From 2d0f98fc119e30ebd8c19462e3280ec2762843a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Simon=20Ba=CC=88chler?= <simon.baechler@ti8m.ch>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:42:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: Fix how cwd is resolved

---
 create/index.js          | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 tests/generator.test.mjs | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/create/index.js b/create/index.js
index dc60c4b..5713a21 100755
--- a/create/index.js
+++ b/create/index.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-const cwd = path.dirname(path.dirname(__filename));
-const templateDir = path.join(cwd, 'template');
+const packageRoot = path.dirname(path.dirname(__filename));
+const templateDir = path.join(packageRoot, 'template');
 
 function targetFromArgv() {
   const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
@@ -29,13 +29,23 @@ function normalizeOptions(input = {}) {
     opts.project ||
     targetFromArgv();
 
+  const resolvedCwd =
+    typeof opts.cwd === 'string' && opts.cwd.length > 0
+      ? path.resolve(process.cwd(), opts.cwd)
+      : process.cwd();
+
+  const resolvedTargetDir =
+    typeof targetDir === 'string' && targetDir.length > 0
+      ? path.resolve(resolvedCwd, targetDir)
+      : undefined;
+
   return {
-    cwd,
-    templateDir: templateDir, // always use the built-in template
-    targetDir,
+    ...opts,
+    targetDir: resolvedTargetDir,
     debug: !!opts.debug,
     install: opts.install ?? true,
-    ...opts
+    cwd: resolvedCwd,
+    templateDir // always use the built-in template
   };
 }
 
@@ -56,4 +66,4 @@ async function main(...args) {
   await createMain(opts);
 }
 
-main().catch(console.error.bind(console));
\ No newline at end of file
+main().catch(console.error.bind(console));
diff --git a/tests/generator.test.mjs b/tests/generator.test.mjs
index 62c0f3a..8c9a041 100644
--- a/tests/generator.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/generator.test.mjs
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ describe('create-tinker-stack generator', () => {
     'scaffolds project and passes build checks',
     async () => {
       const tempRoot = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'tinker-stack-'));
-      const projectDir = path.join(tempRoot, 'demo-app');
+      const appFolder = 'demo-app';
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempRoot, appFolder);
 
       try {
-        await runCommand('node', [CLI_ENTRY, projectDir], {
+        await runCommand('node', [CLI_ENTRY, appFolder], {
           env: {
             ...process.env,
             CI: '1',
             SKIP_SETUP: '1',
             SKIP_FORMAT: '1'
-          }
+          },
+          cwd: tempRoot
         });
 
         const packageJson = JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(projectDir, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
@@ -55,4 +57,30 @@ describe('create-tinker-stack generator', () => {
     },
     10 * 60 * 1000
   );
+
+  test(
+    'scaffolds into the current working directory when no target is provided',
+    async () => {
+      const tempRoot = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'tinker-stack-'));
+      const expectedDir = path.join(tempRoot, 'demo-title');
+
+      try {
+        await runCommand('node', [CLI_ENTRY], {
+          env: {
+            ...process.env,
+            CI: '1',
+            SKIP_SETUP: '1',
+            SKIP_FORMAT: '1'
+          },
+          cwd: tempRoot
+        });
+
+        const packageJson = JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(expectedDir, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
+        expect(packageJson.name).toBe('demo-title');
+      } finally {
+        await rm(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    },
+    2 * 60 * 1000
+  );
 });

From 4d8bc777996ceeb9058fed2b6abf9b149d602f89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Simon=20Ba=CC=88chler?= <simon.baechler@ti8m.ch>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:43:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: Add instructions for how to test the repo locally
 before publishing

---
 .gitignore | 1 +
 README.md  | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afda6bb..b2df8b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dist
 /public/build
 tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 data-mocks/
+*.tgz
 
 # Debug
 npm-debug.log*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b482b3f..856f863 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@ To get started, run the following command:
 ```bash
 npm create tinker-stack
 ```
+
+### Local testing
+
+To verify the generator before publishing:
+
+1. Run `npm pack` in this repository to produce a tarball (for example `create-tinker-stack-0.2.2.tgz`).
+2. In a temporary directory, execute `npx --yes create-tinker-stack@file:/absolute/path/to/create-tinker-stack-0.2.2.tgz`.
+   - Replace the path with the absolute path to the tarball from step 1 (npm `create` does not currently support `file:` specifiers).