bdtui 0.3.0 → 0.3.1

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.3.1] - 2026-05-16
+
+### Added
+
+- Auto-start Dolt on launch: `bdtui` runs `bd dolt test` and falls back to `bd dolt start` if the project's Dolt server is down, so the TUI no longer opens against a dead backend. Skipped for `-v`/`--version`.
+
 ## [0.3.0] - 2026-05-15
 
 ### Added

package/bin/bdtui.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import path from 'path';
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import { createRequire } from 'module';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
@@ -15,5 +16,21 @@ if (arg === '-v' || arg === '--version') {
 const cwd = arg ? path.resolve(arg) : process.cwd();
 process.chdir(cwd);
 
+ensureDoltRunning(cwd);
+
 const { run } = await import('../src/app.js');
 await run(cwd);
+
+function ensureDoltRunning(cwd) {
+  const test = spawnSync('bd', ['dolt', 'test'], { cwd, stdio: 'ignore' });
+  if (test.status === 0) return;
+  // `bd` missing or otherwise unusable — let the TUI surface the real error.
+  if (test.error && test.error.code === 'ENOENT') return;
+
+  process.stderr.write("Dolt server not running — starting via 'bd dolt start'…\n");
+  const start = spawnSync('bd', ['dolt', 'start'], { cwd, stdio: 'inherit' });
+  if (start.status !== 0) {
+    process.stderr.write("Failed to start Dolt server. Run 'bd dolt start' manually.\n");
+    process.exit(start.status ?? 1);
+  }
+}

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bdtui",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "description": "Terminal UI for the bd beads issue tracker",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {