Create-next-app doesn't allow a '.' as a project name

[LizAinslie]

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• I verified that the issue exists in the latest Next.js canary release

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not relevant, issue is with create-next-app

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Describe the Bug

When I run yarn create next-app --typescript in the JetBrains terminal window, and try to enter . as a project name, I get an error, Invalid project name: name can no longer contain capital letters.

Here's a screenshot:

If the . is not allowed, I think it makes sense to replace the error, but I think there ought to be a way to put a project in my current directory so I don't have to go manually move everything later.

Expected Behavior

I expect to be able to create a project in the current directory using yarn create next-app

Link to reproduction

how do I reproduce something in create-next-app?

To Reproduce

Ignore the cr, that was a typo and a terminal artifact duplicated the line

[wwwdepot]

create-next-app uses validate-npm-package-name to validate project name. Your current directory is not a valid npm package name, use all lowercase letters, and try again.

next.js/packages/create-next-app/index.ts

Line 77 in ef69aca

const validation = validateNpmName(path.basename(path.resolve(name)))

[LizAinslie]

This still seems untoward and limiting. It's not a huge deal but it's a QoL feature that'd be really nice to have if I could opt to initialize a project in the current directory. Even a question defaulting to "No" would be better IMO

[samcx]

Moving this to discussions since this is technically a feature request!

[Wxh16144]

Are there any updates? I'm trying to learn about a certain topic, and usually, I would first create a folder and then initialize the project. For example, recently, I wanted to look at something related to RAG, but I got a warning when I created the project...

By the way, the vite cli next door is really very useful.