chore(test-project): Rebuild live using cca --db pglite

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Greptile Summary

This WIP PR adds --live flag support to the test-project fixture rebuild script, refactors the template package.json path lookup into a reusable templateRootPackageJsonPath() helper, and switches the db.ts overlay from an inline hard-coded string to reading from a file in create-cedar-app/templates/database-overlays/. The docs file (docs/implementation-docs/2026-03-26-cedarjs-project-overview.md) remains factually accurate — none of the architectural, package, or CLI details it describes are affected by this change.

However, two critical bugs were introduced:

• Syntax error (line 598): A plain-text WIP note was left in the middle of executable code without comment markers (//). The file will fail to parse entirely at runtime.
• Logic error (lines 106 & 120–123): esm is derived as args.esm || args.live, so when --live is passed esm is always true. The subsequent guard if (live && esm) therefore always fires and exits with "Using both --live and --esm is not supported", making --live completely unusable. The guard should check args.esm (the user's explicit flag) rather than the derived esm variable.

Confidence Score: 1/5

Not safe to merge — the file contains a syntax error that prevents execution and a logic error that makes the new --live flag completely unusable.

Two P0 issues: a bare prose string that breaks TypeScript parsing entirely, and a guard condition that always exits when --live is passed due to the derived esm variable. Both must be fixed before this is usable.

tasks/test-project/rebuild-test-project-fixture.mts — lines 598 (syntax error) and 106/120–123 (logic error in --live guard)

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
tasks/test-project/rebuild-test-project-fixture.mts	Adds --live flag support and refactors templateRootPackageJsonPath into its own helper, but contains two critical bugs: raw prose text on line 598 (syntax error) and a self-defeating guard that always blocks --live from being used.

Comments Outside Diff (1)

1. tasks/test-project/rebuild-test-project-fixture.mts, line 104-123 (link)

   --live flag always triggers the "both flags" error

   esm is derived on line 106 as args.esm || args.live, so whenever --live is passed esm is unconditionally true. The guard on line 120 then immediately evaluates live && esm → true && true → exits with "Using both --live and --esm is not supported", making --live completely unusable.

   The check should compare against the original args.esm flag (whether the user explicitly passed --esm) rather than the derived value:

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Plain text left outside a comment

This line is raw prose without comment syntax (//), making it a syntax error. TypeScript/Node will fail to parse the file at all when run. This needs to be either a proper comment or removed.

Suggested change

	This is a work in progress. The plan/goal is to leverage create-cedar-app --live to rebuild the test project fixture.
	// This is a work in progress. The plan/goal is to leverage create-cedar-app --live to rebuild the test project fixture.

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