Writing the writer.toml to a folder when running init.

Cargo.lock

@@ -140,12 +140,24 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7dfda62a12f55daeae5015f81b0baea145391cb4520f86c248fc615d72640d12"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -158,6 +170,16 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d77f7ec81a6d05a3abb01ab6eb7590f6083d08449fe5a1c8b1e620283546ccb7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8adf3ddd720272c6ea8bf59463c04e0f93d0bbf7c5439b691bca2987e0270897"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.149"
@@ -263,6 +285,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.189"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e422a44e74ad4001bdc8eede9a4570ab52f71190e9c076d14369f38b9200537"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.189"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e48d1f918009ce3145511378cf68d613e3b3d9137d67272562080d68a2b32d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96426c9936fd7a0124915f9185ea1d20aa9445cc9821142f0a73bc9207a2e186"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.38"
@@ -285,6 +336,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "185d8ab0dfbb35cf1399a6344d8484209c088f75f8f68230da55d48d95d43e3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7cda73e2f1397b1262d6dfdcef8aafae14d1de7748d66822d3bfeeb6d03e5e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "396e4d48bbb2b7554c944bde63101b5ae446cff6ec4a24227428f15eb72ef338"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -404,11 +489,22 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.5.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3b801d0e0a6726477cc207f60162da452f3a95adb368399bef20a946e06f65c"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "writer"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "organic",
+ "serde",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
 ]

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-# TODO: maybe error-context, suggestions, usage | env
+# error-context, suggestions, usage | env
 clap = { version = "4.4.6", default-features = false, features = ["std", "color", "help", "derive"] }
 organic = "0.1.12"
+# | alloc, rc, serde_derive, unstable
+serde = { version = "1.0.189", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.30.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+# display, parse | indexmap, preserve_order
+toml = "0.8.2"

src/command/init/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod runner;
+
+pub(crate) use runner::init_writer_folder;

src/command/init/runner.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use crate::cli::parameters::InitArgs;
+use crate::config::Config;
+
+pub(crate) async fn init_writer_folder(args: &InitArgs) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let new_config = Config::default();
+    if args.path.exists() && !args.path.is_dir() {
+        return Err("The supplied path exists but is not a directory. Aborting.".into());
+    }
+
+    if !args.path.exists() {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&args.path)?;
+    }
+
+    let existing_entries = std::fs::read_dir(&args.path)?;
+    if existing_entries.count() != 0 {
+        return Err("The directory is not empty. Aborting.".into());
+    }
+
+    let mut config_file = File::create(args.path.join("writer.toml"))?;
+    config_file.write_all(toml::to_string(&new_config)?.as_bytes())?;
+    Ok(())
+}

src/config/definition.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+/// This is the struct for the writer.toml config file that ends up in each site's root directory.
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct Config {
+    foo: String,
+}
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Config { foo: "".to_owned() }
+    }
+}

src/config/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mod definition;
+pub(crate) use definition::Config;

src/main.rs

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ use clap::Parser;
 
 use self::cli::parameters::Cli;
 use self::cli::parameters::Commands;
+use self::command::init::init_writer_folder;
 mod cli;
 mod command;
+mod config;
 
 fn main() -> Result<ExitCode, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new()?;
@@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ fn main() -> Result<ExitCode, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 async fn main_body() -> Result<ExitCode, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let args = Cli::parse();
     match args.command {
-        Commands::Init(_args) => {}
+        Commands::Init(args) => {
+            init_writer_folder(&args).await?;
+        }
         Commands::Build(_args) => {}
         Commands::AddPost(_args) => {}
     };