fix: broken new installs

package.json

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     "cmd-shim": "^6.0.3",
     "decentraland-connect": "^7.1.0",
     "decentraland-crypto-fetch": "^2.0.1",
+    "deepmerge": "^4.3.1",
     "electron-log": "^5.1.6",
     "electron-updater": "6.2.1",
     "http-server": "^14.1.1",

packages/main/src/modules/config.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { FileSystemStorage } from '/shared/types/storage';
-import { SETTINGS_DIRECTORY } from '/shared/paths';
+import { SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, CONFIG_FILE_NAME, getFullScenesPath } from '/shared/paths';
+import { DEFAULT_CONFIG, mergeConfig } from '/shared/types/config';
 import { getUserDataPath } from './electron';
 
-export const CONFIG_PATH = path.join(getUserDataPath(), SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, 'config.json');
-export const config = await FileSystemStorage.getOrCreate(CONFIG_PATH);
+export const CONFIG_PATH = path.join(getUserDataPath(), SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+const storage = await FileSystemStorage.getOrCreate(CONFIG_PATH);
+
+// Initialize with default values if empty
+const existingConfig = await storage.get<Record<string, any>>('');
+const defaultConfig = { ...DEFAULT_CONFIG };
+defaultConfig.settings.scenesPath = getFullScenesPath(getUserDataPath());
+
+if (!existingConfig || Object.keys(existingConfig).length === 0) {
+  // Write the default config
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(defaultConfig)) {
+    await storage.set(key, value);
+  }
+} else {
+  // Deep merge with defaults if config exists but might be missing properties
+  const mergedConfig = mergeConfig(existingConfig, defaultConfig);
+  if (JSON.stringify(existingConfig) !== JSON.stringify(mergedConfig)) {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(mergedConfig)) {
+      await storage.set(key, value);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const config = storage;

packages/preload/src/modules/config.ts

@@ -1,29 +1,23 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import { produce, type WritableDraft } from 'immer';
+import deepmerge from 'deepmerge';
 
 import type { Config } from '/shared/types/config';
-import { DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_UPDATE_STRATEGY } from '/shared/types/settings';
+import { DEFAULT_CONFIG, mergeConfig } from '/shared/types/config';
 
 import { invoke } from './invoke';
-import { getDefaultScenesPath } from './settings';
-import { SETTINGS_DIRECTORY } from '/shared/paths';
-
-const CONFIG_FILE_NAME = 'config.json';
+import { SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, CONFIG_FILE_NAME, getFullScenesPath } from '/shared/paths';
 
 let config: Config | undefined;
 
 async function getDefaultConfig(): Promise<Config> {
-  return {
-    version: 1,
-    workspace: {
-      paths: [],
-    },
-    settings: {
-      scenesPath: await getDefaultScenesPath(),
-      dependencyUpdateStrategy: DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_UPDATE_STRATEGY,
-    },
-  };
+  // Clone the default config to avoid modifying the shared constant
+  const defaultConfig = deepmerge({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG);
+  // Update the scenesPath to include the userDataPath
+  const userDataPath = await invoke('electron.getUserDataPath');
+  defaultConfig.settings.scenesPath = getFullScenesPath(userDataPath);
+  return defaultConfig;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +32,13 @@ export async function getConfigPath(): Promise<string> {
   } catch (_) {
     await fs.mkdir(userDataPath);
   }
-  return path.join(userDataPath, SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+  const settingsDir = path.join(userDataPath, SETTINGS_DIRECTORY);
+  try {
+    await fs.stat(settingsDir);
+  } catch (_) {
+    await fs.mkdir(settingsDir);
+  }
+  return path.join(settingsDir, CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -50,12 +50,20 @@ export async function getConfigPath(): Promise<string> {
  */
 export async function getConfig(): Promise<Readonly<Config>> {
   if (!config) {
+    const defaultConfig = await getDefaultConfig();
     try {
       const configPath = await getConfigPath();
-      config = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(configPath, 'utf-8')) as Config;
+      const existingConfig = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(configPath, 'utf-8')) as Partial<Config>;
+      // Deep merge existing config with default config, preserving existing values
+      config = mergeConfig(existingConfig, defaultConfig);
+      // If the merged config is different from what's on disk, write it back
+      if (JSON.stringify(existingConfig) !== JSON.stringify(config)) {
+        await writeConfig(config);
+      }
     } catch (_) {
       try {
-        await writeConfig(await getDefaultConfig());
+        config = defaultConfig;
+        await writeConfig(config);
       } catch (e) {
         console.error('[Preload] Failed initializing config file', e);
       }

packages/shared/paths.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+
 export const SCENES_DIRECTORY = 'Scenes';
 export const SETTINGS_DIRECTORY = 'Settings';
 export const CUSTOM_ASSETS_DIRECTORY = 'Custom Items';
+export const CONFIG_FILE_NAME = 'config.json';
+
+export function getFullScenesPath(userDataPath: string): string {
+  return path.join(userDataPath, SCENES_DIRECTORY);
+}

packages/shared/types/config.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,31 @@
+import deepmerge from 'deepmerge';
 import { type AppSettings } from './settings';
+import { DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_UPDATE_STRATEGY } from './settings';
+import { SCENES_DIRECTORY } from '/shared/paths';
 
 export type Config = {
   version: number;
   workspace: {
     paths: string[];
   };
   settings: AppSettings;
+  userId?: string;
 };
+
+export const DEFAULT_CONFIG: Config = {
+  version: 1,
+  workspace: {
+    paths: [],
+  },
+  settings: {
+    scenesPath: SCENES_DIRECTORY, // Base directory name, will be joined with userDataPath by main/preload
+    dependencyUpdateStrategy: DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_UPDATE_STRATEGY,
+  },
+};
+
+export function mergeConfig(target: Partial<Config>, source: Config): Config {
+  return deepmerge(source, target, {
+    // Clone arrays instead of merging them
+    arrayMerge: (_, sourceArray) => sourceArray,
+  });
+}