Re: Git removes existing folder when cancelling clone

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>]

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On Tue, 2 Jan 2018, Stephan Janssen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I hope this mailing list is the right way to communicate this.
>
> I just noticed the following behaviour on macOS 10.13.2 running Git v2.15.0:
>
> 1. `mkdir new-folder`
> 2. `ls` - shows new-folder
> 3. `git clone [repo] new-folder`
> 4. Git asks for password
> 5. I cancel by pressing ctrl+c
>
> Result:
> `ls` no longer shows new-folder.
>
> Expected result:
> `ls` shows new-folder
>
> I’m not sure whether this might be a case of ‘works as intended’,
> but it’s not what I’d expect.

  i'm *pretty* sure that the optional directory name you supply is
meant to represent a directory you want git to *create* for you, not
one that already exists. that means the behaviour you see makes sense
-- if git assumes it was supposed to create the directory, and you
cancel the clone, it reasonably assumes it should get rid of it.

  i am willing to be corrected.

rday

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