can add existing courses

globalSettings.yml

@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-courses: []
+courses:
+  - path: ./4850_AdvancedFE/2025-fall-alex/modules/
+    name: Distributed 2025
+  - path: ./1420/2025-fall-alex/modules/
+    name: "1420"
+  - path: ./1810/2025-fall-alex/modules/
+    name: Web Intro
+  - path: ./1430/2025-fall-alex/modules/
+    name: UX

src/app/CourseList.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 "use client";
 import { useLocalCoursesSettingsQuery } from "@/hooks/localCourse/localCoursesHooks";
-import { getDateKey, getTermName, groupByStartDate } from "@/models/local/utils/timeUtils";
+import {
+  getDateKey,
+  getTermName,
+  groupByStartDate,
+} from "@/models/local/utils/timeUtils";
 import { getCourseUrl } from "@/services/urlUtils";
 import Link from "next/link";
 
@@ -38,4 +42,4 @@ export default function CourseList() {
       ))}
     </div>
   );
-}
+}

src/app/addCourse/AddExistingCourseToGlobalSettings.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 "use client";
 import ClientOnly from "@/components/ClientOnly";
 import { StoragePathSelector } from "@/components/form/StoragePathSelector";
+import TextInput from "@/components/form/TextInput";
 import { SuspenseAndErrorHandling } from "@/components/SuspenseAndErrorHandling";
-import { FC, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  useGlobalSettingsQuery,
+  useUpdateGlobalSettingsMutation,
+} from "@/hooks/localCourse/globalSettingsHooks";
+import { useDirectoryIsCourseQuery } from "@/hooks/localCourse/storageDirectoryHooks";
+import { FC, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 export const AddExistingCourseToGlobalSettings = () => {
   const [showForm, setShowForm] = useState(false);
@@ -27,14 +33,82 @@ export const AddExistingCourseToGlobalSettings = () => {
 
 const ExistingCourseForm: FC<{}> = () => {
   const [path, setPath] = useState("./");
+  const [name, setName] = useState("");
+  const nameInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const directoryIsCourseQuery = useDirectoryIsCourseQuery(path);
+  const { data: globalSettings } = useGlobalSettingsQuery();
+  const updateSettingsMutation = useUpdateGlobalSettingsMutation();
+
+  // Focus name input when directory becomes a valid course
+  useEffect(() => {
+    console.log("Checking directory:", directoryIsCourseQuery.data);
+    if (directoryIsCourseQuery.data) {
+      console.log("Focusing name input");
+      nameInputRef.current?.focus();
+    }
+  }, [directoryIsCourseQuery.data]);
+
   return (
-    <div>
+    <form
+      onSubmit={async (e) => {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        console.log(path);
+
+        await updateSettingsMutation.mutateAsync({
+          globalSettings: {
+            ...globalSettings,
+            courses: [
+              ...globalSettings.courses,
+              {
+                name,
+                path,
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        });
+        setName("");
+        setPath("./");
+      }}
+      className="min-w-3xl"
+    >
       <h2>Add Existing Course</h2>
+
+      <div className="flex items-center mt-2 text-slate-500">
+        {directoryIsCourseQuery.isLoading ? (
+          <>
+            <span className="animate-spin mr-2">⏳</span>
+            <span>Checking directory...</span>
+          </>
+        ) : directoryIsCourseQuery.data ? (
+          <>
+            <span className="text-green-600 mr-2">✅</span>
+            <span>This is a valid course directory.</span>
+          </>
+        ) : (
+          <>
+            <span className="text-red-600 mr-2">❌</span>
+            <span>Not a course directory.</span>
+          </>
+        )}
+      </div>
       <StoragePathSelector
-        startingValue={path}
+        value={path}
-        submitValue={setPath}
+        setValue={setPath}
         label={"Course Directory Path"}
       />
-    </div>
+      {directoryIsCourseQuery.data && (
+        <>
+          <TextInput
+            value={name}
+            setValue={setName}
+            label={"Display Name"}
+            inputRef={nameInputRef}
+          />
+          <div className="text-center">
+            <button className="text-center mt-3">Save</button>
+          </div>
+        </>
+      )}
+    </form>
   );
 };

src/app/course/[courseName]/CourseNavigation.tsx

@@ -96,4 +96,4 @@ function getSemesterName(startDate: string) {
   } else {
     return `Fall ${year}`;
   }
-}
+}

src/app/course/[courseName]/calendar/CalendarMonth.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const CalendarMonth = ({ month }: { month: CalendarMonthModel }) => {
   );
 
   const isPastSemester = Date.now() > new Date(settings.endDate).getTime();
-  
+
   const pastWeekNumber = getWeekNumber(
     startDate,
     new Date(Date.now() - four_days_in_milliseconds)
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export const CalendarMonth = ({ month }: { month: CalendarMonthModel }) => {
     new Date(month.year, month.month, 1)
   );
 
-  const shouldCollapse = (pastWeekNumber >= startOfMonthWeekNumber) && !isPastSemester;
+  const shouldCollapse =
+    pastWeekNumber >= startOfMonthWeekNumber && !isPastSemester;
 
   const monthName = new Date(month.year, month.month - 1, 1).toLocaleString(
     "default",

src/app/course/[courseName]/context/CalendarItemsContextProvider.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"use client"
+"use client";
 import { ReactNode } from "react";
 import {
   CalendarItemsContext,

src/app/course/[courseName]/modules/[moduleName]/page/[pageName]/EditPage.tsx

@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@ export default function EditPage({
         </>
       }
     />
-  )
+  );
 }

src/app/todaysLectures/OneCourseLectures.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { getDateOnlyMarkdownString } from "@/models/local/utils/timeUtils";
 
 export default function OneCourseLectures() {
   const { courseName } = useCourseContext();
-  const {data: weeks} = useLecturesQuery();
+  const { data: weeks } = useLecturesQuery();
 
   const dayAsDate = new Date();
   const dayAsString = getDateOnlyMarkdownString(dayAsDate);

src/components/form/StoragePathSelector.tsx

@@ -3,26 +3,28 @@ import { useState, useRef, useEffect } from "react";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 
 export function StoragePathSelector({
-  startingValue,
+  value,
-  submitValue,
+  setValue,
   label,
   className,
 }: {
-  startingValue: string;
+  value: string;
-  submitValue: (newValue: string) => void;
+  setValue: (newValue: string) => void;
   label: string;
   className?: string;
 }) {
-  const [path, setPath] = useState(startingValue);
+  const [path, setPath] = useState(value);
-  const [lastCorrectPath, setLastCorrectPath] = useState(startingValue);
+  const { data: directoryContents } = useDirectoryContentsQuery(value);
-  const { data: directoryContents } =
-    useDirectoryContentsQuery(lastCorrectPath);
   const [isFocused, setIsFocused] = useState(false);
   const [highlightedIndex, setHighlightedIndex] = useState<number>(-1);
   const [arrowUsed, setArrowUsed] = useState(false);
   const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const dropdownRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setPath(value);
+  }, [value]);
+
   const handleKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     if (!isFocused || filteredFolders.length === 0) return;
     if (e.key === "ArrowDown") {
@@ -88,13 +90,12 @@ export function StoragePathSelector({
       newPath += "/";
     }
     setPath(newPath);
-    setLastCorrectPath(newPath);
+    setValue(newPath);
     setArrowUsed(false);
     setHighlightedIndex(-1);
     if (shouldFocus) {
       setTimeout(() => inputRef.current?.focus(), 0);
     }
-    submitValue(newPath);
   };
 
   // Scroll highlighted option into view when it changes
@@ -116,12 +117,12 @@ export function StoragePathSelector({
       <br />
       <input
         ref={inputRef}
-        className="bg-slate-800 border border-slate-500 rounded-md w-full px-1"
+        className="bg-slate-800  w-full px-1"
         value={path}
         onChange={(e) => {
           setPath(e.target.value);
           if (e.target.value.endsWith("/")) {
-            setLastCorrectPath(e.target.value);
+            setValue(e.target.value);
             setTimeout(() => inputRef.current?.focus(), 0);
           }
         }}
@@ -130,9 +131,6 @@ export function StoragePathSelector({
         onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
         autoComplete="off"
       />
-      <div className="text-xs text-slate-400 mt-1">
-        Last valid path: {lastCorrectPath}
-      </div>
       {isFocused &&
         createPortal(
           <div className=" ">

src/components/form/TextInput.tsx

@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ export default function TextInput({
   label,
   className,
   isTextArea = false,
+  inputRef = undefined,
 }: {
   value: string;
   setValue: (newValue: string) => void;
   label: string;
   className?: string;
   isTextArea?: boolean;
+  inputRef?: React.RefObject<HTMLInputElement | null>;
 }) {
   return (
     <label className={"flex flex-col  " + className}>
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ export default function TextInput({
           className="bg-slate-800 border border-slate-500 rounded-md w-full px-1"
           value={value}
           onChange={(e) => setValue(e.target.value)}
+          ref={inputRef}
         />
       )}
       {isTextArea && (

src/hooks/localCourse/globalSettingsHooks.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { useTRPC } from "@/services/serverFunctions/trpcClient";
+import {
+  useMutation,
+  useQueryClient,
+  useSuspenseQuery,
+} from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+export const useGlobalSettingsQuery = () => {
+  const trpc = useTRPC();
+  return useSuspenseQuery(trpc.globalSettings.getGlobalSettings.queryOptions());
+};
+
+export const useUpdateGlobalSettingsMutation = () => {
+  const trpc = useTRPC();
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  return useMutation(
+    trpc.globalSettings.updateGlobalSettings.mutationOptions({
+      onSuccess: () => {
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+          queryKey: trpc.globalSettings.getGlobalSettings.queryKey(),
+        });
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+          queryKey: trpc.settings.allCoursesSettings.queryKey(),
+        });
+      },
+    })
+  );
+};

src/hooks/localCourse/storageDirectoryHooks.ts

@@ -16,3 +16,10 @@ export const useDirectoryContentsQuery = (relativePath: string) => {
     trpc.directories.getDirectoryContents.queryOptions({ relativePath })
   );
 };
+
+export const useDirectoryIsCourseQuery = (folderPath: string) => {
+  const trpc = useTRPC();
+  return useQuery(
+    trpc.directories.directoryIsCourse.queryOptions({ folderPath })
+  );
+};

src/services/fileStorage/fileStorageService.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const fileStorageService = {
 
     await fs.mkdir(courseDirectory, { recursive: true });
   },
+
   async createModuleFolderForTesting(courseName: string, moduleName: string) {
     const courseDirectory = path.join(basePath, courseName, moduleName);
 
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ export const fileStorageService = {
     relativePath: string
   ): Promise<{ files: string[]; folders: string[] }> {
     const fullPath = path.join(basePath, relativePath);
+    // Security: ensure fullPath is inside basePath
+    const resolvedBase = path.resolve(basePath);
+    const resolvedFull = path.resolve(fullPath);
+    if (!resolvedFull.startsWith(resolvedBase)) {
+      return { files: [], folders: [] };
+    }
     if (!(await directoryOrFileExists(fullPath))) {
       throw new Error(`Directory ${fullPath} does not exist`);
     }

src/services/fileStorage/globalSettingsFileStorageService.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { GlobalSettings } from "@/models/local/globalSettings";
-import { parseGlobalSettingsYaml } from "@/models/local/globalSettingsUtils";
+import {
+  globalSettingsToYaml,
+  parseGlobalSettingsYaml,
+} from "@/models/local/globalSettingsUtils";
 import { promises as fs } from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { basePath } from "./utils/fileSystemUtils";
@@ -34,3 +37,8 @@ export const getCoursePathByName = async (courseName: string) => {
   }
   return path.join(basePath, course.path);
 };
+
+export const updateGlobalSettings = async (globalSettings: GlobalSettings) => {
+  const globalSettingsString = globalSettingsToYaml(globalSettings);
+  await fs.writeFile(SETTINGS_FILE_PATH, globalSettingsString, "utf-8");
+};

src/services/fileStorage/settingsFileStorageService.ts

@@ -86,4 +86,11 @@ export const settingsFileStorageService = {
     console.log(`Saving settings ${settingsPath}`);
     await fs.writeFile(settingsPath, settingsMarkdown);
   },
+  async folderIsCourse(folderPath: string) {
+    const settingsPath = path.join(basePath, folderPath, "settings.yml");
+    if (!(await directoryOrFileExists(settingsPath))) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  },
 };

src/services/serverFunctions/router/app.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { createCallerFactory, router } from "../trpcSetup";
 import { assignmentRouter } from "./assignmentRouter";
 import { canvasFileRouter } from "./canvasFileRouter";
 import { directoriesRouter } from "./directoriesRouter";
+import { globalSettingsRouter } from "./globalSettingsRouter";
 import { lectureRouter } from "./lectureRouter";
 import { moduleRouter } from "./moduleRouter";
 import { pageRouter } from "./pageRouter";
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export const trpcAppRouter = router({
   module: moduleRouter,
   directories: directoriesRouter,
   canvasFile: canvasFileRouter,
+  globalSettings: globalSettingsRouter,
 });
 
 export const createCaller = createCallerFactory(trpcAppRouter);

src/services/serverFunctions/router/directoriesRouter.ts

@@ -16,4 +16,13 @@ export const directoriesRouter = router({
     .query(async ({ input: { relativePath } }) => {
       return await fileStorageService.getDirectoryContents(relativePath);
     }),
+  directoryIsCourse: publicProcedure
+    .input(
+      z.object({
+        folderPath: z.string(),
+      })
+    )
+    .query(async ({ input: { folderPath } }) => {
+      return await fileStorageService.settings.folderIsCourse(folderPath);
+    }),
 });

src/services/serverFunctions/router/globalSettingsRouter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { zodGlobalSettings } from "@/models/local/globalSettings";
+import { router } from "../trpcSetup";
+import z from "zod";
+import publicProcedure from "../procedures/public";
+import {
+  getGlobalSettings,
+  updateGlobalSettings,
+} from "@/services/fileStorage/globalSettingsFileStorageService";
+
+export const globalSettingsRouter = router({
+  getGlobalSettings: publicProcedure.query(async () => {
+    return await getGlobalSettings();
+  }),
+  updateGlobalSettings: publicProcedure
+    .input(
+      z.object({
+        globalSettings: zodGlobalSettings,
+      })
+    )
+    .mutation(async ({ input: { globalSettings } }) => {
+      return await updateGlobalSettings(globalSettings);
+    }),
+});