added git attributes for eol file handling. added import as pre-start step so local devs see data. stopped error on importer hot fix code

.gitattributes.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto
+
+# Also can define which files are text and binary, to help Git make the right decision
+*.md   text
+
+*.png  binary

package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "description": "Standards Mapping is an open source tool used to map and visualize standards and regulations.",
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "tslint ./src/**/*.ts -t verbose",
-    "start": "ng serve",
+    "start": "npm run import && ng serve",
     "test": "ng test",
     "build": "npm run import && ng build --prod=true --outputPath=docs",
     "e2e": "ng e2e",

utils/importer.js

@@ -48,11 +48,16 @@ function exportXlsx(allDocs) {
       });
 }
 
-function writeResultDir(dir, result) {
+function writeResultDir(dir, result, optional) {
     const fs = require('fs');
 
-    if (!fs.existsSync(dir)){
-      fs.mkdirSync(dir);
+    try {
+      if (!fs.existsSync(dir)){
+        fs.mkdirSync(dir);
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (!optional)
+        throw e;
     }
 
     let data = JSON.stringify(result, null, 4);  
@@ -360,7 +365,7 @@ function importXlsx() {
             "docs": allDocs
           };
           writeResultDir(outputDir1, db);
-          writeResultDir(outputDir2, db);
+          writeResultDir(outputDir2, db, true); // this is only here to hot fix an existing build. if there's no build, no need.
       });
 };