create-curb.js 1.16.0-preview.4 → 1.16.0-preview.5

package/RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Explain a target folder that cannot be created (#40)
 - Say what hosted deploys accept today (#46)
 - Correct what the help and guide say about conversations and build (#41)
 - Start curb outside a project from the npm package (#38)

package/bin/create-curb.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   readFileSync,
   readdirSync,
   renameSync,
+  statSync,
   writeFileSync,
 } from "node:fs";
 import { basename, dirname, join, resolve } from "node:path";
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@ if (!/^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]*$/.test(appName)) {
     `"${appName}" is not a valid project name — use lowercase letters, digits, ".", "_", "-" (npm package name rules).`,
   );
 }
+if (existsSync(targetDir) && !statSync(targetDir).isDirectory()) {
+  fail(`${targetDir} is a file. Choose a new directory.`);
+}
 if (existsSync(targetDir) && readdirSync(targetDir).length > 0) {
   fail(`${targetDir} already exists and is not empty. Choose a new directory.`);
 }
@@ -301,8 +305,12 @@ const envValues = finalizeEnv();
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------- copy template
 const templateDir = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../templates/default");
-mkdirSync(targetDir, { recursive: true });
-cpSync(templateDir, targetDir, { recursive: true });
+try {
+  mkdirSync(targetDir, { recursive: true });
+  cpSync(templateDir, targetDir, { recursive: true });
+} catch (error) {
+  fail(`Cannot create the project in ${targetDir} (${error.code ?? error.message}). Choose a directory you can write to.`);
+}
 
 // npm strips .gitignore from published tarballs, so the template ships it without the
 // leading dot. The project carries no .npmrc: hosted builds refuse one.

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-curb.js",
-  "version": "1.16.0-preview.4",
+  "version": "1.16.0-preview.5",
   "description": "Create a Curb voice agent: npm create curb.js my-agent",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://curbjs.com",