Something like this is the scenario I'm talking about: $ mkdir non-empty-dir $ cd non-empty-dir $ touch foo bar baz $ git clone -f url:user/dotfiles.git . $ git status On branch master Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'. Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) bar baz foo nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Diego Viola <diego.viola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry, I wanted to say: I know I can git-clone in a empty directory > and then move the files over to $HOME. > > I know I can git init in a non-empty directory. :-) > > Thanks, > > Diego > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Diego Viola <diego.viola@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> I know I could git-init in a empty directory >> >> You can also git init a non-empty directory. >> >> Andreas. >> >> -- >> Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 >> "And now for something completely different." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html