[BETA] Fix cargo new in root directory.

rust-lang · Jul 12, 2019 · 2f12ab6 · 2f12ab6
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diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
@@ -510,6 +510,10 @@ fn init_vcs(path: &Path, vcs: VersionControl, config: &Config) -> CargoResult<()
     match vcs {
         VersionControl::Git => {
             if !path.join(".git").exists() {
+                // Temporary fix to work around bug in libgit2 when creating a
+                // directory in the root of a posix filesystem.
+                // See: https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/5130
+                fs::create_dir_all(path)?;
                 GitRepo::init(path, config.cwd())?;
             }
         }