Windows: can't pass a path from the command line when creating Durandal skeleton project

[sennett]

Running with path breaks:

C:\Users\Anthony>mimosa skel:new durandal "C:\Users\Anthony\node projects\typele
arn"
13:16:11 - Retrieving registry...
13:16:11 - Found skeleton in registry
13:16:11 - Cloning GitHub repo [[ git://github.com/BlueSpire/Durandal-Mimosa-Ske
leton.git ]] to temp holding directory.
13:16:13 - Moving cloned repo to  [[ C:\Users\Anthony\C:\Users\Anthony\node proj
ects\typelearn ]].

fs.js:642
  return binding.mkdir(pathModule._makeLong(path),
                 ^
Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Anthony\C:\Users\Anthony\node
 projects\typelearn'
    at Object.fs.mkdirSync (fs.js:642:18)
    at _moveDirectoryContents (C:\Users\Anthony\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules
\mimosa\node_modules\skelmimosa\lib\command\new.js:87:8)
    at C:\Users\Anthony\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mimosa\node_modules\ske
lmimosa\lib\command\new.js:64:5
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:635:7)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11)
    at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Pipe.close (net.js:466:12)

C:\Users\Anthony>

but doing so without the path is fine:

C:\Users\Anthony\node projects\typelearn>mimosa skel:new durandal
14:28:11 - Retrieving registry...
14:28:11 - Found skeleton in registry
14:28:11 - Cloning GitHub repo [[ git://github.com/BlueSpire/Durandal-Mimosa-Ske
leton.git ]] to temp holding directory.
14:28:13 - Moving cloned repo to  [[ C:\Users\Anthony\node projects\typelearn ]]
.
14:28:13 - Cleaning up...
14:28:13 - Skeleton successfully cloned from GitHub.

C:\Users\Anthony\node projects\typelearn>

I was recommended to use the path in the Durandal docs, so please forgive me if this is not the recommended way. I had a quick look at the Mimosa docs and couldn't see anything obvious.

SO question: http://stackoverflow.com/q/21053251/614523

[sennett]

As noted by Brandon Pugh (http://stackoverflow.com/a/21055014/614523) this bug may be that the command line does not accept absolute paths.

[Anachron]

I believe the reason is here with concatenating the outPath var:
https://github.com/dbashford/mimosa/blob/master/lib/command/new.js#L54

A quick fix would be using a regex

if(/^\\(?!\\)/.test(path)){
    outPath = name; // path is absolute
}else{
    outPath = path.join(process.cwd(), name) // path is relative
}
this.skeletonOutPath = name ? (fs.existsSync(outPath) ? (logger.error("Directory/file exists at [[ " + outPath + " ]], cannot continue."), process.exit(0)) : void 0, outPath) : path.dirname(outPath);

It's not tested, but should work.
Notice that the last directory is changed from process.cwd() to path.dirname(outPath)

http://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_cwd
http://nodejs.org/api/path.html#path_path_dirname_p

[dbashford]

This problem is in skelmimosa, not mimosa proper. Which doesn't mean that it necessarily wouldn't be an issue in mimosa new too.

https://github.com/dbashford/skelmimosa/blob/master/src/command/new.coffee#L25

I never meant you to be able to pass full paths, just essentially the name of the folder you'd like skel:new to create. But I can see how providing a full path would be nice. I'll play with it. I imagine this won't work on #nix either. At least not well.

[Anachron]

Why not just check for "" or "/" in pathname and if so, it's supposed to be absolute?
But then again, you can do local stuff like "../../myproject".

[dbashford]

I've published what I believe to be a fix for this. Hard to say on windows since I cannot test that.

v1.3.9

[Anachron]

Command:

PS D:\dev> mimosa new D:\dev\test

fs.js:642
  return binding.mkdir(pathModule._makeLong(path),
                 ^
Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'D:\dev\D:\dev\test'
    at Object.fs.mkdirSync (fs.js:642:18)
    at NewCommand._moveDirectoryContents (D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node
_modules\mimosa\lib\command\new.js:164:10)
    at NewCommand._create (D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mimosa
\lib\command\new.js:132:10)
    at NewCommand._create (D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mimosa
\lib\command\new.js:2:59)
    at D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mimosa\lib\command\new.js:
97:28
    at D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mimosa\node_modules\comman
der\index.js:1073:9
    at ReadStream.<anonymous> (D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mi
mosa\node_modules\commander\index.js:860:5)
    at ReadStream.g (events.js:180:16)
    at ReadStream.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at ReadStream.<anonymous> (_stream_readable.js:746:14)
    at ReadStream.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)
    at emitReadable_ (_stream_readable.js:408:10)
    at emitReadable (_stream_readable.js:404:5)
    at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:165:9)
    at ReadStream.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:127:10)
    at TTY.onread (net.js:526:21)

PS D:\dev> mimosa -V
1.3.9

Edit:
https://github.com/dbashford/mimosa/blob/master/src/command/new.coffee#L39

      outPath = path.join process.cwd(), name

Still wrong

[dbashford]

That's a similar though different issue. Could you copy paste that as a new issue? Away from my laptop.

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On 2014-01-11 22:54:43 +0000 Anachron [email protected] wrote:

Command:
PS D:\dev> mimosa new D:\dev\test

fs.js:642
  return binding.mkdir(pathModule._makeLong(path),
                 ^
Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'D:\dev\D:\dev\test'
    at Object.fs.mkdirSync (fs.js:642:18)
    at NewCommand._moveDirectoryContents 
(D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node
_modules\mimosa\lib\command\new.js:164:10)
    at NewCommand._create 
(D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mimosa
\lib\command\new.js:132:10)
    at NewCommand._create 
(D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mimosa
\lib\command\new.js:2:59)
    at 
D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mimosa\lib\command\new.js:
97:28
    at 
D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mimosa\node_modules\comman
der\index.js:1073:9
    at ReadStream.<anonymous> 
(D:\apps\scoop\apps\nodejs\0.10.23\node_modules\mi
mosa\node_modules\commander\index.js:860:5)
    at ReadStream.g (events.js:180:16)
    at ReadStream.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at ReadStream.<anonymous> (_stream_readable.js:746:14)
    at ReadStream.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)
    at emitReadable_ (_stream_readable.js:408:10)
    at emitReadable (_stream_readable.js:404:5)
    at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:165:9)
    at ReadStream.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:127:10)
    at TTY.onread (net.js:526:21)

PS D:\dev> mimosa -V
1.3.9

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[Anachron]

Opened as new issue: #340

[dbashford]

Thanks much!

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On 2014-01-11 23:07:34 +0000 Anachron [email protected] wrote:

Opened as new issue: #340

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