feat(transform): allow transform init into the current directory - #235
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Closes exmergo#200 Support `transform init .` and `transform init <name> --in-place` so dbt projects can live at the repository root without moving scaffolded files by hand. Existing-project refusal is unchanged.
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@AshSgDe29071999 thanks for this. pls add a brief summary of your changes to the CHANGELOG.MD, under Unreleased
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LGTM, thanks for this!
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transform initalways wrote into a<name>/subdirectory, so root-level dbt layouts required manual moves.Changes
.as the project name (use directory basename, sanitize).--in-placeto scaffold at the run root.dbt_project_dirat.in that mode; keep additive refusal when a project already exists.Closes #200