Fix nested templates in Git repository#1922
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Cookiecutter fails when using Git repositories with nested templates. This ensures the second call to `cookiecutter` uses the existing clone rather than issuing an invalid Git clone call, which references a subdirectory of a repository rather than a valid repository.
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Cookiecutter fails when using Git repositories with nested templates.
This ensures the second call to
cookiecutteruses the existing clone rather than issuing an invalid Git clone call, which references a subdirectory of a repository rather than a valid repository.An alternative approach would be to use the
directoryparameter to specify the path within the Git repository.