From ebad1b3b3e88da4777c55cb0d97a37d96e9ca802 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WithoutPants <53250216+WithoutPants@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 14:49:04 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Don't empty directories if generated not set

---
 pkg/manager/manager.go | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/manager/manager.go b/pkg/manager/manager.go
index 65deba48b71..acd23f8bd4f 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/manager.go
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ func Initialize() *singleton {
 		instance.RefreshConfig()
 
 		// clear the downloads and tmp directories
-		utils.EmptyDir(instance.Paths.Generated.Downloads)
-		utils.EmptyDir(instance.Paths.Generated.Tmp)
+		// #1021 - only clear these directories if the generated folder is non-empty
+		if config.GetGeneratedPath() != "" {
+			utils.EmptyDir(instance.Paths.Generated.Downloads)
+			utils.EmptyDir(instance.Paths.Generated.Tmp)
+		}
 
 		initFFMPEG()
 	})

From 485f5bf7462628de932660aed3623e17b9911241 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WithoutPants <53250216+WithoutPants@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 14:49:16 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Rename downloads to download_stage

---
 pkg/manager/paths/paths_generated.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/manager/paths/paths_generated.go b/pkg/manager/paths/paths_generated.go
index 91bbabed7c6..25aef7f4543 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/paths/paths_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/paths/paths_generated.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func newGeneratedPaths() *generatedPaths {
 	gp.Vtt = filepath.Join(config.GetGeneratedPath(), "vtt")
 	gp.Markers = filepath.Join(config.GetGeneratedPath(), "markers")
 	gp.Transcodes = filepath.Join(config.GetGeneratedPath(), "transcodes")
-	gp.Downloads = filepath.Join(config.GetGeneratedPath(), "downloads")
+	gp.Downloads = filepath.Join(config.GetGeneratedPath(), "download_stage")
 	gp.Tmp = filepath.Join(config.GetGeneratedPath(), "tmp")
 	return &gp
 }

From d18c480177cfe38ca04996e890788005dc4f7c96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WithoutPants <53250216+WithoutPants@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 14:49:30 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add changelog entry

---
 ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v050.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v050.md b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v050.md
index d2d6c7a9994..2ba575d72e3 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v050.md
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Changelog/versions/v050.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 * Support configurable number of threads for scanning and generation.
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
+* Fixed stash potentially deleting `downloads` directory when first run.
 * Fix sprite generation when generated path has special characters.
 * Prevent studio from being set as its own parent
 * Fixed performer scraper select overlapping search results