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`sbt new` should not create a target directory in the working directory

See original GitHub issue

steps

run sbt new scala/hello-world.g8

problem

this creates ./target/... directories

expectation

no garbage target directory is created

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:5 (1 by maintainers)

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dexter2305commented, Oct 15, 2019

Is this fix ported to 1.3.2? Downgrading to 1.2.1, fixes the issue but the issue recurs in version 1.3.2.

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drewboardmancommented, Jan 23, 2021

This happens in 1.4.4

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