From d45431d2468ec4234290c90e08174ef1a494d9fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryan Pan <bryanpan342@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 18:55:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add force to rm script in create-astro (#729)

* fix: add force to rm script in create-astro

* add changeset

* edit overwrite prompt

* rm cannot remove '.' or '..' -- creating a helper function to empty the directory

* delete symlinks

* comments
---
 .changeset/odd-cameras-wave.md     |  5 +++++
 packages/create-astro/src/index.ts | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/odd-cameras-wave.md

diff --git a/.changeset/odd-cameras-wave.md b/.changeset/odd-cameras-wave.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eb675b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/odd-cameras-wave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-astro': patch
+---
+
+create-astro does not fail when removing subdirectories
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
index c072399a6..20a3176a8 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@ export function mkdirp(dir: string) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Delete all files, subdirectories, and symlinks in a given 
+ * directory. 
+ *
+ * @param dir the directory to empty
+ * @returns a promise for emptying a given directory
+ */
+export async function emptyDir(dir: string) {
+  const items = await fs.promises.readdir(dir);
+  return Promise.all(items.map(async (item) => {
+    const itemPath = path.join(dir, item);
+    const stat = await fs.promises.stat(itemPath);
+    return stat.isDirectory()
+      ? fs.promises.rm(itemPath, { recursive: true, force: true }) // To remove directories
+      : fs.promises.unlink(itemPath); // Remove files and symlinks
+  }));
+}
+
 const { version } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url), 'utf-8'));
 
 const POSTPROCESS_FILES = ['package.json', 'astro.config.mjs', 'CHANGELOG.md']; // some files need processing after copying.
@@ -37,15 +55,14 @@ export async function main() {
       const response = await prompts({
         type: 'confirm',
         name: 'forceOverwrite',
-        message: 'Directory not empty. Continue?',
+        message: `Directory not empty. Delete ${cwd} to continue?`,
         initial: false,
       });
       if (!response.forceOverwrite) {
         process.exit(1);
       }
 
-      await fs.promises.rm(cwd, { recursive: true });
-      mkdirp(cwd);
+      await emptyDir(cwd);
     }
   } else {
     mkdirp(cwd);