16:55 <ddfreyne> Do any of you prefer Gitter for real-time chat?

16:56 <ddfreyne> It is something I’m willing to try out!

18:03 <kiba_> hi, I am trying to generate a site using nanoc

18:04 <kiba_> but it won't let me because a pre-existing site already exist

18:04 <kiba_> nanoc create .

18:04 <kiba_> I mean nanoc create-site .

18:15 <ddfreyne> kiba_: You'll have to be outside of the site directory in order to generate the site

18:15 <ddfreyne> kiba_: This is intentional, so it doesn't accidentally create files (possibly overwriting) in the current directory

18:16 <kiba_> it's still giving me error when i tried it outside the directory

18:17 <ddfreyne> kiba_: nanoc create-site <name of directory>

18:17 <kiba_> A site at 'spelling/' already exists.

18:17 <ddfreyne> kiba_: It's not possible to create a site in a directory that already exists

18:18 <kiba_> I am trying to convert a static site into a nanoc static site if that make sense

18:18 <ddfreyne> kiba_: Does the spelling/ directory contain data that you want to use as input?

18:19 <kiba_> like what? Index.haml?

18:19 <ddfreyne> Or Markdown files or so.

18:19 <kiba_> I am a newbie. I have no idea

18:19 <ddfreyne> kiba_: What is in spelling/? Is there some files in there already, or is it empty?

18:19 <kiba_> I don't have markdown files. It's a web app made using jquery, haml, and bootstrap

18:19 <ddfreyne> kiba_: The name of the argument to create-site is meant to be a directory that does not exist. The directory will be created.

18:20 <kiba_> so, I just create an empty directory and copy the structure files over to a pre-existing one?

18:20 <ddfreyne> kiba_: The idea would be to generate a new site in a directory that does not exist yet, and then move/copy files into there

18:21 <kiba_> it's a github repository

18:21 <kiba_> err. git repository

18:27 <kiba_> anyway, I just copied whatever nanoc created into my git repository. It's all good?

18:34 <ddfreyne> kiba_: That works!