Installer does not recognise an empty directory

[chrisvoncsefalvay]

Installing ionic via yo, the installer responds:

Installing selected Cordova plugins, please wait. ✗ Please runyo ionicjsin an empty directory, or in that of an already existing cordova project.

A screencap of the issue:

[diegonetto]

After your mkdir test can you run ls -la and provide the output please?

[diegonetto]

@octowombat can you verify if you're still experiencing this issue?

[chrisvoncsefalvay]

This is now resolved after fetching the latest version.

[fth-tuts]

This issue is still happening even after running an npm update on the generator. I will use ionic cli in the meantime. Just FYI I got this message on a newly created directory:

Please run yo ionic in an empty directory, or in that of an already existing cordova project.

I accepted all the cordova plugins and Tabs as my project seup.

[diegonetto]

@fth-tuts can you provide the exact error that gets spit out?

Also run npm list -g --depth=0 and let me know exactly which version of the generator you're on.

Thanks!

[diegonetto]

If you're still seeing this issue, please try responding no to SASS and see if the issue remains. Trying to isolate whether it's an issue with this generator or with your Ruby / Compass installation.

[fth-tuts]

@diegonetto This seems to be resolved. I reinstalled the generator globally, created an empty test-ionic-gen directory and ran the yo ionic command. I even selected yes for the SASS option on the first run and it executed fine. grunt serve works as expected. Thank you

[diegonetto]

@fth-tuts glad to hear everything is in working order! Happy coding my friend :smile:

[julianbei]

I had the same issue. Setup: Aptana Webstudio 3 with a newly created empty project.

Julians-MacBook-Pro:IonicYoTest julian$ ls -ahl total 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 julian staff 102B Sep 23 16:42 . drwxr-xr-x 16 julian staff 544B Sep 23 16:42 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 julian staff 370B Sep 23 16:42 .project

This includes a .project file after (re)moving it, the generator does what was expected.

A small fix for this would be very very useful!

[diegonetto]

@julianbei I re-opened this issue, and will be adding an FAQ section sometime soon, but this is not an issue with the generator. If you want verification, try running cordova create . inside a new Aptana Webstudio project.

It will fail, because the cordova create command requires a completely empty directory.

[julianbei]

@diegonetto Thanks. This is a helpful information!

[shlomis]

Still happens: D:\dev\wamp\www\bbq>npm list -g --depth=0 C:\Users\shlomis\AppData\Roaming\npm ├── bower@1.3.9 ├── cca@0.4.0 ├── cordova@4.0.0 ├── couchbase@1.2.4 ├── generator-angular@0.9.8 ├── generator-angular-fullstack@2.0.13 ├── generator-ionic@0.6.1 ├── generator-karma@0.8.3 ├── grunt-cli@0.1.13 ├── gulp@3.8.6 ├── ionic@1.2.8 ├── node-gyp@0.13.1 ├── node-xmpp@1.0.0-alpha2 ├── plugman@0.22.4 ├── request@2.34.0 └── yo@1.1.2

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D:\dev\wamp\www\bbq>yo [?] What would you like to do? Run the Ionic generator (0.6.1)

Make sure you're in the directory you want to scaffold into. This generator can also be run with: yo ionic () ()

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[?] Would you like to use Sass with Compass (requires Ruby)? No Path already exists and is not empty: D:\dev\wamp\www: Skipping cordova create [?] Which Cordova plugins would you like to include? org.apache.cordova.console, org.apache.cordova.device [?] Which starter template [T] or example app [A] would you like to use? [T] Side Menu

Install plugins registered at plugins.cordova.io: grunt plugin:add:org.apache.cordova.globalization Or install plugins direct from source: grunt plugin:add:https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-console.git

Installing selected Cordova plugins, please wait. { name: 'CordovaError', message: 'Current working directory is not a Cordova-based project.' } ? Please run yo ionic in an empty directory, or in that of an already existing cordova project.

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Any advice?

[msingaraju]

I did A) Remove the app folder(s) B) Did run npm install -g cordova C) Create the app folder and cd to app folder D) yo ionic

This resolved the problem for me

[julianbei]

you have to create the app folder before adding it to your IDE. This is how it works for me...

[christiaanwesterbeek]

Another reason for a non empty directory is when you decided to git init after creating the directory and before yo ionic. The directory will contain a (hidden) .git file and the non empty directory error will occur.

[julianbei]

this should really be fixed it is very annoying

[alanquigley]

This issue is happening on version 0.7.3?

[nishantparashar52]

This Helped me out.http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.0.0//guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-Line%20Interface

[ingadi]

I still have this problem even after updating.

[ingadi]

It seems that when any cordova plugins are included the error happens, when you exclude them the process completes fine

[molerat619]

I still have that problem and only @axelingadi 's "fix" worked for me, but that's not the way it's meant to be