`--force` flag doesn't work with Vite template

[erickzhao]

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Electron Forge version

7.6.0

Electron version

33.0.0

Operating system

macOS 14.7.1

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

See the webpack plugin's behaviour for expected behaviour:

npx create-electron-app@latest my-vue-app --template=webpack --force
✔ Locating custom template: "webpack"
✔ Initializing directory
  › ⚠ The specified path "/Users/erick.zhao/Developer/dump/my-vue-app" is not empty. "force" was set to true, so
    proceeding to initialize. Files may be overwritten
✔ Preparing template
✔ Initializing template
✔ Installing template dependencies

Actual behavior

npx create-electron-app@latest my-vue-app --template=vite --force
✔ Locating custom template: "vite"
✔ Initializing directory
  › ⚠ The specified path "/Users/erick.zhao/Developer/dump/my-vue-app" is not empty. "force" was set to true, so
    proceeding to initialize. Files may be overwritten
✔ Preparing template
❯ Initializing template
  ✔ Copying starter files
  ✔ Initializing package.json
  ✔ Setting up Forge configuration
  ✖ dest already exists.
◼ Installing template dependencies

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:
Error: dest already exists.
at doRename (/Users/erick.zhao/.npm/_npx/35c48adf706267bc/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/move/move-sync.js:32:34)
    at Object.moveSync (/Users/erick.zhao/.npm/_npx/35c48adf706267bc/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/move/move-sync.js:17:10)
    at _Task.task [as taskFn] (/Users/erick.zhao/.npm/_npx/35c48adf706267bc/node_modules/@electron-forge/template-vite/dist/ViteTemplate.js:43:40)
    at async _Task.run (/Users/erick.zhao/.npm/_npx/35c48adf706267bc/node_modules/listr2/dist/index.cjs:2063:11)

Steps to reproduce

Run create-electron-app with the --force flag and --template=vite

Additional information

No response

[arbrsts]

In forge/packages/template/vite/src/ViteTemplate.ts line 44 is causing the issue:

fs.moveSync(path.join(directory, 'src', 'index.html'), path.join(directory, 'index.html'));

We can work-around by adding overwrite option:

fs.moveSync(path.join(directory, 'src', 'index.html'), path.join(directory, 'index.html'), { overwrite: true });

Or do we need a more structured solution, e.g. adding force flag to InitTemplateOptions to make overwrite behavior configurable?

export interface InitTemplateOptions {
 copyCIFiles?: boolean;
 force?: boolean; 
}

[erickzhao]

Hi @arbrsts, the second solution sounds about right! Just saw your reply to this issue, sorry about that.