1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
index f6275cdd..15c2a085 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  package PublicInbox::Config;
  use strict;
  use warnings;
-require PublicInbox::Inbox;
  use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(popen_rd);
  
  # returns key-value pairs of config directives in a hash
@@ -131,6 +130,7 @@ sub git_config_dump {
  }
  
  sub _fill {
+        require PublicInbox::Inbox;
          my ($self, $pfx) = @_;
          my $rv = {};
  
@@ -167,4 +167,14 @@ sub _fill {
          $self->{-by_name}->{$name} = $rv;
  }
  
+sub try_cat {
+        my ($path) = @_;
+        my $rv = '';
+        if (open(my $fh, '<', $path)) {
+                local $/;
+                $rv = <$fh>;
+        }
+        $rv;
+}
+
  1;