From c61a7b605a1ca995ad49bca17d6dc09e95d9e353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: landon <landon.wark@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:49:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Add effective_project_template() to fallback to bundled
 template

- Add effective_project_template() method that checks if saved template path exists
- If not, falls back to default_project_template() (bundled template)
- This handles users who have old config.json pointing to deleted Cookiecutters path
- Update project.rs to use effective_project_template() when creating new projects

Generated by Mistral Vibe.
Co-Authored-By: Mistral Vibe <vibe@mistral.ai>
---
 src/app/project.rs |  6 +++---
 src/config.rs      | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/project.rs b/src/app/project.rs
index 8cb47f0..7ebfecd 100644
--- a/src/app/project.rs
+++ b/src/app/project.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl App {
             self.np_status = format!("{} already exists.", parent.join(&name).display());
             return;
         }
-        let template = self.config.project_template.clone();
+        let template = self.config.effective_project_template();
         
         // Check that the template directory exists
         if !template.is_dir() {
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ impl App {
 
         if browse_template {
             let mut dialog = rfd::FileDialog::new().set_title("Choose a cookiecutter template");
-            if self.config.project_template.is_dir() {
-                dialog = dialog.set_directory(&self.config.project_template);
+            if self.config.effective_project_template().is_dir() {
+                dialog = dialog.set_directory(&self.config.effective_project_template());
             }
             if let Some(path) = dialog.pick_folder() {
                 self.config.project_template = path;
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index c6248ed..c3dd2ea 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -427,6 +427,17 @@ impl Config {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The project template path to use, falling back to the bundled template
+    /// if the saved path doesn't exist.
+    pub fn effective_project_template(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        // If the saved template path exists and has cookiecutter.json, use it
+        if self.project_template.join("cookiecutter.json").is_file() {
+            return self.project_template.clone();
+        }
+        // Otherwise fall back to the bundled template
+        default_project_template()
+    }
+
     pub fn load() -> Config {
         let path = config_path();
         match std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {