Clean-up: Remove all 'hacky' exist checks and replace by 'exists()'

src/bin/mdbook.rs

@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ fn init(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
 
             // Read answer from user and exit if it's not 'yes'
             if !confirm() {
-                println!("\nexiting...\n");
+                println!("\nSkipping...\n");
+                println!("All done, no errors...");
                 ::std::process::exit(0);
             }
         }
@@ -87,9 +88,10 @@ fn init(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
         try!(book.copy_theme());
         println!("\nTheme copied.");
 
-        println!("");
     }
 
+    println!("\nAll done, no errors...");
+
     Ok(())
 }
 

src/book/mdbook.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::fs::{self, File, metadata};
+use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::error::Error;
 
-use {BookConfig, BookItem};
+use {BookConfig, BookItem, theme, parse};
 use book::BookItems;
-use parse;
+use renderer::{Renderer, HtmlHandlebars};
-use theme;
+use utils::{PathExt, create_path};
-use renderer::Renderer;
-use renderer::HtmlHandlebars;
 
 pub struct MDBook {
     config: BookConfig,
@@ -27,14 +25,8 @@ impl MDBook {
 
     pub fn new(root: &Path) -> MDBook {
 
-        // Hacky way to check if the path exists... Until PathExt moves to stable
+        if !root.exists() || !root.is_dir() {
-        match metadata(root) {
+            output!("{:?} No directory with that name", root);
-            Err(_) => panic!("Directory does not exist"),
-            Ok(f) => {
-                if !f.is_dir() {
-                    panic!("Is not a directory");
-                }
-            }
         }
 
         MDBook {
@@ -95,46 +87,33 @@ impl MDBook {
 
         debug!("[fn]: init");
 
+        if !self.config.get_root().exists() {
+            create_path(self.config.get_root()).unwrap();
+            output!("{:?} created", self.config.get_root());
+        }
+
         let dest = self.config.get_dest();
         let src = self.config.get_src();
 
-        // Hacky way to check if the directory exists... Until PathExt moves to stable
+        if !dest.exists() {
-        match metadata(&dest) {
-            Err(_) => {
-                // There is a very high chance that the error is due to the fact that
-                // the directory / file does not exist
             debug!("[*]: {:?} does not exist, trying to create directory", dest);
             try!(fs::create_dir(&dest));
-            },
-            Ok(_) => { /* If there is no error, the directory / file does exist */ }
         }
 
-        // Hacky way to check if the directory exists... Until PathExt moves to stable
+        if !src.exists() {
-        match metadata(&src) {
-            Err(_) => {
-                // There is a very high chance that the error is due to the fact that
-                // the directory / file does not exist
             debug!("[*]: {:?} does not exist, trying to create directory", src);
             try!(fs::create_dir(&src));
-            },
-            Ok(_) => { /* If there is no error, the directory / file does exist */ }
         }
 
-        // Hacky way to check if the directory exists... Until PathExt moves to stable
+        let summary = src.join("SUMMARY.md");
-        let summary = match metadata(&src.join("SUMMARY.md")) {
+
-            Err(_) => {
+        if !summary.exists() {
-                // There is a very high chance that the error is due to the fact that
+
-                // the directory / file does not exist
+            // Summary does not exist, create it and populate it
+
             debug!("[*]: {:?} does not exist, trying to create SUMMARY.md", src.join("SUMMARY.md"));
-                Ok(try!(File::create(&src.join("SUMMARY.md"))))
+            let mut f = try!(File::create(&src.join("SUMMARY.md")));
-            },
-            Ok(_) => {
-                /* If there is no error, the directory / file does exist */
-                Err("SUMMARY.md does already exist")
-            }
-        };
 
-        if let Ok(mut f) = summary {
             debug!("[*]: Writing to SUMMARY.md");
 
             try!(writeln!(f, "# Summary"));
@@ -143,6 +122,10 @@ impl MDBook {
 
             let mut chapter_1 = try!(File::create(&src.join("chapter_1.md")));
             try!(writeln!(chapter_1, "# Chapter 1"));
+        } else {
+
+            // Summary does exist, read it and create the missing files
+
         }
 
         return Ok(());
@@ -173,15 +156,9 @@ impl MDBook {
 
         let theme_dir = self.config.get_src().join("theme");
 
-        // Hacky way to check if the directory exists... Until PathExt moves to stable
+        if !theme_dir.exists() {
-        match metadata(&theme_dir) {
-            Err(_) => {
-                // There is a very high chance that the error is due to the fact that
-                // the directory / file does not exist
             debug!("[*]: {:?} does not exist, trying to create directory", theme_dir);
             try!(fs::create_dir(&theme_dir));
-            },
-            Ok(_) => { /* If there is no error, the directory / file does exist */ }
         }
 
         // index.hbs

src/theme/mod.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::fs::{File, metadata};
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Read;
 
+use utils::{PathExt};
+
 pub static INDEX: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("index.hbs");
 pub static CSS: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("book.css");
 pub static JS: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("book.js");
@@ -35,26 +37,14 @@ impl Theme {
         };
 
         // Check if the given path exists
-        // Hacky way to check if the path exists... Until PathExt moves to stable
+        if !src.exists() || !src.is_dir() {
-        match metadata(&src) {
+            return theme
-            Err(_) => return theme,
-            Ok(f) => {
-                if !f.is_dir() {
-                    return theme;
-                }
-            },
         }
 
         let src = src.join("theme");
         // If src does exist, check if there is a theme directory in it
-        // Hacky way to check if the path exists... Until PathExt moves to stable
+        if !src.exists() || !src.is_dir() {
-        match metadata(&src) {
+            return theme
-            Err(_) => return theme,
-            Ok(f) => {
-                if !f.is_dir() {
-                    return theme;
-                }
-            }
         }
 
         // Check for individual files if they exist

src/utils/mod.rs

@@ -87,23 +87,14 @@ pub fn create_path(path: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
         constructed_path.push(&dir);
         debug!("[*]: {:?}", constructed_path);
 
-        // Check if path exists
+        if !constructed_path.exists() || !constructed_path.is_dir() {
-        match metadata(&constructed_path) {
-            // Any way to combine the Err and first Ok branch ??
-            Err(_) => {
-                try!(fs::create_dir(&constructed_path));
-                debug!("[*]: Directory created {:?}", constructed_path);
-            },
-            Ok(f) => {
-                if !f.is_dir() {
             try!(fs::create_dir(&constructed_path));
             debug!("[*]: Directory created {:?}", constructed_path);
         } else {
             debug!("[*]: Directory exists {:?}", constructed_path);
             continue
         }
-            },
+
-        }
     }
 
     debug!("[*]: Constructed path: {:?}", constructed_path);
@@ -122,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn create_file(path: &Path) -> Result<File, Box<Error>> {
         try!(create_path(p));
     }
 
-    debug!("[*]: Create file: {}", path);
+    debug!("[*]: Create file: {:?}", path);
     let f = try!(File::create(path));
 
     Ok(f)