From ba55785f3853dad2bbaa835d12cf2b7625418957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meghan Denny <hello@nektro.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 01:22:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/init: no longer require running in a folder with a
 build.zig

---
 src/cmd/init.zig   |  7 +------
 src/util/funcs.zig | 11 +++--------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/init.zig b/src/cmd/init.zig
index 8e7bce14b73884d0f238f2b4508bbe890db0ef5e..4caadfe35e41e3c84294e4b56ca1e7fb298b1675 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/init.zig
@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ pub fn execute(self_name: []const u8, args: [][:0]u8) !void {
 
     const ptype = try inquirer.forEnum(stdout, stdin, "Are you making an application or a library?", gpa, enum { exe, lib }, null);
 
-    const name = try inquirer.forString(stdout, stdin, "package name:", gpa, u.detect_pkgname(gpa, u.try_index(string, args, 0, ""), "") catch |err| switch (err) {
-        error.NoBuildZig => {
-            u.fail("init requires a build.zig file", .{});
-        },
-        else => |ee| return ee,
-    });
+    const name = try inquirer.forString(stdout, stdin, "package name:", gpa, try u.detect_pkgname(gpa, u.try_index(string, args, 0, ""), ""));
 
     const entry = if (ptype == .lib) try inquirer.forString(stdout, stdin, "package entry point:", gpa, u.detct_mainfile(gpa, u.try_index(string, args, 1, ""), null, name) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.CantFindMain => null,
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index f28c0eedfe989b730b7def3959c9378700314f07..6cffb6589429829ed2a3689407129e0834a1cad9 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -157,16 +157,11 @@ pub fn slice(comptime T: type, input: []const T, from: usize, to: usize) []const
 }
 
 pub fn detect_pkgname(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, override: string, dir: string) !string {
-    if (override.len > 0) {
-        return override;
-    }
+    if (override.len > 0) return override;
     const dirO = if (dir.len == 0) std.fs.cwd() else try std.fs.cwd().openDir(dir, .{});
-    if (!(try extras.doesFileExist(dirO, "build.zig"))) {
-        return error.NoBuildZig;
-    }
-    const dpath = try std.fs.realpathAlloc(alloc, try std.fs.path.join(alloc, &.{ dir, "build.zig" }));
+    const dpath = try dirO.realpathAlloc(gpa, ".");
     const splitP = try split(alloc, dpath, std.fs.path.sep);
-    var name = splitP[splitP.len - 2];
+    var name = splitP[splitP.len - 1];
     name = extras.trimPrefix(name, "zig-");
     assert(name.len > 0, "package name must not be an empty string", .{});
     return name;
-- 
2.54.0