Quick Summary: When I start a project, I want to know if elm init will create my project in that folder, or a subfolder. That information is not readily available.
Details
You are in a directory that organizes a bunch of separate projects.
Which do you do?
1.
elm init
2.
mkdir ProjectName
cd ProjectName
elm init
It's the latter. But this is not obvious from the help text for any of the obvious commands.
Elm: 0.19.1
Browser: Irrelevant to this issue.
Operating System: I'm on Linux, but I suspect this is also irrelevant.
Language Comparison
The answer to this question is not consistent between languages.
For instance, in Rust, the correct command sequence is:
Quick Summary: When I start a project, I want to know if
elm init
will create my project in that folder, or a subfolder. That information is not readily available.Details
You are in a directory that organizes a bunch of separate projects. Which do you do? 1.
2.
It's the latter. But this is not obvious from the help text for any of the obvious commands.
Language Comparison
The answer to this question is not consistent between languages. For instance, in Rust, the correct command sequence is: