After cloning an existing git repo to install a new fresh Symfony I got the error Project directory
symfony new . --webapp
This is because of the .git file generated after clonning the existing repo.
What is the recommended best practices/steps starting with an existing repo to install a symfony version ?
This is the same issue that happens when one tries to install Laravel with Composer in an freshly cloned empty git repository
composer create-project laravel/laravel .
So, since you already have an existing repo, the easiest workaround is to
temp) in the repo.symfony new temp/ --webapp
For Laravel the equivalent command would be
composer create-project laravel/laravel temp/
After cloning a fresh symfony git repo, you, probably, have a compose.yaml ready.
If, so, i suggest to launch this command :
symfony composer update
The recommanded way is to create your project and then push it to some remote repository.
# This creates a folder named project-name
symfony new project-name
# Go inside this folder
cd project-name
# Add your remote repository
# When you create a repository on GitHub you can find this line in the main page of your repository
git remote add origin [address of the repository usually [email protected]:You/project-name.git]
git push --set-upstream origin main
You do the Symfony install first because it uses git to initialize the repository (and create the .git folder as well) to avoid you some commands at startup and you just have to push the init to the remote.
