improve start sh

start.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,53 @@ echo "MY Network Node setup (interactive)"
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
 BASE_DIR=$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)
+
+GIT_BASE_URL_DEFAULT="https://git.projscale.dev/my-dev"
+GIT_BASE_URL="${GIT_BASE_URL:-$GIT_BASE_URL_DEFAULT}"
+
+ensure_git() {
+  if ! command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "git is required to clone dependent repositories (uploader-bot, web2-client, converter-module)." >&2
+    echo "Please install git or clone these repositories manually under $BASE_DIR." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+ensure_repo_required() {
+  local name="$1"
+  local dir="$2"
+  local url="$3"
+
+  if [[ -d "$dir" ]]; then
+    echo "Found $name at $dir"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  echo "Cloning $name from $url into $dir ..."
+  git clone "$url" "$dir"
+}
+
+ensure_repo_optional() {
+  local name="$1"
+  local dir="$2"
+  local url="$3"
+
+  if [[ -d "$dir" ]]; then
+    echo "Found optional $name at $dir"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  echo "Cloning optional $name from $url into $dir ..."
+  if ! git clone "$url" "$dir"; then
+    echo "Warning: failed to clone optional repository $name from $url; continuing without it." >&2
+  fi
+}
+
+ensure_git
+ensure_repo_required "uploader-bot" "$BASE_DIR/uploader-bot" "${GIT_BASE_URL}/uploader-bot.git"
+ensure_repo_required "web2-client" "$BASE_DIR/web2-client" "${GIT_BASE_URL}/web2-client.git"
+ensure_repo_optional "converter-module" "$BASE_DIR/converter-module" "${GIT_BASE_URL}/converter-module.git"
+
 ENV_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/.env"
 PROJECT_EXAMPLE="$BASE_DIR/.env.example"
 if [[ ! -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/.env.example" && -f "$PROJECT_EXAMPLE" ]]; then
@@ -16,8 +63,8 @@ if [[ ! -f "$ENV_FILE" ]]; then
   if [[ -f "$EXAMPLE_FILE" ]]; then
     cp "$EXAMPLE_FILE" "$ENV_FILE"
   else
-    echo "Missing .env.example; cannot continue" >&2
-    exit 1
+    echo "No .env or .env.example found; starting with a fresh .env for interactive setup."
+    touch "$ENV_FILE"
   fi
 fi