Allow wp core download in a subdir of an existing website

[wvega]

Without --path WP-CLI exits with an error indicating that "WordPress files seem to already be present here".

[jorgeatorres]

@wvega: But aren't we cd-ing into the destination folder before calling wp core download? Even with the —path argument, I believe WP-CLI will complain about WP being already installed.

Can you post some step by step instructions on how to reproduce the bug? I'm probably missing something 🙈.

[wvega]

I was missing a key part of the problem 🤦🏻‍♂️

The issue only occurs if you have wp-cli.yml in one of the parent directories of $DEST_DIR, pointing to an existing WordPress installation.

Try this:

mkdir -p /tmp/wpv && cd /tmp/wpv
echo "path: example-main" > wp-cli.yml
wpv -c -s example-main -d example-main
cd example-main
wpv -c -s example-subdir -d example-subdir

Clean up with:

cd
valet unlink example-main
valet unlink example-subdir
mysql -uroot -e "DROP DATABASE example_main; DROP DATABASE example_subdir;"
rm -rf /tmp/wpv

[wvega]

I guess the problem is different now. I will have to check what other effects could cause that wp-cli.yml file and find a proper way to prevent them.