From 277fa8b316421dbf07888c9a1e7a22d6f91c2929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maddalax <jm@madev.me>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:02:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] verify install instructions

---
 .github/workflows/verify-installer-works.yml | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++
 cli/htmgo/runner.go                          | 19 +++++---
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/verify-installer-works.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-installer-works.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-installer-works.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a09264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-installer-works.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Build and Verify Installer Works
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # Step 1: Checkout the repository
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # Step 2: Set up Go
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.20'
+
+      # Step 3: Install htmgo CLI
+      - name: Install htmgo CLI
+        run: |
+          go install github.com/maddalax/htmgo/cli/htmgo@latest
+
+      # Step 4: Generate template using htmgo
+      - name: Generate myapp template
+        run: |
+          htmgo template myapp
+
+      # Step 5: Build the app
+      - name: Build myapp
+        run: |
+          cd myapp
+          htmgo build
+
+      # Step 6: Verify that the dist directory exists
+      - name: Verify build output
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -d "./myapp/dist" ]; then
+            echo "Build directory ./dist/myapp does not exist"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/cli/htmgo/runner.go b/cli/htmgo/runner.go
index 222f6fd..8bb4f07 100644
--- a/cli/htmgo/runner.go
+++ b/cli/htmgo/runner.go
@@ -112,13 +112,18 @@ func main() {
 			_ = css.GenerateCss(process.ExitOnError)
 			_ = run.Server(process.ExitOnError)
 		} else if taskName == "template" {
-			reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
-			fmt.Print("What would you like to call your new app?: ")
-			text, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
-			text = strings.TrimSuffix(text, "\n")
-			text = strings.ReplaceAll(text, " ", "-")
-			text = strings.ToLower(text)
-			downloadtemplate.DownloadTemplate(fmt.Sprintf("./%s", text))
+			name := ""
+			if len(os.Args) > 2 {
+				name = os.Args[2]
+			} else {
+				reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+				fmt.Print("What would you like to call your new app?: ")
+				name, _ = reader.ReadString('\n')
+			}
+			name = strings.TrimSuffix(name, "\n")
+			name = strings.ReplaceAll(name, " ", "-")
+			name = strings.ToLower(name)
+			downloadtemplate.DownloadTemplate(fmt.Sprintf("./%s", name))
 		} else if taskName == "build" {
 			run.Build()
 		} else if taskName == "generate" {