Retain original package name property

alphagov · Nov 23, 2022 · eab4c14 · eab4c14
1 parent 5d04c3c
commit eab4c14
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/bin/cli b/bin/cli
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ const packageJson = {
   }
 }
 
-async function updatePackageJson (packageJsonPath) {
-  let newPackageJson = Object.assign({}, packageJson)
+async function updatePackageJson (packageJsonPath, data = {}) {
+  let newPackageJson = Object.assign(data, packageJson)
   newPackageJson = Object.assign(newPackageJson, await fs.readJson(packageJsonPath))
   await fs.writeJson(packageJsonPath, newPackageJson, packageJsonFormat)
 }
@@ -236,8 +236,13 @@ function warnIfNpmStart (argv, env) {
 
       const projectDirectory = process.argv[4]
 
+      // extract the name from the original package.json
+      const pkgJson = await fs.readJson(path.join(projectDirectory, 'package.json'))
+      // if the name doesn't exist, use the name of the project directory
+      const { name = projectDirectory.split('/').pop() } = pkgJson || {}
+
       await Promise.all([
-        updatePackageJson(path.join(projectDirectory, 'package.json')),
+        updatePackageJson(path.join(projectDirectory, 'package.json'), { name }),
         fs.writeFile(path.join(projectDirectory, '.npmrc'), npmrc, 'utf8'),
         fs.access(path.join(projectDirectory, '.gitignore'))
           .catch(() => fs.writeFile(path.join(projectDirectory, '.gitignore'), gitignore, 'utf8'))