Create packages/package.json on server start

src/command-line/index.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const log = require("../log");
 const fs = require("fs");
+const fsextra = require("fs-extra");
 const path = require("path");
 const colors = require("chalk");
 const program = require("commander");
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ try {
 	// fs.statSync will throw if config.js does not exist (e.g. first run)
 }
 
+// Create packages/package.json
+createPackagesFolder();
+
 // Merge config key-values passed as CLI options into the main config
 Helper.mergeConfig(Helper.config, program.config);
 
@@ -62,6 +66,31 @@ if (program.rawArgs.length < 3) {
 	program.help();
 }
 
+function createPackagesFolder() {
+	const packagesPath = Helper.getPackagesPath();
+	const packagesConfig = path.join(packagesPath, "package.json");
+
+	// Create node_modules folder, otherwise yarn will start walking upwards to find one
+	fsextra.ensureDirSync(path.join(packagesPath, "node_modules"));
+
+	// Create package.json with private set to true, if it doesn't exist already
+	if (!fs.existsSync(packagesConfig)) {
+		fs.writeFileSync(
+			packagesConfig,
+			JSON.stringify(
+				{
+					private: true,
+					description:
+						"Packages for The Lounge. All packages in node_modules directory will be automatically loaded.",
+					dependencies: {},
+				},
+				null,
+				"\t"
+			)
+		);
+	}
+}
+
 function verifyFileOwner() {
 	if (!process.getuid) {
 		return;

src/command-line/install.js

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ program
 	.on("--help", Utils.extraHelp)
 	.action(function(packageName) {
 		const fs = require("fs");
-		const fsextra = require("fs-extra");
-		const path = require("path");
 		const packageJson = require("package-json");
 
 		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getConfigPath())) {
@@ -44,28 +42,6 @@ program
 
 				log.info(`Installing ${colors.green(json.name + " v" + json.version)}...`);
 
-				const packagesPath = Helper.getPackagesPath();
-				const packagesConfig = path.join(packagesPath, "package.json");
-
-				// Create node_modules folder, otherwise yarn will start walking upwards to find one
-				fsextra.ensureDirSync(path.join(packagesPath, "node_modules"));
-
-				// Create package.json with private set to true, if it doesn't exist already
-				if (!fs.existsSync(packagesConfig)) {
-					fs.writeFileSync(
-						packagesConfig,
-						JSON.stringify(
-							{
-								private: true,
-								description:
-									"Packages for The Lounge. All packages in node_modules directory will be automatically loaded.",
-							},
-							null,
-							"\t"
-						)
-					);
-				}
-
 				return Utils.executeYarnCommand("add", "--exact", `${json.name}@${json.version}`)
 					.then(() => {
 						log.info(

src/plugins/packages/index.js

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function getEnabledPackages(packageJson) {
 		const json = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJson, "utf-8"));
 		return Object.keys(json.dependencies);
 	} catch (e) {
-		//
+		log.error(`Failed to read packages/package.json: ${colors.red(e)}`);
 	}
 
 	return [];