@longtable/cli 0.1.7 → 0.1.8

package/dist/cli.js

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { emitKeypressEvents } from "node:readline";
 import { createInterface } from "node:readline/promises";
 import { stdin as input, stdout as output, cwd, exit } from "node:process";
-import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { dirname, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
 import { buildProviderChoices, buildQuickSetupFlow, createPersistedSetupOutput, installRuntimeConfigFromStoredSetup, loadSetupOutput, renderInstallSummary, renderSetupSummary, resolveDefaultRuntimeConfigPath, resolveDefaultSetupPath, saveSetupAndRuntimeConfig, serializeSetupOutput } from "@diverga/setup";
 import { buildCodexThinWrappedPrompt, runCodexThinWrapper } from "@diverga/provider-codex";
@@ -242,6 +243,29 @@ function resolveInteractiveProjectPath(parentOrPath, projectName) {
     }
     return resolve(normalized);
 }
+async function verifyWritableWorkspaceParent(projectPath) {
+    const parentDir = dirname(resolve(projectPath));
+    const probePrefix = resolve(parentDir, ".longtable-permission-check-");
+    try {
+        const created = await mkdtemp(probePrefix);
+        await rm(created, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+        throw new Error([
+            `Long Table could not create a project workspace under: ${parentDir}`,
+            "Reason: your current shell process cannot write to that parent directory.",
+            "",
+            "What to try next:",
+            `- test it directly: mkdir -p "${resolve(parentDir, "_longtable_write_test")}"`,
+            "- if that fails too, this is an OS/disk permission problem rather than a Long Table command problem",
+            "- try a known-writable path such as ~/Research",
+            "- or choose a different existing parent directory when Long Table asks where the project should live",
+            "",
+            `Original error: ${message}`
+        ].join("\n"));
+    }
+}
 async function promptChoiceByNumber(rl, prompt, choices) {
     while (true) {
         const answer = await rl.question(`${prompt}\n${renderChoices(choices)}\nSelect one number: `);
@@ -930,6 +954,7 @@ async function runStart(args) {
         throw new Error("Long Table global setup is missing. Run `longtable init --flow interview` first.");
     }
     const interview = await collectProjectInterview(existingSetup, args);
+    await verifyWritableWorkspaceParent(interview.projectPath);
     const context = await createOrUpdateProjectWorkspace({
         projectName: interview.projectName,
         projectPath: interview.projectPath,
@@ -1101,7 +1126,9 @@ main().catch((error) => {
     if (message === "Setup cancelled.") {
         exit(1);
     }
-    console.error("");
-    console.error(usage());
+    if (message.startsWith("Unknown command:") || message.startsWith("Invalid ")) {
+        console.error("");
+        console.error(usage());
+    }
     exit(1);
 });

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@longtable/cli",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Researcher-facing Long Table CLI on top of the legacy Diverga package surface",
   "type": "module",