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🔍 Build Pagefind index on first dev run when it's missing #342

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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions scripts/check-pagefind.js
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const fs = require("fs");
const path = require("path");
const { execSync } = require("child_process");

const entryPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "public", "pagefind", "pagefind-entry.json");

if (!fs.existsSync(entryPath)) {
console.warn(
"\x1b[33m⚠ Pagefind index not found. Search will not work in dev.\n" +
" Run: pnpm build-local-pagefind\x1b[0m\n"
console.log(
"\x1b[33mPagefind index not found — building it now from your content.\n" +
" (First run only; this does a full build and can take a minute or two.)\x1b[0m\n"
);
execSync("pnpm build-local-pagefind", { stdio: "inherit" });
process.exit(0);
}

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