Add global config object. Config#load loads user's atom.coffee.

benchmark/benchmark-helper.coffee

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $ = require 'jquery'
 _ = require 'underscore'
 Keymap = require 'keymap'
 Point = require 'point'
-RootView = require 'root-view'
+Config = require 'config'
 Project = require 'project'
 TextMateBundle = require 'text-mate-bundle'
 TextMateTheme = require 'text-mate-theme'
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ TextMateTheme = require 'text-mate-theme'
 require 'window'
 requireStylesheet "jasmine.css"
 
-RootView.prototype.loadUserConfiguration = ->
+beforeEach ->
+  # don't load user configuration
+  spyOn(config, 'load')
 
 keymap = new Keymap
 keymap.bindDefaultKeys()

spec/spec-helper.coffee

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ beforeEach ->
   window.fixturesProject = new Project(require.resolve('fixtures'))
   window.resetTimeouts()
 
+  # don't load user configuration
+  spyOn(config, 'load')
   # make editor display updates synchronous
   spyOn(Editor.prototype, 'requestDisplayUpdate').andCallFake -> @updateDisplay()
   spyOn(RootView.prototype, 'updateWindowTitle').andCallFake ->
@@ -42,9 +44,6 @@ window.keymap.bindKeys '*', 'meta-w': 'close'
 $(document).on 'close', -> window.close()
 $('html,body').css('overflow', 'auto')
 
-# Don't load user configuration in specs, because it's variable
-RootView.prototype.loadUserConfiguration = ->
-
 ensureNoPathSubscriptions = ->
   watchedPaths = $native.getWatchedPaths()
   $native.unwatchAllPaths()

src/app/config.coffee

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports =
+class Config
+  load: ->
+    try
+      require atom.configFilePath if fs.exists(atom.configFilePath)
+    catch error
+      console.error "Failed to load `#{atom.configFilePath}`", error.stack, error

src/app/root-view.coffee

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class RootView extends View
 
   initialize: (pathToOpen, { @extensionStates, suppressOpen } = {}) ->
     window.rootView = this
+    config.load()
+
     TextMateTheme.activate('IR_Black')
 
     @invisibles =
@@ -47,7 +49,6 @@ class RootView extends View
     @extensions = {}
     @project = new Project(pathToOpen)
     @handleEvents()
-    @loadUserConfiguration()
 
     if pathToOpen
       @open(pathToOpen) if fs.isFile(pathToOpen) and not suppressOpen
@@ -263,11 +264,5 @@ class RootView extends View
 
   getInvisibles: -> @invisibles
 
-  loadUserConfiguration: ->
-    try
-      require atom.configFilePath if fs.exists(atom.configFilePath)
-    catch error
-      console.error "Failed to load `#{atom.configFilePath}`", error.stack, error
-
   saveAll: ->
     editor.save() for editor in @getEditors()

src/app/window.coffee

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ fs = require 'fs'
 _ = require 'underscore'
 $ = require 'jquery'
 {CoffeeScript} = require 'coffee-script'
+Config = require 'config'
 RootView = require 'root-view'
 Pasteboard = require 'pasteboard'
 require 'jquery-extensions'
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ windowAdditions =
     TextMateTheme.loadAll()
     @setUpKeymap()
     @pasteboard = new Pasteboard
+    @config = new Config
     $(window).on 'core:close', => @close()
 
   # This method is intended only to be run when starting a normal application