gistfile1.txt

(defn ensure-database-exists
  [request db-name & rest]
  (-> request
      (resource-when/resource-when
       (= 0 @(psql "-t -c"
		   ~(format "\"select count(1) from pg_database where datname='%s'\""
			    db-name)))
       (apply create-database request db-name rest))))

;; Throws a stack trace complaining about too many args (5) to PersistentHashMap. 
;; It will compile with the apply removed, but that is obviously wrong. 
;; I cannot make it in any way do an if statement in the generated shell script.