fix(init): keep the trailing newline on files clerk init edits by manovotny · Pull Request #599 · clerk/cli

manovotny · 2026-10-30T18:57:58Z

Summary

clerk init left the files it edited without a trailing newline, so users saw "No newline at end of file" in git diff right after setup. magicast's printer drops the source's final line break, and every AST edit went through it.

Changes

New printModule helper prints a magicast module and puts back the source's trailing line break, LF or CRLF. A source that had none stays that way.
It replaces all six generate() calls: safeAddImport, which every framework uses for imports, plus the Astro, Nuxt, and React Router config edits.
The Next.js --starter test had pinned the missing newline in its expected layout.tsx. It now expects one.
There's a patch changeset.

References

DOCS-12354. The ticket scopes this to --starter, but plain clerk init had it too.
Found while working on fix(init): wrap the Next.js starter header in Suspense #567

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magicast's printer drops the source's final line break, so every file clerk init rewrote through it lost its trailing newline: the Next.js layout, and the Astro, Nuxt, and React Router configs. A new printModule helper puts the source's line break back, LF or CRLF. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Normalize config output at scaffoldConfigFile.

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- Around line 14-18: Normalize the complete modified content in
scaffoldConfigFile to the source config’s line-ending style before returning it,
so fallback branches cannot introduce mixed line endings. Preserve whether the
original content ends with a newline.

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The new printModule function preserves an input module’s trailing LF or CRLF when generated output lacks a newline. It leaves output without a trailing newline when the source has none. safeAddImport and Astro, Nuxt, and React Router scaffold edits now use this printer. Tests cover newline handling and update scaffold expectations. A changeset declares a clerk patch release.

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Possibly related PRs

clerk/cli#567: Adds Next.js starter header and import edits using safeAddImport, which this PR updates to use printModule.

Suggested reviewers: rafa-thayto

Merge Risk: Low · up to 74ab5

Some existing CRLF files can be rewritten with mixed line endings during init, causing noisy diffs. The remaining fixes are localized and low risk.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 57.14% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving trailing newlines in files edited by `clerk init`.
Description check		The description is directly related to the changeset. It explains the trailing-newline issue, the `printModule` fix, affected framework edits, tests, and the patch changeset.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Docstring coverage is 57.14% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 7 functions across 10 files.

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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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magicast joins lines with the host's EOL, so a CRLF file edited on macOS or Linux came back with LF lines and a CRLF ending. Pass the source's first line terminator to generate(). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Minor · Preserve CRLF in React Router root edits. · react-router.ts:178-181

packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/react-router.ts:178-181
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve CRLF in React Router root edits.

scaffoldRoot edits an existing root file when ClerkProvider is absent. addMiddlewareExport then inserts LF-only text, and addLoaderExport does the same when the root has no loader. If safeAddImport takes its fallback, it also inserts an LF-only separator. A CRLF root file therefore receives mixed line endings.

Use the source file's detected line terminator for the fallback and both root export snippets. This is separate from the config-file fallback.

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diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/transformations.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/transformations.ts
--- a/packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/transformations.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/transformations.ts
@@
   } catch {
-    return `import { ${imported} } from "${source}";\n${content}`;
+    const lineTerminator = /\r?\n/.exec(content)?.[0] ?? "\n";
+    return `import { ${imported} } from "${source}";${lineTerminator}${content}`;
   }
 }

diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/react-router.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/react-router.ts
--- a/packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/react-router.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/react-router.ts
@@
 function addMiddlewareExport(source: string): string {
   if (source.includes("export const middleware")) return source;
-  return insertAfterLastImport(source, "\nexport const middleware = [clerkMiddleware()];\n");
+  const lineTerminator = /\r?\n/.exec(source)?.[0] ?? "\n";
+  return insertAfterLastImport(
+    source,
+    `${lineTerminator}export const middleware = [clerkMiddleware()];${lineTerminator}`,
+  );
 }
@@
   const lineEnd = source.indexOf("\n", middlewareIdx);
   if (lineEnd === -1) return source;

   const argsParam = typescript ? "(args: Parameters<typeof rootAuthLoader>[0])" : "(args)";
+  const lineTerminator = /\r?\n/.exec(source)?.[0] ?? "\n";
   return (
     source.slice(0, lineEnd + 1) +
-    `\nexport const loader = ${argsParam} => rootAuthLoader(args);\n` +
+    `${lineTerminator}export const loader = ${argsParam} => rootAuthLoader(args);${lineTerminator}` +
     source.slice(lineEnd + 1)
   );
 }

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Preserve the existing root file’s line endings when `scaffoldRoot` edits it:
update the fallback in `safeAddImport` and the snippets inserted by
`addMiddlewareExport` and `addLoaderExport` to use the source’s detected line
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@packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/frameworks/react-router.ts:
- Around line 178-181: Preserve the existing root file’s line endings when
`scaffoldRoot` edits it: update the fallback in `safeAddImport` and the snippets
inserted by `addMiddlewareExport` and `addLoaderExport` to use the source’s
detected line terminator, defaulting to LF when none is present. Keep the change
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manovotny · 2026-10-30T20:05:35Z

CodeRabbit's outside-diff React Router finding gets the same answer: addMiddlewareExport and addLoaderExport inserted LF into CRLF roots before this PR, and this PR doesn't change them. That one stays out of scope here.

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