aws-amplify / aws-amplify/amplify-cli

`amplify init --app` flow should error if repo does not contain an `amplify/` directory

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Description

### Is this feature request related to a new or existing Amplify category?

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### Is this related to another service?

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### Describe the feature you'd like to request

When using [`amplify init --app `](https://docs.amplify.aws/cli/start/workflows/#clone-sample-amplify-project), the CLI should error if it is unable to detect an `amplify/` directory in the project root. This mitigates the (potentially) unintentional creation of an new, empty project.

### Describe the solution you'd like

```
amplify init --app git@github.com:josefaidt/not-an-amplify-project.git
🛑 The repository josefaidt/not-an-amplify-project does not contain an `amplify/` directory
```

### Describe alternatives you've considered

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### Additional context

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### Is this something that you'd be interested in working on?

- [ ] 👋 I may be able to implement this feature request

### Would this feature include a breaking change?

- [ ] ⚠️ This feature might incur a breaking change

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