From c402ee9b2363ea18b11464b219be9643e37d2a67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kolaente <k@knt.li>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:18:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(dev): ensure frontend assets before compile in magefile
 (#992)

---
 magefile.go | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
index 4accd3f7f..86d8ed9b3 100644
--- a/magefile.go
+++ b/magefile.go
@@ -645,6 +645,26 @@ func (Build) Clean() error {
 // Builds a vikunja binary, ready to run
 func (Build) Build() {
 	mg.Deps(initVars)
+	// Check if the frontend dist folder exists
+	distPath := filepath.Join(RootPath, "frontend", "dist")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(distPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(distPath, 0o755); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error creating %s: %s\n", distPath, err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	indexFile := filepath.Join(distPath, "index.html")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(indexFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		f, err := os.Create(indexFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error creating %s: %s\n", indexFile, err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		f.Close()
+		fmt.Printf("Warning: %s not found, created empty file\n", indexFile)
+	}
+
 	runAndStreamOutput("go", "build", Goflags[0], "-tags", Tags, "-ldflags", "-s -w "+Ldflags, "-o", Executable)
 }