Fix 3598 - Utilize script field from config when present

archinstall/__init__.py

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def main() -> int:
 		if not arch_config_handler.args.skip_version_check:
 			_check_new_version()
 
-	script = arch_config_handler.args.script
+	script = arch_config_handler.get_script()
 
 	mod_name = f'archinstall.scripts.{script}'
 	# by loading the module we'll automatically run the script

archinstall/lib/args.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Arguments:
 	creds_decryption_key: str | None = None
 	silent: bool = False
 	dry_run: bool = False
-	script: str = 'guided'
+	script: str | None = None
 	mountpoint: Path = Path('/mnt')
 	skip_ntp: bool = False
 	skip_wkd: bool = False
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class Arguments:
 @dataclass
 class ArchConfig:
 	version: str | None = None
+	script: str | None = None
 	locale_config: LocaleConfiguration | None = None
 	archinstall_language: Language = field(default_factory=lambda: translation_handler.get_language_by_abbr('en'))
 	disk_config: DiskLayoutConfiguration | None = None
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ def unsafe_json(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
 	def safe_json(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
 		config: Any = {
 			'version': self.version,
+			'script': self.script,
 			'archinstall-language': self.archinstall_language.json(),
 			'hostname': self.hostname,
 			'kernels': self.kernels,
@@ -130,6 +132,9 @@ def from_config(cls, args_config: dict[str, Any]) -> 'ArchConfig':
 
 		arch_config.locale_config = LocaleConfiguration.parse_arg(args_config)
 
+		if script := args_config.get('script', None):
+			arch_config.script = script
+
 		if archinstall_lang := args_config.get('archinstall-language', None):
 			arch_config.archinstall_language = translation_handler.get_language_by_name(archinstall_lang)
 
@@ -244,6 +249,15 @@ def config(self) -> ArchConfig:
 	def args(self) -> Arguments:
 		return self._args
 
+	def get_script(self) -> str:
+		if script := self.args.script:
+			return script
+
+		if script := self.config.script:
+			return script
+
+		return 'guided'
+
 	def print_help(self) -> None:
 		self._parser.print_help()
 
@@ -312,7 +326,6 @@ def _define_arguments(self) -> ArgumentParser:
 		)
 		parser.add_argument(
 			'--script',
-			default='guided',
 			nargs='?',
 			help='Script to run for installation',
 			type=str,

tests/data/test_config.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "archinstall-language": "English",
+  "script": "test_script",
   "app_config": {
       "bluetooth_config": {
           "enabled": true

tests/test_args.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def test_default_args(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
 		creds_decryption_key=None,
 		silent=False,
 		dry_run=False,
-		script='guided',
+		script=None,
 		mountpoint=Path('/mnt'),
 		skip_ntp=False,
 		skip_wkd=False,
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def test_config_file_parsing(
 
 	assert arch_config == ArchConfig(
 		version='3.0.2',
+		script='test_script',
 		app_config=ApplicationConfiguration(
 			bluetooth_config=BluetoothConfiguration(enabled=True),
 			audio_config=AudioConfiguration(audio=Audio.PIPEWIRE),