fix: Allow --home to propagate to init command (backport #10104) (#10158)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* (x/genutil) [#10104](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10104) Ensure the `init` command reads the `--home` flag value correctly.
+
 ## [v0.44.0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.44.0) - 2021-09-01
 
 ### Features

client/cmd.go

@@ -249,12 +249,8 @@ func readTxCommandFlags(clientCtx Context, flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) (Context, err
 	return clientCtx, nil
 }
 
-// ReadHomeFlag checks if home flag is changed.
-// If this is a case, we update HomeDir field of Client Context
-/* Discovered a bug with Cory
-./build/simd init andrei --home ./test
-cd test/config there is no client.toml configuration file
-*/
+// ReadHomeFlag checks if home flag is changed. If this is a case, we update
+// HomeDir field of Client Context.
 func ReadHomeFlag(clientCtx Context, cmd *cobra.Command) Context {
 	if cmd.Flags().Changed(flags.FlagHome) {
 		rootDir, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(flags.FlagHome)

x/genutil/client/cli/init.go

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func InitCmd(mbm module.BasicManager, defaultNodeHome string) *cobra.Command {
 			serverCtx := server.GetServerContextFromCmd(cmd)
 			config := serverCtx.Config
 
+			clientCtx = client.ReadHomeFlag(clientCtx, cmd)
 			config.SetRoot(clientCtx.HomeDir)
 
 			chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(flags.FlagChainID)
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ func InitCmd(mbm module.BasicManager, defaultNodeHome string) *cobra.Command {
 			if !overwrite && tmos.FileExists(genFile) {
 				return fmt.Errorf("genesis.json file already exists: %v", genFile)
 			}
+
 			appState, err := json.MarshalIndent(mbm.DefaultGenesis(cdc), "", " ")
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to marshall default genesis state")
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ func InitCmd(mbm module.BasicManager, defaultNodeHome string) *cobra.Command {
 			genDoc.ChainID = chainID
 			genDoc.Validators = nil
 			genDoc.AppState = appState
+
 			if err = genutil.ExportGenesisFile(genDoc, genFile); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to export gensis file")
 			}