From 0e133ae6dbe998bdcfad4aee0a33caceda23bf7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrice Ferlet <metal3d@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:50:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(path): fixing the default compose file check

---
 internal/generator/converter.go | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 internal/parser/main.go         | 11 ++++++++---
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/generator/converter.go b/internal/generator/converter.go
index ca823e8..afde74c 100644
--- a/internal/generator/converter.go
+++ b/internal/generator/converter.go
@@ -109,8 +109,19 @@ func Convert(config ConvertOptions, dockerComposeFile ...string) error {
 
 	// the current working directory is the directory
 	currentDir, _ := os.Getwd()
+	// Filter to only existing files before chdir
+	var existingFiles []string
+	for _, f := range dockerComposeFile {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(f); err == nil {
+			existingFiles = append(existingFiles, f)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(existingFiles) == 0 && len(dockerComposeFile) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no compose file found: %v", dockerComposeFile)
+	}
+
 	// go to the root of the project
-	if err := os.Chdir(filepath.Dir(dockerComposeFile[0])); err != nil {
+	if err := os.Chdir(filepath.Dir(existingFiles[0])); err != nil {
 		logger.Failure(err.Error())
 		return err
 	}
@@ -122,12 +133,12 @@ func Convert(config ConvertOptions, dockerComposeFile ...string) error {
 	}()
 
 	// repove the directory part of the docker-compose files
-	for i, f := range dockerComposeFile {
-		dockerComposeFile[i] = filepath.Base(f)
+	for i, f := range existingFiles {
+		existingFiles[i] = filepath.Base(f)
 	}
 
 	// parse the compose files
-	project, err := parser.Parse(config.Profiles, config.EnvFiles, dockerComposeFile...)
+	project, err := parser.Parse(config.Profiles, config.EnvFiles, existingFiles...)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Failure("Cannot parse compose files", err.Error())
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/parser/main.go b/internal/parser/main.go
index 6b9ad8d..c3a8cd7 100644
--- a/internal/parser/main.go
+++ b/internal/parser/main.go
@@ -41,16 +41,21 @@ func Parse(profiles []string, envFiles []string, dockerComposeFile ...string) (*
 		}
 	}
 
-	options, err := cli.NewProjectOptions(dockerComposeFile,
+	opts := []cli.ProjectOptionsFn{
 		cli.WithProfiles(profiles),
 		cli.WithInterpolation(true),
-		cli.WithDefaultConfigPath,
 		cli.WithEnvFiles(envFiles...),
 		cli.WithOsEnv,
 		cli.WithDotEnv,
 		cli.WithNormalization(true),
 		cli.WithResolvedPaths(false),
-	)
+	}
+
+	if len(dockerComposeFile) == 0 {
+		opts = append(opts, cli.WithDefaultConfigPath)
+	}
+
+	options, err := cli.NewProjectOptions(dockerComposeFile, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}