From 78b69ae5086e4aacac585ae33dbac5237ba729f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Toluwap <33985313+harcop@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 05:24:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update missing direction creation (#1146)

Update the doc for missing userData for the database.

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## Summary by cubic
Add a setup step in CONTRIBUTING.md to create the userData directory
required by the database. This prevents migration commands from failing
on fresh installs.

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ee3a547..c12111d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -20,9 +20,23 @@ Dyad is an Electron app.
 npm install
 ```
 
+**Create the userData directory (required for database)**
+
+```sh
+# Unix/macOS/Linux:
+mkdir -p userData
+
+# Windows PowerShell (run only if folder doesn't exist):
+mkdir userData
+
+# Windows Command Prompt (run only if folder doesn't exist):
+md userData
+```
+
 **Apply migrations:**
 
 ```sh
+# Generate and apply database migrations
 npm run db:generate
 npm run db:push
 ```