Properly initialise journal files after creating them

jrnl/EncryptedJournal.py

@@ -50,3 +50,10 @@ class EncryptedJournal(Journal.Journal):
         journal = Fernet(key).encrypt(text.encode('utf-8'))
         with open(filename, 'w') as f:
             f.write(journal)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create(cls, filename, password):
+        key = make_key(password)
+        dummy = Fernet(key).encrypt("")
+        with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(dummy)

jrnl/Journal.py

@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ class Journal(object):
     def _store(self, filename, text):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _create(cls, filename):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def _parse(self, journal_txt):
         """Parses a journal that's stored in a string and returns a list of entries"""
 
@@ -114,9 +118,11 @@ class Journal(object):
                                 lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0)),
                                 pp, re.UNICODE)
             else:
-                pp = re.sub( Entry.Entry.tag_regex(self.config['tagsymbols']),
+                pp = re.sub(
+                    Entry.Entry.tag_regex(self.config['tagsymbols']),
                     lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0)),
-                        pp)
+                    pp
+                )
         return pp
 
     def __repr__(self):
@@ -223,6 +229,11 @@ class PlainJournal(Journal):
     def __init__(self, name='default', **kwargs):
         super(PlainJournal, self).__init__(name, **kwargs)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _create(cls, filename):
+        with codecs.open(filename, "a", "utf-8"):
+            pass
+
     def _load(self, filename):
         with codecs.open(filename, "r", "utf-8") as f:
             return f.read()

jrnl/cli.py

@@ -105,9 +105,8 @@ def decrypt(journal, filename=None):
 def touch_journal(filename):
     """If filename does not exist, touch the file"""
     if not os.path.exists(filename):
-        log.debug('Creating journal file %s', filename)
         util.prompt("[Journal created at {0}]".format(filename))
-        open(filename, 'a').close()
+        Journal.PlainJournal._create(filename)
 
 
 def list_journals(config):

jrnl/install.py

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import xdg.BaseDirectory
 from . import util
 from . import upgrade
 from . import __version__
+from .Journal import PlainJournal
+from .EncryptedJournal import EncryptedJournal
 import yaml
 import logging
 
@@ -104,6 +106,12 @@ def install():
     journal_path = util.py23_input(path_query).strip() or JOURNAL_FILE_PATH
     default_config['journals']['default'] = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(journal_path))
 
+    path = os.path.split(default_config['journals']['default'])[0]  # If the folder doesn't exist, create it
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(path)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
     # Encrypt it?
     password = getpass.getpass("Enter password for journal (leave blank for no encryption): ")
     if password:
@@ -112,15 +120,10 @@ def install():
             util.set_keychain("default", password)
         else:
             util.set_keychain("default", None)
+        EncryptedJournal._create(default_config['journals']['default'], password)
         print("Journal will be encrypted.")
-
-    path = os.path.split(default_config['journals']['default'])[0]  # If the folder doesn't exist, create it
-    try:
-        os.makedirs(path)
-    except OSError:
-        pass
-
-    open(default_config['journals']['default'], 'a').close()  # Touch to make sure it's there
+    else:
+        PlainJournal._create(default_config['journals']['default'])
 
     config = default_config
     save_config(config)