refactor - consolidate input validation

bin/update_sops.sh

@@ -167,7 +167,11 @@ function main(){
   sops_config_dir="$(realpath "${sops_config_dir}")"
   test -d "${sops_config_dir}" || (echo "E: specify dir containing .sops.yaml, invalid dir: '${sops_config_dir}'" && exit 1)
   sops_config="${sops_config_dir}/.sops.yaml"
-  # create it! # test -e "${sops_config}" || (echo "E: could not locate .sops.yaml, tried ${sops_config}" && exit 1)
+  # locate appropriate sops config if default assumption not found
+  if [[ ! -e "${sops_config}" ]]; then
+    # dev note: '2> /dev/null' to disable debug output
+    sops_config="$(fn_sops_locate_config_in_git_repo 2> /dev/null)"
+  fi
   if [[ "${#secrets_file_list[@]}" != "0" ]]; then
     for secrets_file in "${secrets_file_list[@]}"; do
       test -e "${secrets_file}" || (echo "E: could not locate file with secrets, tried: ${secrets_file}" && exit 1)
@@ -187,11 +191,6 @@ function main(){
   fi
 
   # UPDATE SOPS CONFIG
-  # locate sops config
-  if [[ ! -e "${sops_config}" ]]; then
-    # dev note: '2> /dev/null' to disable debug output
-    sops_config="$(fn_sops_locate_config_in_git_repo 2> /dev/null)"
-  fi
 
   # update sops config
   # TODO: remove the 'pushd;popd' workaround and make the functions aware of the dir being read