fix: if the plugins/config.yaml plugins array is empty, initialize it with the appropriate default from catalog settings.

Signed-off-by: habeck <habeck@us.ibm.com>

Author: tedhabeck

.env.example

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #   `allow`, `deny`
 # PLUGINS_DEFAULT_HOOK_POLICY=allow
 
+# Path to plugins folder
+# PLUGINS_FOLDER=plugins
 # Path to main plugins configuration file
 # PLUGINS_CONFIG_FILE=plugins/config.yaml
 

cpex/tools/cli.py

@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ def update_plugins_config_yaml(manifest: PluginManifest):
     )
     if plugin_configs.plugins is None:
         plugin_configs.plugins = []
+    if plugin_configs.plugin_dirs is None or len(plugin_configs.plugin_dirs)==0:
+        catalog_settings = get_catalog_settings()
+        plugin_configs.plugin_dirs = [f"{catalog_settings.FOLDER}"]
     plugin_configs.plugins.append(plugin_config)
     # now serialize the config
     ConfigSaver.save_config(plugin_configs, settings.config_file)