git-core-1.6.2.4-alt1

"man git-clone" says:

       <directory>
 ...
          Cloning into an existing directory is not allowed.

but in practice git doesn't conform to this:

[ivan@dell git]$ mkdir repo
[ivan@dell git]$ cd repo
[ivan@dell repo]$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /space/ivan/OUT/bugreports/ALT/git/repo/.git/
[ivan@dell repo]$ echo a > a
[ivan@dell repo]$ git add a
[ivan@dell repo]$ git commit -m 'Initial.'
[master (root-commit) 52dfade] Initial.
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 a
[ivan@dell repo]$ mkdir ../existing
[ivan@dell repo]$ git clone . ../existing/
Initialized empty Git repository in /space/ivan/OUT/bugreports/ALT/git/existing/.git/
[ivan@dell repo]$ cd ../existing/
[ivan@dell existing]$ git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
[ivan@dell existing]$