Allow for creating app inside current directory like Vue CLI

[lloydjatkinson]

Vue CLI allows the user to create a new app inside the current directory, and it will name the app the same as the directory:

vue create .

The use case for this is that it's really common to first create a repository (e.g. on GitHub), clone it, and then create the new app.

Right now to do the same with create-nuxt-app the user has to run (eg the repo name is my-website.com):

npx create-nuxt-app my-website.com

This means you end up with my-website.com\my-website.com and then you need to basically move the contents up one directory to be in the root.

[kalnode]

I agree with the use case.

For reference, you can just move all the files from the newly created sub-folder, into the root of the repo.

[fu9da]

In v3.4.0, you can specify the current directory and execute.
But the specified directory must be empty.

Can't create . because there's already a non-empty directory . existing in path.

As a result, it seems that there are many cases where it is used as described above.

As mentioned in #556 (comment),
I would be happy if there is a way to byapass this, such as with --force.

[lloydjatkinson]

You can, but if there is a hidden .git directory from the previously mentioned “creating it on GitHub first” it won’t work.

[lloydjatkinson]

This is still an issue that would make life much easier if fixed

[blackeuler]

What would need to be done to make this happen?

[matgnt]

it's also a problem when working with Visual Studio Code and DevContainers [1]. Then you always have a hidden ".devcontainer" directory there and you always have to create the nuxt app in a sub-directory.

[1] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers

[clarkdo]

#799 (--overwrite-dir) has been merged and released