`force:project:create`command returns "ERR_ASSERTION: A name parameter is required to create a storage"

Summary

ERR_ASSERTION: A name parameter is required to create a storage error message when using SFDX:Create Project

Steps To Reproduce:

1. install java via https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-java-with-apt-get-on-ubuntu-16-04
2. Install SFDX CLI and salesforcedx-vscode into vscode
3. run use SFDX: create project
4. observe “ERR_ASSERTION: A name parameter is required to create a storage” in bottom console.

Note: running sfdx force:project:create --projectname testing --outputdir /home/neil/playground/salesforce/test in command line gives same error

Expected result

SFDX project should be created

Actual result

Error message in terminal: ERR_ASSERTION: A name parameter is required to create a storage

Additional information

VS Code Version:

Version 1.19.2 Commit 490ef761b76b3f3b3832eff7a588aac891e5fe80 Date 2018-01-10T15:57:21.071Z Shell 1.7.9 Renderer 58.0.3029.110 Node 7.9.0 Architecture x64

SFDX CLI Version: sfdx-cli/6.0.26-3d23012 (linux-x64) node-v8.6.0

OS and version: Ubuntu 16.04

**Java version: **: java version “1.8.0_151” Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_151-b12) Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.151-b12, mixed mode)

Internal Work Item: W-4241831

[angelsalazar-zz]

@vazexqi Weird, there was one package.json file without a name attribute in the root folder of the system directory, I deleted and the command run as expected.

[vazexqi]

@neildaemond - Thanks for filing this.

I suspect I know what the root cause is. Could you confirm if you have a package.json (without a “name” field) somewhere in the folder or in one of its ancestors?

We are tracking this internally as W-4241831 and our repro steps are:

1. Create top level directory (test)
2. cd into test
3. touch package.json (this creates an empty package.json without any entries)
4. run sfdx force:apex:class:create -n testclass (we repro this with force:apex:class:create but this will also affect sfdx force:project:create)