allow to initialize template project in actual folder instead of subfolder.

[Mlocik97]

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doing npm init vite -- --template svelte ask me for project directory, if I don't fill it, it will create project inside vite-project subfolder, instead of actual folder.

Suggested solution

allow to initialize template project in actual folder instead of subfolder (if I don't write name or write just . to input).

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[sapphi-red]

If you type . when Project name: is prompt, it will create the project in the current folder.
It might be difficult to find this out.

[Mlocik97]

Tried again, somehow it works, still it would be nice, if it would create project in actual folder even when I don't provide any name, than using default name.

[Mlocik97]

also if we use . for actual folder, can we derivate pkg.name from actual folder name? It could provide as default value if we don't write own name for package.

[bluwy]

I'm not really sure where we can put this "trick" in the CLI. The prompt is Project name: and . isn't actually one. It might take a small re-design of the CLI to better support this, so it may not be as easy as it seems for this issue.

[Mlocik97]

I actually like how SvelteKit's CLI works with project name and package name (maybe except that they could allow to choose custom pkg.name via CLI, like Vite's CLI do now, see linked issue).

npm init svelte

ask for name of project (folder), if I press enter (don't write any name), actual folder is used.
pkg.name is derived from name of actual folder.

npm init svelte
if I enter name my-app, subfolder named my-app is created where project is initialized
pkg.name is set to my-app

npm init svelte my-app
same, but didn't ask for name as it's already provided.

I would suggest that Vite works same way, but doesn't automatically set pkg.name, but let user to write what it should be, or if they leave it blank, then use pkg.name = folderName approach.
While it should also validate pkg.name.

This would allow user to choose actual folder easier, as well as set pkg.name.