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CLI Error using appwrite init site

Jul 17, 2025, 20:01

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RostlinoOriginal post

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Jul 17, 2025, 19:31

Hello 👋 ,

we got error using CLI appwrite init site for any project on latest Windows 11, the error is

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Error: Command failed: cmd /c "mkdir -p .
            cd .
            git init
            git remote add origin https://github.com/appwrite/starter-for-analog
            git config --global init.defaultBranch main
            git fetch --depth=1 origin refs/tags/$(git ls-remote --tags origin "0.1.*" | tail -n 1 | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
            git checkout FETCH_HEAD"
A subdirectory or file . already exists.

The issue is probably inside the mkdir -p ., because it created a folder named -p, it should probably just run git clone https://github.com/appwrite/starter-for-analog.git . because the . just clone the content in current folder ?

Thank you

Summary

Error encountered when using 'appwrite init site' CLI command on Windows 1. Issue caused by 'mkdir -p .' attempting to create a folder named '-p'. Suggested solution is to replace 'mkdir -p .' with 'git clone https://github.com/appwrite/starter-for-analog.git .' for proper cloning.

CLI Error using appwrite init site

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