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Using `.` as the <directory> argument causes a sub-folder to be created

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing npx postcss-plugin-boilerplate . in an existing directory and trace the template script that handles the <directory> argument. Check how it derives the destination and the package.json project name. Done means . writes files directly into the current directory without creating a same-named sub-folder, while retaining that folder name as the package name.

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Description

When executing the following command:

npx postcss-plugin-boilerplate .

The template script creates a sub-folder from where the command was executed named the same as the folder it was executed from.

I expected the command not to create this folder, but instead just drop the files in the directory the command was executed in. And only use the current folder name as the project name of the package.json file.

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