From df45f02c393bde14b232d1668f6004256615e68a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Mueller <robin.mueller.m@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 14:55:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] script fixes, odd behaviour

---
 docs/conf.py      |  2 +-
 scripts/helper.py | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 44fd90c4..62b17192 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ html_theme = 'alabaster'
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['_static']
\ No newline at end of file
+html_static_path = []
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/helper.py b/scripts/helper.py
index 5ceff8c4..5c5c202b 100755
--- a/scripts/helper.py
+++ b/scripts/helper.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import argparse
 import webbrowser
 import shutil
 import sys
+import time
 from typing import List
 
 
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ def main():
 
 def handle_docs_type(args, build_dir_list: list):
     if args.create:
-        shutil.rmtree(DOCS_FOLDER_NAME)
+        if os.path.exists(DOCS_FOLDER_NAME):
+            shutil.rmtree(DOCS_FOLDER_NAME)
         create_docs_build_cfg()
         build_directory = DOCS_FOLDER_NAME
     elif len(build_dir_list) == 0:
@@ -88,17 +90,21 @@ def handle_docs_type(args, build_dir_list: list):
         os.system('cmake --build . -j')
     if args.open:
         if not os.path.isfile('docs/sphinx/index.html'):
-            print(
-                "No Sphinx documentation file detected. "
-                "Try to build it first with the -b argument"
-            )
-            sys.exit(1)
+            # try again..
+            os.system('cmake --build . -j')
+            if not os.path.isfile('docs/sphinx/index.html'):
+                print(
+                    "No Sphinx documentation file detected. "
+                    "Try to build it first with the -b argument"
+                )
+                sys.exit(1)
         webbrowser.open('docs/sphinx/index.html')
 
 
 def handle_tests_type(args, build_dir_list: list):
     if args.create:
-        shutil.rmtree(UNITTEST_FOLDER_NAME)
+        if os.path.exists(UNITTEST_FOLDER_NAME):
+            shutil.rmtree(UNITTEST_FOLDER_NAME)
         create_tests_build_cfg()
         build_directory = UNITTEST_FOLDER_NAME
     elif len(build_dir_list) == 0: