bun init --react: don't overwrite existing README.md

[robobun]

Fixes #2892.

Repro

D=$(mktemp -d) && cd $D && mkdir src
printf 'MY README - do not lose me\n' > README.md
printf '{"name":"mine"}\n' > package.json
printf 'export const mine = 1\n' > src/index.ts
CI=true bun init -y --react </dev/null | grep -E 'skipping|README|src/index'
head -1 README.md

Before:

 ○ package.json (already exists, skipping)
 ○ tsconfig.json (already exists, skipping)
 + README.md
 ○ src/index.ts (already exists, skipping)
# bun-react-template          <- user's README gone

After:

 ○ package.json (already exists, skipping)
 ○ tsconfig.json (already exists, skipping)
 ○ README.md (already exists, skipping)
 ○ src/index.ts (already exists, skipping)
MY README - do not lose me

Cause

write_files_and_run_bun_dev in src/runtime/cli/init_command.rs routes every template file through Assets::create_new (O_CREAT|O_EXCL → EEXIST → skip message) except README.md, which is special-cased through Assets::create_with_contents so {name}/{bunVersion} can be substituted. That helper opened with O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, silently clobbering an existing file. The blank-template path already guards README via exists_z("README.md"|"README"|...); the react writer skipped that guard.

Fix

Substitute the placeholders first, then write through create_new like every other file in the loop. Existing README.md now hits the same EEXIST → skip path. Also skip when README/README.txt/README.mdx exist, matching the blank template. The now-dead create_with_contents/create_full_with_contents helpers (only ever used for this one call, and the O_TRUNC footgun itself) are removed.

Verification

• New test bun init --react does not overwrite an existing README.md fails on canary (+ README.md, contents clobbered), passes with this change.
• New test bun init --react into an empty dir still writes a templated README.md confirms fresh dirs still get the substituted template.
• Full test/cli/init/init.test.ts suite: 17 pass.

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no test proof · iteration 0 · Platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine. Deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/init/init.test.ts

[robobun]

Status: Ready for review. Diff is green; CI red is unrelated to this change.

Reproduced with:

mkdir src && printf 'MY README\n' > README.md && printf 'export const x=1\n' > src/index.ts
CI=true bun init -y --react </dev/null

README.md is truncated to # bun-react-template while src/index.ts and every other existing file print (already exists, skipping).

PR: #35164

CI (build #78020): test/cli/init/init.test.ts passes on all lanes. Remaining red is unrelated to bun init:

• test/js/node/test/parallel/test-net-connect-memleak.js and test-gc-http-client-connaborted.js: GC-timing tests also failing on main #77601.
• darwin-26-aarch64: The number of VMs exceeds the system limit (CI infra, no test ran).
• webview-chrome / require-cache / no-orphans / s3: flaky, passed on retry.

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[robobun]

^{Updated 2:15 PM PT - Jul 22nd, 2026}

❌ @autofix-ci[bot], your commit 75ae67a has 3 failures in Build #78020 (All Failures):

• test/js/node/test/parallel/test-gc-http-client-connaborted.js - timeout on 🐧 25.04 x64
• step failed outside runner - exit 1 on 🍎 26 aarch64 - test-bun
• test/js/node/test/parallel/test-net-connect-memleak.js - code 1 on 🐧 25.04 x64
• test/js/node/test/parallel/test-net-connect-memleak.js - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64

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bunx bun-pr 35164

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-35164 executable, so you can run:

bun-35164 --bun

[claude]

LGTM — routes the react-template README through the same O_CREAT|O_EXCL path as every other file, so an existing README now yields the standard skip message instead of being truncated.

What was reviewed:

• Confirmed create_with_contents/create_full_with_contents have no remaining callers after removal.
• The synthesized Err(crate::Error::Sys(EEXIST)) for alt-README names hits the existing matches! skip branch and prints README.md (already exists, skipping).
• Assets::create_new takes &[u8] (not &'static), so passing the substituted Vec<u8> is fine.
• Two new tests cover both the regression (existing README preserved) and the happy path (fresh dir still gets templated README with name/version substituted).

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Changes write_files_and_run_bun_dev in src/runtime/cli/init_command.rs so that README.md is written via Assets::create_new (O_CREAT|O_EXCL) like every other template file, instead of the special-cased create_with_contents helper that opened with O_TRUNC and clobbered existing files. Template substitution now happens up front into a local buffer. Also matches the blank-template behavior of skipping when README/README.txt/README.mdx already exist. The two dead helpers (create_with_contents, create_full_with_contents) — which existed solely for this one call site and were the O_TRUNC footgun — are deleted. Two tests are added to test/cli/init/init.test.ts.

Security risks

None. This is scaffolding output for bun init; the change strictly narrows what gets written (never truncates an existing file where it previously would).

Level of scrutiny

Low-to-medium. bun init is not a hot path or security-sensitive; the change is a small localized refactor that unifies README handling with the existing per-file loop. The fix is at the right layer (the one caller that bypassed the EEXIST guard) rather than adding a defensive check downstream.

Other factors

• Grepped for the removed helper names across src/ — no remaining references, so the dead-code deletion is complete.
• The manually-constructed crate::Error::Sys(bun_errno::SystemErrno::EEXIST) matches the exact shape the existing error handler already pattern-matches on (init_command.rs:1638), so the alt-README-name case produces the same "(already exists, skipping)" line as a real EEXIST from open().
• Assets::create_new signature is (&ZStr, &[u8]) with no 'static bound on contents, so the local Vec<u8> from substitute is a valid argument; ZStr::from_slice_with_nul(b"README.md\0") mirrors the existing ZStr::from_static(b"CLAUDE.md\0") usage in the same file.
• Tests follow file conventions (tempDirWithFiles, initEnv, concurrent pipe drain via Promise.all, exit code asserted last, issue URL comment on the regression test) and assert both the stdout skip message and the on-disk file contents.

[robobun]

Closing as part of a cleanup of stale pull requests. This PR has had no new commits since 2026-07-22, it conflicts with main, and its last CI run failed. This is not a judgment on the fix itself. If the problem still reproduces on a current build, reopen this PR after a rebase or open a new one against main.