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fix: allow project creation in directories with only .git folder #866

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19 changes: 17 additions & 2 deletions packages/create-react-native-library/src/input.ts
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Expand Up @@ -210,8 +210,23 @@ export async function createQuestions({
return 'Cannot be empty';
}

if (fs.pathExistsSync(path.join(process.cwd(), input))) {
return 'Directory already exists';
const targetPath = path.join(process.cwd(), input);

if (fs.pathExistsSync(targetPath)) {
const stat = fs.statSync(targetPath);

if (!stat.isDirectory()) {
return 'Path exists and is not a directory';
}

const files = fs.readdirSync(targetPath);

const isEmpty =
files.length === 0 || (files.length === 1 && files[0] === '.git');

if (!isEmpty) {
return 'Directory already exists';
}
}

return true;
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