From 418889b17fb8f336ee0038e7ad02f9dd891b2a71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Allen <davidallendj@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:32:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] refactor: added error check for server.Init()

---
 cmd/serve.go | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index b8a34be..22c793c 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ var serveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		// make the default directories and files if flag is passed
 		if cmd.Flags().Changed("init") {
-			server.Init()
+			err = server.Init()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error().Err(err).
+					Str("host", parsed.Host).
+					Str("root", rootPath).
+					Msg("failed to initialize server root")
+				return
+			}
 		}
 
 		// serve and log why the server closed

From 325f77b9d4d665c6047476ba7e532d905597f425 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Allen <davidallendj@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:33:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] feat: added init cmd implementation

---
 cmd/init.go | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index e064ed0..31c9e9a 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package cmd
 
-import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+import (
+	"git.towk2.me/towk/makeshift/pkg/service"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
 
 var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use: "init",
@@ -11,10 +15,27 @@ var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	Short: "Initialize directory with default files",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		var (
+			rootPath, _ = cmd.Flags().GetString("root")
 
+			server *service.Service
+			err    error
+		)
+
+		// create the server root files and directories
+		err = server.Init()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).
+				Str("root", rootPath).
+				Msg("failed to initialize server root")
+			return
+		}
+		log.Debug().
+			Str("root", rootPath).
+			Msg("initialize makeshift files at root path")
 	},
 }
 
 func init() {
-
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(initCmd)
 }