1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index 2feac9c5cb..f7e5a7b0a0 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -192,15 +192,15 @@ static void copy_or_link_directory(struct strbuf *src, struct strbuf *dest)
 
 	dir = opendir(src->buf);
 	if (!dir)
-		die("failed to open %s\n", src->buf);
+		die("failed to open %s", src->buf);
 
 	if (mkdir(dest->buf, 0777)) {
 		if (errno != EEXIST)
-			die("failed to create directory %s\n", dest->buf);
+			die("failed to create directory %s", dest->buf);
 		else if (stat(dest->buf, &buf))
-			die("failed to stat %s\n", dest->buf);
+			die("failed to stat %s", dest->buf);
 		else if (!S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode))
-			die("%s exists and is not a directory\n", dest->buf);
+			die("%s exists and is not a directory", dest->buf);
 	}
 
 	strbuf_addch(src, '/');
@@ -224,16 +224,16 @@ static void copy_or_link_directory(struct strbuf *src, struct strbuf *dest)
 		}
 
 		if (unlink(dest->buf) && errno != ENOENT)
-			die("failed to unlink %s\n", dest->buf);
+			die("failed to unlink %s", dest->buf);
 		if (!option_no_hardlinks) {
 			if (!link(src->buf, dest->buf))
 				continue;
 			if (option_local)
-				die("failed to create link %s\n", dest->buf);
+				die("failed to create link %s", dest->buf);
 			option_no_hardlinks = 1;
 		}
 		if (copy_file(dest->buf, src->buf, 0666))
-			die("failed to copy file to %s\n", dest->buf);
+			die("failed to copy file to %s", dest->buf);
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
 }
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct stat buf;
 	const char *repo_name, *repo, *work_tree, *git_dir;
 	char *path, *dir;
+	int dest_exists;
 	const struct ref *refs, *head_points_at, *remote_head, *mapped_refs;
 	struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT, value = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf branch_top = STRBUF_INIT, reflog_msg = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -406,8 +407,10 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		dir = guess_dir_name(repo_name, is_bundle, option_bare);
 	strip_trailing_slashes(dir);
 
-	if (!stat(dir, &buf))
-		die("destination directory '%s' already exists.", dir);
+	dest_exists = !stat(dir, &buf);
+	if (dest_exists && !is_empty_dir(dir))
+		die("destination path '%s' already exists and is not "
+			"an empty directory.", dir);
 
 	strbuf_addf(&reflog_msg, "clone: from %s", repo);
 
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(work_tree) < 0)
 			die("could not create leading directories of '%s': %s",
 					work_tree, strerror(errno));
-		if (mkdir(work_tree, 0755))
+		if (!dest_exists && mkdir(work_tree, 0755))
 			die("could not create work tree dir '%s': %s.",
 					work_tree, strerror(errno));
 		set_git_work_tree(work_tree);