Implementing backup of broken config files

This addresses issue #390.
fxbox · May 3, 2016 · 7f8b38a · 7f8b38a
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diff --git a/src/config_store.rs b/src/config_store.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,12 @@ impl ConfigStore {
             Err(error) => {
                 error!("Unable to generate JSON from config file {}: {}",
                     file_name, error.to_string());
-                    empty_config
+                let mut backup_name = file_name.to_owned();
+                backup_name.push_str("_BROKEN");
+                warn!("Moving broken config file to {}", backup_name);
+                let _ = fs::rename(file_name, &backup_name);
+                warn!("Continuing with empty config file");
+                empty_config
             }
         };