fix: refuse scaffolding into non-empty dirs without --force - #3633
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe CLI adds ChangesScaffold overwrite protection
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The scaffolding flow can still write outside the requested project directory when dangling symlinks or concurrent filesystem changes are present, risking unintended file modification; non-Unicode terminals may also render status output incorrectly. Merge should be blocked until filesystem checks and write operations are made safe. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CLI
participant runProjectScaffold
participant filesystem
participant confirm
participant writeProjectFiles
participant rollback
CLI->>runProjectScaffold: provide parsed arguments
runProjectScaffold->>filesystem: inspect target directory and generated paths
alt force enabled
runProjectScaffold->>writeProjectFiles: write project files
else interactive mode
runProjectScaffold->>confirm: request overwrite approval
confirm-->>runProjectScaffold: return decision
runProjectScaffold->>writeProjectFiles: write after approval
else non-interactive mode
runProjectScaffold-->>CLI: reject scaffold operation
end
writeProjectFiles->>filesystem: back up and write files
filesystem-->>writeProjectFiles: return write failure
writeProjectFiles->>rollback: restore backups and remove new entries
rollback->>filesystem: restore filesystem state
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140-150: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd coverage for a directory that contains only
.git.The test suite covers an empty directory but not the required
.git-only case. Create.git, run non-interactive scaffolding without--force, and assert that generation succeeds.Based on PR objectives, directories containing only
.gitmust remain scaffoldable without prompting.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In `@packages/create-termui-app/src/index.test.ts` around lines 140 - 150, Extend the scaffolding test around runCli to create a directory containing only a .git entry, invoke runCli non-interactively without --force, and assert that project generation succeeds by checking for the generated package.json. Preserve the existing empty-directory coverage and use the same templates.generateProject setup.
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In `@packages/create-termui-app/src/index.test.ts`:
- Around line 176-179: Remove the unnecessary `as any` assertion from the
`vi.spyOn(templates, 'generateProject').mockReturnValue` call in the test,
passing the generated file array directly while preserving its existing
contents.
In `@packages/create-termui-app/src/index.ts`:
- Around line 132-151: Replace the new console.log calls in the project
overwrite/abort flow and the additional output near lines 195–199 with the
project-approved output mechanism, preserving their messages and behavior.
Update the relevant logic around args.force, confirmPrompt, and the surrounding
creation flow without adding any console.log calls in the source file.
- Line 180: Update the project setup and rollback flow around projectDirExisted
to track directories and files created by this invocation, including nested
directories created under an existing projectDir. During cleanup, remove only
those tracked artifacts and empty directories, while preserving pre-existing
directories and content created by other processes.
- Around line 195-216: Update the file-writing loop around written and
writeFileSync so each target path is recorded before attempting the write.
Ensure rollback processes failed write attempts too, restoring backed-up
existing content or removing/truncating newly created files as appropriate,
while preserving the existing best-effort rollback behavior.
- Around line 189-211: Update the backup handling in the file-writing and
rollback flow to preserve raw bytes: read existing files as Buffers, store them
in the backups map, and restore them without specifying UTF-8 encoding. Keep the
null/undefined distinction for newly created files and the existing rollback
behavior in the surrounding write operation.
- Around line 189-196: Update writeProjectFiles to reject symlinked projectDir
and every existing ancestor of each generated path before
existsSync/readFileSync or mkdirSync/writeFileSync; use lstatSync and fail
validation when any checked entry is a symbolic link, while preserving normal
handling for non-symlink paths.
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In `@packages/create-termui-app/src/index.test.ts`:
- Around line 140-150: Extend the scaffolding test around runCli to create a
directory containing only a .git entry, invoke runCli non-interactively without
--force, and assert that project generation succeeds by checking for the
generated package.json. Preserve the existing empty-directory coverage and use
the same templates.generateProject setup.
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In `@packages/create-termui-app/src/index.ts`:
- Around line 72-75: Update the banner and the additional reported output around
the affected report calls to select Unicode glyphs only when caps.unicode is
true, with ASCII equivalents otherwise. Apply the fallback consistently to every
non-ASCII box or status glyph in this output while preserving the existing
layout and text.
- Around line 180-255: Update assertNoSymbolicLinks, createDirectories, and
writeProjectFiles to use lstatSync with explicit ENOENT handling so dangling
symlinks are detected rather than treated as missing paths. Anchor checks,
writes, directory creation, backups, and rollback operations to a trusted
project directory handle to prevent ancestor replacement races; if concurrent
hostile writers remain unsupported, document that threat-model limitation.
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Description
create-termui-appused to warn and then overwrite files in an existing non-empty directory. It now refuses by default: non-interactive mode needs--force, interactive mode prompts with confirm (default no), and partial writes roll back overwritten content.Related Issue
Closes #3384
Which package(s)?
create-termui-app
Type of Change
type:bug)Checklist
needs-starcheck blocks your merge otherwise.bun vitest runbun run buildbun run typecheckCONTRIBUTING.md.type: short description.markDirty()(if your change affects rendering).anytypes without an inline comment explaining why.GSSoC 2026 Participation
https://gssoc.girlscript.org/profile/nyxsky404Screenshots / Recordings (UI changes)
N/A
Notes for the Reviewer
Empty dirs (and dirs that only contain
.git) still scaffold without prompting.--yesalone is not enough to overwrite anymore.Made with Cursor
Summary by CodeRabbit
--forceoption to allow overwriting existing project files.