From 4f328c7e2f9329fa04e26dfe887bb970cfecab1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sipho Mokoena <siphowilliammokoena@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:07:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: enhance installation process by adding cloning and
 building of wokwi-libs

---
 .devcontainer/post-create.sh |  5 +++++
 Makefile                     | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/post-create.sh b/.devcontainer/post-create.sh
index cf44fe9..5f89baa 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/post-create.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/post-create.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ fi
 # - For full ESP32 support, see: docs/ESP32_EMULATION.md
 # - Backend auto-detects and falls back to UART-only mode if libs are missing
 
+echo "==> Installing root dependencies (tsx, typescript for build scripts)..."
+HUSKY=0 npm install &
+ROOT_PID=$!
+
 echo "==> Setting up Python virtual environment (base layer)..."
 (cd backend
 python3 -m venv venv
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ npm run build) &
 ELEMENTS_PID=$!
 
 echo "  -> Waiting for all parallel builds to complete..."
+wait $ROOT_PID && echo "  ✓ Root deps installed"
 wait $BACKEND_PID && echo "  ✓ Backend deps installed"
 wait $FRONTEND_PID && echo "  ✓ Frontend deps installed"
 wait $AVR_PID && echo "  ✓ avr8js built"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7b567bb..ed1a3b3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,10 +21,22 @@ dev-frontend: ## Start frontend (port 5173)
 install: ## Install dependencies
 	@echo "Installing root dependencies (tsx, typescript for build scripts)..."
 	@npm install
+	@echo "Cloning wokwi-libs (shallow)..."
+	@for lib in avr8js rp2040js wokwi-elements; do \
+		if [ ! -d "wokwi-libs/$$lib/.git" ]; then \
+			rm -rf "wokwi-libs/$$lib"; \
+			git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/wokwi/$$lib.git" "wokwi-libs/$$lib"; \
+		fi; \
+	done
 	@echo "Installing backend dependencies..."
 	@cd backend && python3 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt
 	@echo "Installing frontend dependencies..."
 	@cd frontend && npm install
+	@echo "Building wokwi-libs..."
+	@for lib in avr8js rp2040js wokwi-elements; do \
+		echo "Building $$lib..."; \
+		cd "wokwi-libs/$$lib" && npm install && npm run build && cd ../..; \
+	done
 	@echo "✓ All dependencies installed"
 
 clean: ## Remove venv and node_modules