chore: rename data dir to .blink (#6)

hugodutka · web-flow · commit ce576c73c8ab · 2025-10-16T12:23:00.000+02:00
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-.blink/data/
+.blink/
 **/*.hbs
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ agent.on("request", async (request, context) => {
 agent.serve();
 ```
 
-Locally, all chats are stored in `./data/chats/<key>.json` relative to where your agent is running.
+Locally, all chats are stored in `./.blink/chats/<key>.json` relative to where your agent is running.
 
 In the cloud, chats keys are namespaced per-agent.
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ agent.on("chat", async ({ messages }) => {
 agent.serve();
 ```
 
-Locally, all storage is in `./data/storage.json` relative to where your agent is running.
+Locally, all storage is in `./.blink/storage.json` relative to where your agent is running.
 
 In the cloud, storage is namespaced per-agent.
 
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/build/index.ts b/packages/blink/src/build/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface Config {
 
   /**
    * outdir is the directory to write the build output to.
-   * Defaults to `data/build` in the current working directory.
+   * Defaults to `.blink/build` in the current working directory.
    */
   outdir?: string;
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Try creating "agent.ts" or specify "entry" in a blink.config.ts file.`);
     }
   }
   if (!config.outdir) {
-    config.outdir = path.resolve(directory, "data/build");
+    config.outdir = path.resolve(directory, ".blink/build");
   }
   if (!config.build) {
     // By default, we bundle with esbuild.
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/deploy.ts b/packages/blink/src/cli/deploy.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Client, {
 import { stat, readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { basename, dirname, join, relative } from "node:path";
 import { loginIfNeeded } from "./lib/auth";
-import { migrateBlinkToData } from "./lib/migrate";
+import { migrateDataToBlink } from "./lib/migrate";
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import { mkdir, writeFile, readdir } from "fs/promises";
 import { select, confirm, isCancel, spinner } from "@clack/prompts";
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export default async function deploy(
     directory = process.cwd();
   }
 
-  // Auto-migrate .blink to data if it exists
-  await migrateBlinkToData(directory);
+  // Auto-migrate data to .blink if it exists
+  await migrateDataToBlink(directory);
 
   const token = await loginIfNeeded();
   const client = new Client({
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ export default async function deploy(
   // Find the nearest config file if it exists.
   const rootDirectory = dirname(packageJSON);
 
-  // Check for a data directory. This stores the agent's deploy config.
-  const deployConfigPath = join(rootDirectory, "data", "config.json");
+  // Check for a .blink directory. This stores the agent's deploy config.
+  const deployConfigPath = join(rootDirectory, ".blink", "config.json");
 
   let deployConfig: DeployConfig = {};
   if (existsSync(deployConfigPath)) {
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ async function collectSourceFiles(rootDir: string): Promise<string[]> {
   const defaultIgnorePatterns = [
     ".git",
     "node_modules",
-    "data",
+    ".blink",
     ".env",
     ".env.*",
   ];
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/dev.ts b/packages/blink/src/cli/dev.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { resolveConfig } from "../build/index";
 import { findNearestEntry } from "../build/util";
 import { startDev } from "../tui/dev";
 import { getAuthToken } from "./lib/auth";
-import { migrateBlinkToData } from "./lib/migrate";
+import { migrateDataToBlink } from "./lib/migrate";
 
 export default async function dev(directory?: string): Promise<void> {
   if (!directory) {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default async function dev(directory?: string): Promise<void> {
       // No agent found in current directory, search upward for .blink
       let dotBlinkPath = await findNearestEntry(cwd, ".blink");
 
-      // This is legacy behavior to migrate old Blink directories to the new data/ directory.
+      // This is legacy behavior to migrate old Blink directories to the new .blink/ directory.
       if (dotBlinkPath && existsSync(join(dotBlinkPath, "build"))) {
         dotBlinkPath = undefined;
       }
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ export default async function dev(directory?: string): Promise<void> {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  // Auto-migrate .blink to data if it exists
-  await migrateBlinkToData(directory);
+  // Auto-migrate data/ to .blink/ if it exists
+  await migrateDataToBlink(directory);
 
   const exitWithDump = (error: Error) => {
     writeFileSync("error.dump", inspect(error, { depth: null }));
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/init-templates/index.ts b/packages/blink/src/cli/init-templates/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/init-templates/scratch/.gitignore b/packages/blink/src/cli/init-templates/scratch/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 node_modules
 
 # config and build
-data
+.blink
 
 # dotenv environment variables file
 .env
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/init-templates/slack-bot/.gitignore b/packages/blink/src/cli/init-templates/slack-bot/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 node_modules
 
 # config and build
-data
+.blink
 
 # dotenv environment variables file
 .env
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/lib/devhook.ts b/packages/blink/src/cli/lib/devhook.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { dirname, join } from "path";
  * Gets the path to the devhook ID file.
  */
 export function getDevhookPath(directory: string): string {
-  return join(directory, "data", "devhook.txt");
+  return join(directory, ".blink", "devhook.txt");
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/lib/first-run.ts b/packages/blink/src/cli/lib/first-run.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { dirname, join } from "path";
  * @returns true if this is the first time, false otherwise
  */
 export function checkAndMarkFirstRun(directory: string): boolean {
-  const storagePath = join(directory, "data", ".first-run");
+  const storagePath = join(directory, ".blink", ".first-run");
   mkdirSync(dirname(storagePath), { recursive: true });
 
   if (existsSync(storagePath)) {
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/lib/migrate.ts b/packages/blink/src/cli/lib/migrate.ts
@@ -4,88 +4,63 @@ import { join } from "path";
 import chalk from "chalk";
 
 /**
- * Automatically migrates .blink/ to data/ if it exists.
+ * Automatically migrates data/ to .blink/ if it exists.
  * This helps users transition from the old directory structure.
  */
-export async function migrateBlinkToData(directory: string): Promise<void> {
-  const oldPath = join(directory, ".blink");
-  const newPath = join(directory, "data");
+export async function migrateDataToBlink(directory: string): Promise<void> {
+  const oldPath = join(directory, "data");
+  const newPath = join(directory, ".blink");
 
-  // Check if .blink exists and data doesn't
+  // Check if data exists and .blink doesn't
   if (!existsSync(oldPath) || existsSync(newPath)) {
     return;
   }
 
-  // Check if .blink/data/ exists (old nested structure)
-  const oldNestedDataPath = join(oldPath, "data");
-  const hasNestedData = existsSync(oldNestedDataPath);
+  // Check if data contains any data files (chats, storage, config, devhook, .first-run)
+  const hasData =
+    existsSync(join(oldPath, "chats")) ||
+    existsSync(join(oldPath, "storage.json")) ||
+    existsSync(join(oldPath, "config.json")) ||
+    existsSync(join(oldPath, "devhook.txt")) ||
+    existsSync(join(oldPath, "devhook")) ||
+    existsSync(join(oldPath, ".first-run"));
 
-  if (hasNestedData) {
-    // Old structure: .blink/data/chats → data/chats
-    console.log(chalk.yellow("Migrating .blink/data/ to data/..."));
-    await rename(oldNestedDataPath, newPath);
-
-    // Move any remaining files from .blink/ into data/
-    const remainingFiles = readdirSync(oldPath);
-    for (const file of remainingFiles) {
-      const srcPath = join(oldPath, file);
-      const destPath = join(newPath, file);
-      if (!existsSync(destPath)) {
-        await rename(srcPath, destPath);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Remove empty .blink directory
-    await rm(oldPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  } else {
-    // Check if .blink contains any data files directly (build, chats, storage, config, devhook)
-    const hasData =
-      existsSync(join(oldPath, "build")) ||
-      existsSync(join(oldPath, "chats")) ||
-      existsSync(join(oldPath, "storage.json")) ||
-      existsSync(join(oldPath, "config.json")) ||
-      existsSync(join(oldPath, "devhook.txt"));
-
-    if (!hasData) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Simple rename: .blink/ → data/
-    console.log(chalk.yellow("Migrating .blink/ to data/..."));
-    await rename(oldPath, newPath);
+  if (!hasData) {
+    return;
   }
 
+  // Simple rename: data/ → .blink/
+  console.log(chalk.yellow("Migrating data/ to .blink/..."));
+  await rename(oldPath, newPath);
+
   // Update .gitignore if it exists
   const gitignorePath = join(directory, ".gitignore");
   if (existsSync(gitignorePath)) {
     const content = readFileSync(gitignorePath, "utf-8");
 
-    // Only add if 'data' isn't already in gitignore
-    if (!content.includes("data")) {
+    // Only update if 'data' is in gitignore and '.blink' is not
+    if (content.includes("data") && !content.includes(".blink")) {
       const lines = content.split("\n");
 
-      // Find where .blink is mentioned
-      const blinkIndex = lines.findIndex((line) =>
-        line.trim().match(/^\.blink\s*$/)
+      // Find where data is mentioned
+      const dataIndex = lines.findIndex((line) =>
+        line.trim().match(/^data\s*$/)
       );
 
-      if (blinkIndex !== -1) {
-        // Replace .blink with data and add comment
-        lines[blinkIndex] = "data";
+      if (dataIndex !== -1) {
+        // Replace data with .blink and add comment
+        lines[dataIndex] = ".blink";
         // Add comment before if there isn't already one
-        if (
-          blinkIndex === 0 ||
-          !lines[blinkIndex - 1]?.trim().startsWith("#")
-        ) {
-          lines.splice(blinkIndex, 0, "# .blink has migrated to data/");
+        if (dataIndex === 0 || !lines[dataIndex - 1]?.trim().startsWith("#")) {
+          lines.splice(dataIndex, 0, "# data has migrated to .blink/");
         }
       } else {
-        // .blink not found, just append data at the end
+        // data not found, just append .blink at the end
         if (!content.endsWith("\n")) {
           lines.push("");
         }
-        lines.push("# .blink has migrated to data/");
-        lines.push("data");
+        lines.push("# data has migrated to .blink/");
+        lines.push(".blink");
       }
 
       writeFileSync(gitignorePath, lines.join("\n"));
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/cli/run.ts b/packages/blink/src/cli/run.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { spawnAgent } from "../local/spawn-agent";
 import { parse } from "dotenv";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { getAuthToken } from "./lib/auth";
-import { migrateBlinkToData } from "./lib/migrate";
+import { migrateDataToBlink } from "./lib/migrate";
 import { resolveConfig } from "../build";
 import { findNearestEntry } from "../build/util";
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default async function run(
       // No agent found in current directory, search upward for .blink
       let dotBlinkPath = await findNearestEntry(cwd, ".blink");
 
-      // This is legacy behavior to migrate old Blink directories to the new data/ directory.
+      // This is legacy behavior to migrate old Blink directories to the new .blink/ directory.
       if (dotBlinkPath && existsSync(join(dotBlinkPath, "build"))) {
         dotBlinkPath = undefined;
       }
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ export default async function run(
     }
   }
 
-  // Auto-migrate .blink to data if it exists
-  await migrateBlinkToData(opts.directory);
+  // Auto-migrate data/ to .blink/ if it exists
+  await migrateDataToBlink(opts.directory);
 
   const config = resolveConfig(opts.directory);
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default async function run(
   });
   console.log("Agent spawned");
 
-  const chatsDir = resolve(opts?.directory ?? process.cwd(), "data", "chats");
+  const chatsDir = resolve(opts?.directory ?? process.cwd(), ".blink", "chats");
 
   const manager = new ChatManager({
     chatId: opts?.chat,
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/react/use-dev-mode.ts b/packages/blink/src/react/use-dev-mode.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export default function useDevMode(options: UseDevModeOptions): UseDevMode {
   const server = useMemo(() => {
     return createLocalServer({
       port: 0,
-      dataDirectory: join(directory, "data"),
+      dataDirectory: join(directory, ".blink"),
       getAgent: () => runAgentRef.current,
     });
   }, [directory]);
diff --git a/packages/blink/src/react/use-devhook.ts b/packages/blink/src/react/use-devhook.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default function useDevhook(options: UseDevhookOptions) {
     let isConnecting = false;
     let releaseLock: (() => void) | undefined;
 
-    const lockPath = join(options.directory, "data", "devhook");
+    const lockPath = join(options.directory, ".blink", "devhook");
 
     // Acquire lock before connecting
     (async () => {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@`
`1`		`-.blink/data/`
	`1`	`+.blink/`
`2`	`2`	`*/.hbs`
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface Config {`
`14`	`14`
`15`	`15`	`/**`
`16`	`16`	`* outdir is the directory to write the build output to.`
`17`		- * Defaults to `data/build` in the current working directory.
	`17`	+ * Defaults to `.blink/build` in the current working directory.
`18`	`18`	`*/`
`19`	`19`	`outdir?: string;`
`20`	`20`
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Try creating "agent.ts" or specify "entry" in a blink.config.ts file.`);
`111`	`111`	`}`
`112`	`112`	`}`
`113`	`113`	`if (!config.outdir) {`
`114`		`- config.outdir = path.resolve(directory, "data/build");`
	`114`	`+ config.outdir = path.resolve(directory, ".blink/build");`
`115`	`115`	`}`
`116`	`116`	`if (!config.build) {`
`117`	`117`	`// By default, we bundle with esbuild.`
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { dirname, join } from "path";`
`11`	`11`	`* Gets the path to the devhook ID file.`
`12`	`12`	`*/`
`13`	`13`	`export function getDevhookPath(directory: string): string {`
`14`		`- return join(directory, "data", "devhook.txt");`
	`14`	`+ return join(directory, ".blink", "devhook.txt");`
`15`	`15`	`}`
`16`	`16`
`17`	`17`	`/**`