CLI: cdk init fails if run under a directory where cdk.json exists

[rix0rrr]

I have a messy ~/Temp directory where I try out all kinds of things.

It so happens that ~/Temp/cdk.json exists, but what happens since #5772 is that I can't run cdk init anymore anywhere under ~/Temp, which I do all the time:

huijbers ~/Temp> cd cdk-java-app/
huijbers ~/T/cdk-java-app> cdk init --language=java
'cdk init' cannot be run in a non-empty directory!

Well the directory is empty! I just made it!

Turns out that the CLI chdir()s to ~/Temp before cdk init is run, but it's super hard for me to figure that out.

Can I suggest that the magic chdir behavior only happens when applicable to an existing CDK app, for commands like synth and deploy etc?

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This is 🐛 Bug Report

[eladb]

Two days ago, @eladb said: "Eli, don't worry about the case where someone has a cdk.json file in /tmp, it's such a fringy case..."

[iliapolo]

@eladb Famous last words strikes again...

[rix0rrr]

I would argue this is not really a p0 though.

[jialechan]

cdk init sample-app --language=java
work for me

[iliapolo]

I am closing this issue since the feature that caused this bug was reverted in version 1.21.1.