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Git removes existing folder when cancelling clone

From
SJStephan Janssen <sjanssen@you-get.com>
Date
Jan 2, 2018, 11:10 UTC
Message-ID
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Hi,
I hope this mailing list is the right way to communicate this.
I just noticed the following behaviour on macOS 10.13.2 running Git v2.15.0:
1. `mkdir new-folder`
2. `ls` - shows new-folder
3. `git clone [repo] new-folder`
4. Git asks for password
5. I cancel by pressing ctrl+c

Result: `ls` no longer shows new-folder.

Expected result: `ls` shows new-folder

I’m not sure whether this might be a case of ‘works as intended’, but it’s not what I’d expect.

Kind regards, Stephan Janssen

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