struct stat buf;
const char *repo_name, *repo, *work_tree, *git_dir;
char *path, *dir;
+ int dest_exists;
const struct ref *refs, *head_points_at, *remote_head, *mapped_refs;
struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT, value = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf branch_top = STRBUF_INIT, reflog_msg = STRBUF_INIT;
dir = guess_dir_name(repo_name, is_bundle, option_bare);
strip_trailing_slashes(dir);
- if (!stat(dir, &buf))
- die("destination directory '%s' already exists.", dir);
+ dest_exists = !stat(dir, &buf);
+ if (dest_exists && !is_empty_dir(dir))
+ die("destination path '%s' already exists and is not "
+ "an empty directory.", dir);
strbuf_addf(&reflog_msg, "clone: from %s", repo);
if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(work_tree) < 0)
die("could not create leading directories of '%s': %s",
work_tree, strerror(errno));
- if (mkdir(work_tree, 0755))
+ if (!dest_exists && mkdir(work_tree, 0755))
die("could not create work tree dir '%s': %s.",
work_tree, strerror(errno));
set_git_work_tree(work_tree);