`chef generate generator` flow is quite broken

Version:

$ chef -v
Redirecting to cinc
Cinc Workstation version: 24.12.1073
Cinc Client version: 18.6.2
Cinc Auditor version: 5.22.65
Cinc CLI version: 5.6.16
Biome version: 1.6.821
Test Kitchen version: 3.6.0
Cookstyle version: 7.32.8

Environment:

Debian Linux sid

Scenario:

When you run chef generate generator, it tells you:

Add the following to your config file to enable it:
  chefcli.generator_cookbook "/tmp/f/code_generator"

But this syntax is actually invalid:

When loading '/home/phil/.cinc-workstation/config.toml',
the following error occurred:
  parse error on value "." (".")

OK, so first problem is that the tool gives you invalid syntax.

So, lets fix it to be as the docs recommend:

[chefcli]
generator_cookbook = "/tmp/f/code_generator"

That passes syntax checking, but it also doesn't seem to do anything. From here if you run:

chef generate cookbook test

it uses the internal cookbook, not the custom one. One must run:

chef generate cookbook test -f /tmp/f/code_generator

in order for it to take effect.

Steps to Reproduce:

See above.

Expected Result:

config is taken into account

Actual Result:

config is not taken into account.

Start by reproducing chef generate generator, the reported config parse error, and chef generate cookbook test with the documented [chefcli] setting. Trace how the generator cookbook setting is parsed and how cookbook generation selects its source; done means the emitted configuration is valid and the configured custom cookbook is used without -f.