It’s not you. He is definitely testing your patience

Could just be a very off day! We all have those sometimes!

Just to be sure, I'm going to include a reference to the Clojure etiquette

How about a lint message when config is discovered in arrears (or, if that's not conveniently known, then upon first linting) to the effect of "For best results, prime clj-kondo before first run..."

clj-kondo doesn't know that there is config elsewhere.

but anyway that wasn't my point, I just didn't like the tone of this issue

yes, very good idea to calmly convey the tone you need to continue the conversation!

Very politely done borkdude. Patience of a saint 🙂 It's not your responsibility to handle peoples emotional issues. Fix it, fork it or f**k off - the three F's of open source. https://boyter.org/posts/the-three-f-s-of-open-source/