From 87bb639a4158245eee7d719a86bac0578a0e8923 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kalow <bryce@clerk.dev>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:32:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(dev-cli): Call mkdir before attempting to write the
 config file (#3804)

---
 .changeset/heavy-pillows-sparkle.md   | 5 +++++
 packages/dev-cli/src/commands/init.js | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/heavy-pillows-sparkle.md

diff --git a/.changeset/heavy-pillows-sparkle.md b/.changeset/heavy-pillows-sparkle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8429a98493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/heavy-pillows-sparkle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@clerk/dev-cli": patch
+---
+
+Fix a bug where `clerk-dev init` would error if the config directory did not already exist.
diff --git a/packages/dev-cli/src/commands/init.js b/packages/dev-cli/src/commands/init.js
index 1f5440a206..f4bd6688d3 100644
--- a/packages/dev-cli/src/commands/init.js
+++ b/packages/dev-cli/src/commands/init.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
-import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
 
 import { CONFIG_FILE } from '../utils/getConfiguration.js';
 import { getCLIRoot } from '../utils/getMonorepoRoot.js';
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export async function init() {
     },
   };
 
+  await mkdir(dirname(CONFIG_FILE), { recursive: true });
+
   await writeFile(CONFIG_FILE, JSON.stringify(configuration, null, 2), 'utf-8');
 
   if (process.env.VISUAL) {