Unable to `git init` because of existig `.git` file

[yard-mschwartz]

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Steps to reproduce

1. Generate an app using the tool
2. Download and unpack
3. Run git init in the root directory of the app

Expected behaviour

Initializing a Git repository, so you can put the app under version control.

Actual behaviour

$ git init
fatal: not a git repository: /home/[...]/Documents/projects/nextcloud/my-app/../../../.git/modules/nextcloudappstore/scaffolding/my-app

Additional info

The reason the git init command doesn't work, is that the generated app comes with is a .git file that contains the following line:

gitdir: ../../../.git/modules/nextcloudappstore/scaffolding/my-app

If this is not a bug, but intended behavior, maybe someone can explain the reasoning behind this, so I can learn. Also, I would like to know what the recommended way is to put a new app under version control.

[provokateurin]

That's indeed a bug! Would you be able to create a PR to add the directory to https://github.com/nextcloud/appstore/blob/8eb7137ec596f9e6ad69822dff051d73e0ff43a9/nextcloudappstore/scaffolding/archive.py#L68, so it's no longer included in the archive?