feat: generate ftl-project.toml in the Git root if it DNE

backend/controller/scaling/localscaling/devel.go

@@ -15,12 +15,19 @@ import (
 var templateDirOnce sync.Once
 
 func templateDir(ctx context.Context) string {
+	gitRoot, ok := internal.GitRoot("").Get()
+	if !ok {
+		// If GitRoot encounters an error, it will fail to find the correct dir.
+		// This line preserves the original behavior to prevent a regression, but
+		// it is still not the desired outcome. More thinking needed.
+		gitRoot = ""
+	}
 	templateDirOnce.Do(func() {
 		// TODO: Figure out how to make maven build offline
-		err := exec.Command(ctx, log.Debug, internal.GitRoot(""), "just", "build-kt-runtime").RunBuffered(ctx)
+		err := exec.Command(ctx, log.Debug, gitRoot, "just", "build-kt-runtime").RunBuffered(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	})
-	return filepath.Join(internal.GitRoot(""), "build/template")
+	return filepath.Join(gitRoot, "build/template")
 }

buildengine/walk.go

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ func initGitIgnore(dir string) []string {
 	if err == nil {
 		ignore = append(ignore, loadGitIgnore(home)...)
 	}
-	gitRoot := internal.GitRoot(dir)
-	if gitRoot != "" {
+	gitRoot, ok := internal.GitRoot(dir).Get()
+	if ok {
 		for current := dir; strings.HasPrefix(current, gitRoot); current = path.Dir(current) {
 			ignore = append(ignore, loadGitIgnore(current)...)
 		}

cmd/ftl/cmd_init.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/backend/schema"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/backend/schema/strcase"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/buildengine"
+	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/common/projectconfig"
 	goruntime "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal/exec"
@@ -50,8 +51,10 @@ func (i initGoCmd) Run(ctx context.Context, parent *initCmd) error {
 	if err := updateGitIgnore(i.Dir); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := projectconfig.CreateDefaultFileIfNonexistent(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	logger.Debugf("Running go mod tidy")
-
 	return exec.Command(ctx, log.Debug, filepath.Join(i.Dir, i.Name), "go", "mod", "tidy").RunBuffered(ctx)
 }
 
@@ -121,7 +124,10 @@ var scaffoldFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 }
 
 func updateGitIgnore(dir string) error {
-	gitRoot := internal.GitRoot(dir)
+	gitRoot, ok := internal.GitRoot(dir).Get()
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(path.Join(gitRoot, ".gitignore"), os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644) //nolint:gosec
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

common/configuration/projectconfig_resolver_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestSet(t *testing.T) {
-	defaultPath := projectconfig.GetDefaultConfigPath()
+	defaultPath, ok := projectconfig.DefaultConfigPath().Get()
+	assert.True(t, ok)
 	origConfigBytes, err := os.ReadFile(defaultPath)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 

common/projectconfig/projectconfig.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+	"github.com/alecthomas/types/optional"
 
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal"
@@ -43,16 +44,43 @@ func ConfigPaths(input []string) []string {
 	if len(input) > 0 {
 		return input
 	}
-	path := GetDefaultConfigPath()
+	path, ok := DefaultConfigPath().Get()
+	if !ok {
+		return []string{}
+	}
 	_, err := os.Stat(path)
-	if err == nil {
-		return []string{path}
+	if err != nil {
+		return []string{}
 	}
-	return []string{}
+	return []string{path}
 }
 
-func GetDefaultConfigPath() string {
-	return filepath.Join(internal.GitRoot(""), "ftl-project.toml")
+func DefaultConfigPath() optional.Option[string] {
+	gitRoot, ok := internal.GitRoot("").Get()
+	if !ok {
+		return optional.None[string]()
+	}
+	return optional.Some(filepath.Join(gitRoot, "ftl-project.toml"))
+}
+
+// CreateDefaultFileIfNonexistent creates the ftl-project.toml file in the Git root if it
+// does not already exist.
+func CreateDefaultFileIfNonexistent(ctx context.Context) error {
+	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
+	path, ok := DefaultConfigPath().Get()
+	if !ok {
+		logger.Warnf("Failed to find Git root, so cannot verify whether an ftl-project.toml file exists there")
+		return nil
+	}
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return err
+	}
+	logger.Warnf("Creating a new project config file at %q because the file does not already exist", path)
+	return Save(path, Config{})
 }
 
 func LoadConfig(ctx context.Context, input []string) (Config, error) {

frontend/local.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package frontend
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/url"
@@ -22,7 +23,12 @@ func Server(ctx context.Context, timestamp time.Time, publicURL *url.URL, allowO
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
 	logger.Debugf("Building console...")
 
-	err := exec.Command(ctx, log.Debug, internal.GitRoot(""), "just", "build-frontend").RunBuffered(ctx)
+	gitRoot, ok := internal.GitRoot("").Get()
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find Git root")
+	}
+
+	err := exec.Command(ctx, log.Debug, gitRoot, "just", "build-frontend").RunBuffered(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

go-runtime/ftl/ftltest/ftltest_integration_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestModuleUnitTests(t *testing.T) {
-	in.Run(t, "",
+	in.Run(t, "wrapped/ftl-project.toml",
+		in.GitInit(),
 		in.CopyModule("time"),
 		in.CopyModule("wrapped"),
 		in.CopyModule("verbtypes"),

integration/actions.go

@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ func Scaffold(src, dest string, tmplCtx any) Action {
 	}
 }
 
+// GitInit calls git init on the working directory.
+func GitInit() Action {
+	return func(t testing.TB, ic TestContext) {
+		Infof("Running `git init` on the working directory: %s", ic.workDir)
+		err := ftlexec.Command(ic, log.Debug, ic.workDir, "git", "init", ic.workDir).RunBuffered(ic)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Copy a module from the testdata directory to the working directory.
 //
 // Ensures that replace directives are correctly handled.

integration/harness.go

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ func Run(t *testing.T, ftlConfigPath string, actions ...Action) {
 	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	rootDir := internal.GitRoot("")
+	rootDir, ok := internal.GitRoot("").Get()
+	assert.True(t, ok)
 
 	if ftlConfigPath != "" {
 		// Use a path into the testdata directory instead of one relative to

internal/source_root.go

@@ -4,24 +4,26 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec" //nolint:depguard
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/alecthomas/types/optional"
 )
 
 // GitRoot returns the root of the git repository containing dir, or empty string if dir is not in a git repository.
 //
 // If dir is empty, the current working directory is used.
-func GitRoot(dir string) string {
+func GitRoot(dir string) optional.Option[string] {
 	if dir == "" {
 		var err error
 		dir, err = os.Getwd()
 		if err != nil {
-			return ""
+			return optional.None[string]()
 		}
 	}
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel")
 	cmd.Dir = dir
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		return ""
+		return optional.None[string]()
 	}
-	return strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
+	return optional.Some(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)))
 }