From d3d6ef7e79ec593eb6c3a9a381889e5e0e0847ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Gaurav <max.gaurav@rubicotech.in>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:59:58 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] add file exists check to prevent override of existing
 .gitignore file within collection

---
 actions/new.action.ts | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/actions/new.action.ts b/actions/new.action.ts
index e962deed2..23648b0f1 100644
--- a/actions/new.action.ts
+++ b/actions/new.action.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,12 @@ const initializeGitRepository = async (dir: string) => {
 const createGitIgnoreFile = (dir: string, content?: string) => {
   const fileContent = content || defaultGitIgnore;
   const filePath = join(process.cwd(), dir, '.gitignore');
-  return promisify(fs.writeFile)(filePath, fileContent);
+  return fileExists(filePath).then(exists => {
+    if (!exists) {
+      return promisify(fs.writeFile)(filePath, fileContent);
+    }
+    return;
+  });
 };
 
 const printCollective = () => {
@@ -250,4 +255,14 @@ export const retrieveCols = () => {
   }
 };
 
+const fileExists = (path: string) => {
+  return promisify(fs.access)(path).then(() => true).catch((err: any) => {
+    if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return Promise.reject(err);
+  });
+}
+
 export const exit = () => process.exit(1);