From 8944cc41e4b9d1569fb8e01bc44a5a2ec7a0062c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yann Braga <yannbf@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:36:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] CLI: only add dependencies on sb init if they do not exist

---
 code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts
index 67cf9d7dec7c..76c6346b341f 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts
@@ -270,10 +270,12 @@ export async function baseGenerator(
   if (isNewFolder) {
     await generateStorybookBabelConfigInCWD();
   }
-  packageManager.addDependencies({ ...npmOptions, packageJson }, [
-    ...versionedPackages,
-    ...babelDependencies,
-  ]);
+
+  const depsToInstall = [...versionedPackages, ...babelDependencies];
+
+  if (depsToInstall.length > 0) {
+    packageManager.addDependencies({ ...npmOptions, packageJson }, depsToInstall);
+  }
 
   if (addScripts) {
     packageManager.addStorybookCommandInScripts({