From 33df39f430de5c8e43f9b61081560f69b59dfdd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: uprightbass360 <uprightbass360@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 19:54:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow blank defaults in get_template_value

---
 setup.sh | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 20a993a..882e11f 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -26,18 +26,19 @@ get_template_value() {
 
   # Extract value, handling variable expansion syntax like ${VAR:-default}
   local value
-  value=$(grep "^${key}=" "$template_file" | head -1 | cut -d'=' -f2- | sed 's/^"\(.*\)"$/\1/')
+  local raw_line
+  raw_line=$(grep "^${key}=" "$template_file" | head -1)
+  if [ -z "$raw_line" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Required key '$key' not found in .env.template" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  value="${raw_line#*=}"
+  value=$(echo "$value" | sed 's/^"\(.*\)"$/\1/')
 
   # Handle ${VAR:-default} syntax by extracting the default value
   if [[ "$value" =~ ^\$\{[^}]*:-([^}]*)\}$ ]]; then
     value="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
   fi
-
-  if [ -z "$value" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Required key '$key' not found in .env.template" >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
   echo "$value"
 }