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cabal get should work if target directory if empty #6053

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mpickering opened this issue May 18, 2019 · 1 comment · Fixed by #6078
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cabal get should work if target directory if empty #6053

mpickering opened this issue May 18, 2019 · 1 comment · Fixed by #6078
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cabal-install: cmd/get meta: easy newcomer: 2-one-file-change type: enhancement

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cabal get should work like git clone. If the directory doesn't exist then it is created (like now) but it should also work if the target directory is empty and unpack the package into it.
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Didn't know that git clone worked this way!

@fendor fendor mentioned this issue Jun 14, 2019
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