Set permissions for directories that need to be writable by server

composer.json

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
         "ext-zip": "*",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "~4.0|~5.0|~6.0",
         "symfony/console": "~2.3|~3.0",
-        "symfony/process": "~2.3|~3.0"
+        "symfony/process": "~2.3|~3.0",
+        "symfony/filesystem": "^3.3"
     },
     "bin": [
         "laravel"

src/NewCommand.php

@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ use ZipArchive;
 use RuntimeException;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Exception\IOExceptionInterface;
+
 
 class NewCommand extends Command
 {
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ class NewCommand extends Command
 
         $this->download($zipFile = $this->makeFilename(), $version)
              ->extract($zipFile, $directory)
+             ->prepareWritableDirectories($directory, $output)
              ->cleanUp($zipFile);
 
         $composer = $this->findComposer();
@@ -173,6 +177,26 @@ class NewCommand extends Command
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Make sure the storage and bootstrap cache directories are writable
+     * @param  string  $appDirectory
+     * @param  \Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface  $output
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    protected function prepareWritableDirectories($appDirectory, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $fs = new Filesystem();
+
+        try {
+            $fs->chmod($appDirectory . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "bootstrap/cache", 0777, 0000, true);
+            $fs->chmod($appDirectory . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "storage", 0777, 0000, true);
+        } catch (IOExceptionInterface $e) {
+            $output->writeln('<question>Verify that the storage and bootstrap/cache directories are writable.</question>');
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the version that should be downloaded.
      *