fix(cli): wheels new scaffolded apps fail to boot#2096
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The `wheels new` template was missing 14 files that the framework hard-includes at startup: app/global/functions.cfm (Global.cfc:3404), app/views/helpers.cfm (Controller.cfc:140), and 12 event handlers under app/events/ (onapplicationstart.cfc:360, EventMethods.cfc). Without these, onApplicationStart threw before setting application.wo, and the cascading onError failure surfaced only "key [WO] doesn't exist" — hiding the real root cause. Also hardens installWheelsFramework to abort scaffolding (with a clear error and cleanup) when no framework source is found, instead of silently creating a broken app. Adds resolveFrameworkSource() with three fallback paths: WHEELS_FRAMEWORK_PATH env var, project root walk-up, and module root walk-up. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
wheels newtemplate was missing 14 stub files that the framework hard-includes at boot (app/global/functions.cfm,app/views/helpers.cfm, and 12app/events/*.cfmhandlers). The first missing file crashesonApplicationStartbeforeapplication.wois set, thenonErrorcascades into the misleading "key [WO] doesn't exist".cli/lucli/templates/app/matching the main repo's conventionsinstallWheelsFrameworkto abort scaffolding (with cleanup) when no framework source is found, instead of silently creating a broken appresolveFrameworkSource()with three fallback paths:WHEELS_FRAMEWORK_PATHenv var → project root walk-up → module root walk-upNewCommandTemplateSpec.cfc) asserting every required stub file is presentTest plan
/tmpdirectory → app renders "Welcome to testapp", no errorsWHEELS_FRAMEWORK_PATHenv var override → scaffolding succeeds🤖 Generated with Claude Code