Allow cloning to an existing empty directory

diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index f1a1a0c36591d1936088a180e3c0a8ca5e7b0757..f7e5a7b0a060c15432162fefc2e0ff89baf451b0 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        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;
@@ -406,8 +407,10 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                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);
 
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                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);