On Nov 8, 3:36 pm, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > in what way is suggesting "myapp" - a string you can (and should) > > change, and is unlikely to conflict with any existing applications > > you've got - strange? > > > while it should be just \app according to the doc suggestions: > > Strange (to me) as I would expect /app folder to be suggested for a > new (empty) project. Still no big deal. > > > > You decide to follow the docs and change it to <path_to_folder>\app > > > Where in the docs does it say that if you bake a new project you > > should overwrite the app folder? > > http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/installation/advanced-installation.html > "Your application code, in /app." > > >Why would you expect baking a new project to overwrite an existing project? > > I wouldn't expect it to do without saying so but got no warnings there > either. > > > > and accept the copy of the skeleton, but not much is copied. You get > > > only the homepage and core.php and a message saying > > > Given you forced overwriting an existing empty application with a new > > empty application, what changes were you expecting to see? > > I was expecting to see files from skeleton copied to the empty > directories (and if existing ones found being overwritten after a > warning prompt). > > > > All other folders have an "empty." file inside just like after the > > > extract. > > > Can you clarify what you were expecting to happen? > > Answer above. > > > > > Instead if you keep the /myapp suggestion, the skeleton is copied > > > perfectly even though the message for "include_path" is displayed > > > again. > > > what do you mean by "perfectly" - Have you edited your skeleton dir? > > Why have you done that before knowing how to use cake? > > Nope. When the new app folder is completely empty the skeleton is > copied. If (even empty) directories exist it's not. > > I am sensing some sort of "hostility" attitude here. Perhaps I have a > really stupid misconception of how things are supposed to work or > perhaps you have a misconception I'm a newbie falsely blaming cake. > I'm just pointing out this issue to perhaps sort it out. > > So to clarify, if for example the <folder>/Model folder exists but > it's empty and you cake bake for <folder>, /Model/AppModel.php will > never appear. Same for every other file in skeleton apart from > home.ctp and core.php > > If you feel it ought to be like it is then fine by me, but it still > doesn't feel right.
No hostility, I just don't understand why the act of creating a new empty application would be expected to overwrite an existing empty application - and for the result when forced to do so to be somehow different from the empty application you started with. AD -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
