angular / angular/angular-cli

Ask for recreating ( overwritting files) the current project folder

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area: @schematics/angular freq1: low severity3: broken type: bug/fix
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Description

### Command

new

### Description

I'm new to Angular and I just started using its CLI, it's easy to use and I appreciate it a lot.

However, I have noticed that it misses ( based on my experience with NextJS CLI) to ask the developer if the project ( folder ) exists and if he is sure that he wants to recreate the project and remove the old files.

##### STEP 01

`ng new my app`

##### STEP 02

Write some code and save the changes.

##### STEP 03

`ng new my app`

### Expected

The CLI asks that the project name exists.

### Current

Create a new project with the same name and replace older files with the new ones.

### Describe the solution you'd like

The CLI should inform the developer that the project name exists and recommends alternative names.

### Describe alternatives you've considered

Invoke an error and enforce the user to change the name of the project name.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start at the `ng new` command entry point and trace how it handles an existing project folder. Add the requested confirmation or error behavior, including alternative-name guidance, and verify that existing files are not replaced.

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Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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