Unexpected 'This folder contains files. Git can only clone to empty folders.' error

Describe the bug

On repo search error “This folder contains files. Git can only clone to empty folders.” is shown, but no folder is selected yet

Version & OS

Version 2.6.1 macOS 11.1 (20C69)

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Go to the GitHub Desktop
2. Click on ‘Add’ -> ‘Clone repository…’
3. Start typing something in search (to search through your available repositories)
4. See error at the top (screenshot attached)

Expected behaviour

Error is shown when some folder is selected

Actual behaviour

Error is shown when searching, no folder was selected yet

Screenshots

Additional context

I have previously selected custom folder, not using the default in Documents. Already cloned several repos there. This error doesn’t affect behaviour anyhow, new repos can be cloned without any problems. I assume there’s some bug in the logic if showing this error. My main folder is: ~/Projects and it’s selected, when I click a repo in the list to clone, it automatically changes to ~/Projects/my-project

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Did you solve this?

[arti1117]

I solved this issue by deleting the directory in the local path.