From f0ddfccf47e69737a36b7f4b8681d51e8167e961 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colby McHenry <me@colbymchenry.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:40:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Skip global install if codegraph command already exists

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 package.json           |  2 +-
 src/installer/index.ts | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4bb7d06..62a0dfd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@colbymchenry/codegraph",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "description": "Supercharge Claude Code with semantic code intelligence. 30% fewer tokens, 25% fewer tool calls, 100% local.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/installer/index.ts b/src/installer/index.ts
index 6965075..eb385ec 100644
--- a/src/installer/index.ts
+++ b/src/installer/index.ts
@@ -26,16 +26,26 @@ export async function runInstaller(): Promise<void> {
   showBanner();
 
   try {
-    // Step 1: Install codegraph globally
-    console.log(chalk.dim('  Installing codegraph globally...'));
+    // Step 1: Check if codegraph is available (skip install if already there)
+    let codegraphAvailable = false;
     try {
-      execSync('npm install -g @colbymchenry/codegraph', { stdio: 'pipe' });
-      success('Installed codegraph command globally');
+      execSync('which codegraph', { stdio: 'pipe' });
+      codegraphAvailable = true;
     } catch {
-      // May fail if no permissions, but that's ok - npx still works
-      info('Could not install globally (try with sudo if needed)');
+      // Not installed globally yet
+    }
+
+    if (!codegraphAvailable) {
+      console.log(chalk.dim('  Installing codegraph globally...'));
+      try {
+        execSync('npm install -g @colbymchenry/codegraph', { stdio: 'pipe' });
+        success('Installed codegraph command globally');
+      } catch {
+        // May fail if no permissions, but that's ok - npx still works
+        info('Could not install globally (try with sudo if needed)');
+      }
+      console.log();
     }
-    console.log();
 
     // Step 2: Ask for installation location
     const location = await promptInstallLocation();