New project creation only possible in empty directories

[lfleck]

hatch new my-project currently requires an empty directory. However, some workspaces may already contain files like a .devcontainer.json or the .git directory when starting the new project by cloning an empty remote repository. While hatch --init can deal with this, it does not provide all features like creating the src-layout. Is there a workaround to apply a project template to non-empty directories?

[ofek]

Does it work if you do hatch new project .?

[lfleck]

Unfortunately not. This also raises the "Directory ... is not empty" error.

[ofek]

I'm totally open to someone adding a -f/--force flag!

[ken-okabe]

I'm encountering the same issue, and it has significantly impacted my first impression of this tool in a negative way.

NPM tools make it possible as npm init or npm -i and it's necessary we usually create a new git managed project on GitHub, then git clone to the local directory.