From 50e73c89b577a70e3dc750b8d2f22a3acec389d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksander Katan <56294622+aleksanderkatan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 12:12:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove initial value, add default value

---
 packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
index 722779e347..61fa1f1d4a 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ export async function getProjectName(initialValue: string) {
   let projectName = await p.text({
     message: 'Project name:',
     placeholder: initialValue,
-    initialValue,
+    defaultValue: initialValue,
     validate: (value) => {
-      return value && !isValidProjectDirectory(value) ? 'Invalid project name.' : undefined;
+      return !isValidProjectDirectory(value) ? 'Invalid project name.' : undefined;
     },
   });
 
@@ -25,14 +25,12 @@ export async function getProjectName(initialValue: string) {
     cancelExit();
   }
 
-  projectName ??= '.';
   return projectName.trim();
 }
 
 export async function getPackageName() {
   const packageName = await p.text({
     message: 'Package name:',
-    initialValue: '',
     validate: (value) => {
       return !value || !isValidPackageName(value) ? 'Invalid package name.' : undefined;
     },

From 7d0e25bbf270e38afa32288a34d48f615e5c3d29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Szymon Szulc <szymon.szulc@student.uj.edu.pl>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 18:51:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix

---
 packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
index 61fa1f1d4a..4c6f25fab3 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import type { PackageJson } from './types.ts';
 import { hasDependency, typegpuPkgs, VERSION } from './pkg.ts';
 
 function isValidProjectDirectory(projectDir: string) {
-  return !/[<>:"\\|?*\s]|\/+$/.test(projectDir.trim());
+  const trimmedDir = projectDir.trim();
+  return (
+    projectDir.length === 0 || (trimmedDir.length > 0 && !/[<>:"\\|?*\s]|\/+$/.test(trimmedDir))
+  );
 }
 
 export function isValidPackageName(packageName: string) {
-  return /^(?:@[a-z\d][a-z\d\-._]*\/)?[a-z\d][a-z\d\-._]*$/.test(packageName.trim());
+  const trimmedName = packageName.trim();
+  return /^(?:@[a-z\d][a-z\d\-._]*\/)?[a-z\d][a-z\d\-._]*$/.test(trimmedName);
 }
 
 export async function getProjectName(initialValue: string) {
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ export async function getPackageName() {
   const packageName = await p.text({
     message: 'Package name:',
     validate: (value) => {
-      return !value || !isValidPackageName(value) ? 'Invalid package name.' : undefined;
+      return !isValidPackageName(value) ? 'Invalid package name.' : undefined;
     },
   });