Can't create project inside existing dir

[asvetly]

🐛 Bug Report

Error while creating project inside existing directory.

Have you read the Contributing Guidelines on issues?

Yes

To Reproduce

1. mkdir test
2. cd test
3. npx @docusaurus/init@next init ./ classic

Expected behavior

Project is created inside test dir

Actual Behavior

~/Desktop $ mkdir test
~/Desktop $ cd test
~/D/test $ npx @docusaurus/init@next init ./ classic
npx: installed 59 in 12.719s
Error: Directory already exists at /Users/alexander/Desktop/test !
    at /Users/alexander/.npm/_npx/45284/lib/node_modules/@docusaurus/init/lib/index.js:72:19
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/alexander/.npm/_npx/45284/lib/node_modules/@docusaurus/init/lib/index.js:13:71
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at __awaiter (/Users/alexander/.npm/_npx/45284/lib/node_modules/@docusaurus/init/lib/index.js:9:12)
    at init (/Users/alexander/.npm/_npx/45284/lib/node_modules/@docusaurus/init/lib/index.js:48:12)
    at /Users/alexander/.npm/_npx/45284/lib/node_modules/@docusaurus/init/bin/index.js:31:5
    at Command.<anonymous> (/Users/alexander/.npm/_npx/45284/lib/node_modules/@docusaurus/init/bin/index.js:45:22)
    at Command.listener (/Users/alexander/.npm/_npx/45284/lib/node_modules/@docusaurus/init/node_modules/commander/index.js:315:8)
    at Command.emit (events.js:203:13)

[gimdongwoo]

You executed the wrong command.
Correct command parameter is below.
npx @docusaurus/init@next init [name] [template]
or
npx @docusaurus/init@next init [name] [template] [rootDir]

[waldyrious]

I don't think @asvetly was confused about how to invoke the command. By the text he wrote, it seems clear he was trying to tell Docusaurus to use the current directory (./) as the base directory for the site, which is understandable since clearly Docusaurus by default takes the [name] parameter and creates a directory with that name. He was trying to reuse a directory that was already created — similar to how mkdir foo; cd foo; git init = git init foo. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be possible with Docusaurus.

(And for those curious, using the [rootDir] parameter does not allow this either; it just allows for specifing a path, other than the current directory, where to create the [name] directory.)

[nathanagez]

@endiliey you should re-open this issue I think.

Running into an issue here with a container... I want to be able to generate the site in a bind mounted volume, but I can't do that unless I use a parent directory.