diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/missing-config.in/.keep b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/missing-config.in/.keep
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diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/missing-config.toml b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/missing-config.toml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/missing-config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+bin.name = "typos"
+args = "--config foo.toml"
+status.code = 78
+stdin = ""
+# stdout doesn't have stable order
+stderr = """
+No such file or directory (os error 2)
+"""