Add ActiveFedora.fedora.init_base_path

lib/active_fedora/cleaner.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def self.tombstone_path
     end
 
     def self.root_resource_path
-      ActiveFedora.fedora.base_path.sub('/', '')
+      ActiveFedora.fedora.root_resource_path
     end
 
     def self.connection
@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@ def self.cleanout_solr
     end
 
     def self.reinitialize_repo
-      begin
-        ActiveFedora.fedora.connection.put(root_resource_path, "")
-      rescue Ldp::HttpError => exception
-        log "#reinitialize_repo in spec_helper.rb raised #{exception}"
-      end
+      ActiveFedora.fedora.init_base_path
     end
 
     def self.log(message)

lib/active_fedora/fedora.rb

@@ -15,5 +15,23 @@ def base_path
     def connection
       @connection ||= Ldp::Client.new(host)
     end
+
+    SLASH = '/'.freeze
+    BLANK = ''.freeze
+
+    # Call this to create a Container Resource to act as the base path for this connection
+    def init_base_path
+        connection.get(root_resource_path)
+        ActiveFedora::Base.logger.warn "Attempted to init `#{root_resource_path}`, but it already exists" if ActiveFedora::Base.logger
+        return false
+    rescue Ldp::NotFound
+      connection.put(root_resource_path, BLANK).success?
+    end
+
+    # Remove a leading slash from the base_path
+    def root_resource_path
+      @root_resource_path ||= base_path.sub(SLASH, BLANK)
+    end
+
   end
 end