ng init root folder

[scoritz]

Please provide us with the following information:

OS?

Windows 7, 8 or 10. Linux (which distribution). Mac OSX (Yosemite? El Capitan?)
OSX Capitan

Versions.

Please run ng --version. If there's nothing outputted, please run in a Terminal: node --version and paste the result here:
angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.22-1
node: 6.8.1
os: darwin x64

Repro steps.

Was this an app that wasn't created using the CLI? What change did you do on your code? etc.
running ng init within any sub folder of the user's home folder creates the files and structure at the root instead of the current folder

The log given by the failure.

Normally this include a stack trace and some more information.

Mention any other details that might be useful.

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[hansl]

You have a node_modules created somewhere. That's a known issue if you npm install something in your home directory for example. Try to see if you have one in your home folder or your root.

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