 = "0.4"
 notify = "8"
 notify-debouncer-full = "0.5"
 shared_child = "1"

crates/tauri-cli/src/build.rs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// Skip the bundling step even if `bundle > active` is `true` in tauri config.
   #[clap(long)]
   pub no_bundle: bool,
-  /// JSON strings or path to JSON files to merge with the default configuration file
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
   ///
   /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
   ///

crates/tauri-cli/src/bundle.rs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// Space or comma separated list of bundles to package.
   #[clap(short, long, action = ArgAction::Append, num_args(0..), value_delimiter = ',')]
   pub bundles: Option<Vec<BundleFormat>>,
-  /// JSON strings or path to JSON files to merge with the default configuration file
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
   ///
   /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
   ///

crates/tauri-cli/src/dev.rs

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// Exit on panic
   #[clap(short, long)]
   pub exit_on_panic: bool,
-  /// JSON strings or path to JSON files to merge with the default configuration file
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
   ///
   /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
   ///

crates/tauri-cli/src/lib.rs

@@ -63,10 +63,22 @@ impl FromStr for ConfigValue {
     } else {
       let path = PathBuf::from(config);
       if path.exists() {
-        Ok(Self(serde_json::from_str(
-          &read_to_string(&path)
-            .with_context(|| format!("invalid configuration at file {config}"))?,
-        )?))
+        let raw = &read_to_string(&path)
+          .with_context(|| format!("invalid configuration at file {config}"))?;
+        match path.extension() {
+          Some(ext) if ext == "toml" => Ok(Self(::toml::from_str(raw)?)),
+          Some(ext) if ext == "json5" => Ok(Self(::json5::from_str(raw)?)),
+          // treat all other extensions as json
+          _ => Ok(Self(
+            // from tauri-utils/src/config/parse.rs:
+            // we also want to support **valid** json5 in the .json extension
+            // if the json5 is not valid the serde_json error for regular json will be returned.
+            match ::json5::from_str(raw) {
+              Ok(json5) => json5,
+              Err(_) => serde_json::from_str(raw)?,
+            },
+          )),
+        }
       } else {
         anyhow::bail!("provided configuration path does not exist")
       }

crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// List of cargo features to activate
   #[clap(short, long, action = ArgAction::Append, num_args(0..))]
   pub features: Option<Vec<String>>,
-  /// JSON strings or path to JSON files to merge with the default configuration file
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
   ///
   /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
   ///

crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// Exit on panic
   #[clap(short, long)]
   exit_on_panic: bool,
-  /// JSON strings or path to JSON files to merge with the default configuration file
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
   ///
   /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
   ///

crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// List of cargo features to activate
   #[clap(short, long, action = ArgAction::Append, num_args(0..))]
   pub features: Option<Vec<String>>,
-  /// JSON strings or path to JSON files to merge with the default configuration file
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
   ///
   /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
   ///

crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub struct Options {
   /// Exit on panic
   #[clap(short, long)]
   exit_on_panic: bool,
-  /// JSON strings or path to JSON files to merge with the default configuration file
+  /// JSON strings or paths to JSON, JSON5 or TOML files to merge with the default configuration file
   ///
   /// Configurations are merged in the order they are provided, which means a particular value overwrites previous values when a config key-value pair conflicts.
   ///