Ask for recreating ( overwritting files) the current project folder
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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
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