Help channels: move to a subpackage

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/bot/exts/help_channels/__init__.py b/bot/exts/help_channels/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38444b707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/exts/help_channels/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import logging
+
+from bot.bot import Bot
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def setup(bot: Bot) -> None:
+    """Load the HelpChannels cog."""
+    # Defer import to reduce side effects from importing the sync package.
+    from bot.exts.help_channels import _cog
+    try:
+        _cog.validate_config()
+    except ValueError as e:
+        log.error(f"HelpChannels cog will not be loaded due to misconfiguration: {e}")
+    else:
+        bot.add_cog(_cog.HelpChannels(bot))
diff --git a/bot/exts/help_channels.py b/bot/exts/help_channels/_cog.py
index ced2f72ef..5e2a7dd71 100644
--- a/bot/exts/help_channels.py
+++ b/bot/exts/help_channels/_cog.py
@@ -928,13 +928,3 @@ def validate_config() -> None:
             f"max_total_channels ({total}) must be less than or equal to "
             f"{MAX_CHANNELS_PER_CATEGORY} due to Discord's limit on channels per category."
         )
-
-
-def setup(bot: Bot) -> None:
-    """Load the HelpChannels cog."""
-    try:
-        validate_config()
-    except ValueError as e:
-        log.error(f"HelpChannels cog will not be loaded due to misconfiguration: {e}")
-    else:
-        bot.add_cog(HelpChannels(bot))