wow it seems to work

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lua/aotrix/plugins/build.lua b/lua/aotrix/plugins/build.lua
index 80b4398..f178e4e 100644
--- a/lua/aotrix/plugins/build.lua
+++ b/lua/aotrix/plugins/build.lua
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ return {
         local addCommandToJsonFile = function(commandBlock, commandsFilePath,
                                               directory)
             local current_json = readJsonFromFile(commandsFilePath)
+            local is_new_file = false
             if current_json ~= nil then
                 if current_json[directory] == nil then
                     current_json[directory] = {}
@@ -80,12 +81,19 @@ return {
                     command = tostring(commandBlock.command()),
                     description = tostring(commandBlock.description())
                 })
+            else
+                is_new_file = true
             end
             local file, error = io.open(commandsFilePath, 'w')
+            if is_new_file and file ~= nil then file:write("{}") end
             if file then
                 local indent =
                     vim.bo.expandtab and (' '):rep(vim.o.shiftwidth) or '\t'
-                file:write(vim.json.encode(current_json, {indent = indent}))
+                if current_json ~= nil then
+                    json_content = vim.json.encode(current_json,
+                                                   {indent = indent})
+                    file:write(json_content)
+                end
                 file:close()
             else
                 print("Error in writeTableToJsonFile: " .. error)