From 7c43ff0bf249d57df39d5539fdcd3eca204ad7be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fraol Lemecha <fraol0912@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 21:01:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): only show the overwrite message when the schema
 file exists and the code has changed (#3826)

---
 packages/cli/src/commands/generate.ts | 6 +++---
 packages/cli/src/generators/prisma.ts | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate.ts
index aac3d15c79..3e9d6df241 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import prompts from "prompts";
 import fs from "fs/promises";
 import chalk from "chalk";
 import { getAdapter } from "better-auth/db";
-import { getGenerator } from "../generators";
+import { generateSchema } from "../generators";
 
 export async function generateAction(opts: any) {
 	const options = z
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export async function generateAction(opts: any) {
 
 	const spinner = yoctoSpinner({ text: "preparing schema..." }).start();
 
-	const schema = await getGenerator({
+	const schema = await generateSchema({
 		adapter,
 		file: options.output,
 		options: config,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export async function generateAction(opts: any) {
 		logger.info("Your schema is already up to date.");
 		process.exit(0);
 	}
-	if (schema.append || schema.overwrite) {
+	if (schema.overwrite) {
 		let confirm = options.y || options.yes;
 		if (!confirm) {
 			const response = await prompts({
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/generators/prisma.ts b/packages/cli/src/generators/prisma.ts
index 85d12bafc8..8d27aaf6e6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/generators/prisma.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/generators/prisma.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const generatePrismaSchema: SchemaGenerator = async ({
 	const tables = getAuthTables(options);
 	const filePath = file || "./prisma/schema.prisma";
 	const schemaPrismaExist = existsSync(path.join(process.cwd(), filePath));
+
 	let schemaPrisma = "";
 	if (schemaPrismaExist) {
 		schemaPrisma = await fs.readFile(
@@ -222,10 +223,12 @@ export const generatePrismaSchema: SchemaGenerator = async ({
 		}
 	});
 
+	const schemaChanged = schema.trim() !== schemaPrisma.trim();
+
 	return {
-		code: schema.trim() === schemaPrisma.trim() ? "" : schema,
+		code: schemaChanged ? schema : "",
 		fileName: filePath,
-		overwrite: true,
+		overwrite: schemaPrismaExist && schemaChanged,
 	};
 };