From 13483b574e4d2e8b76ff31ca32099fa105977416 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitchell Hashimoto Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 23:01:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] website: clarify ".terraform" location for #7301 --- website/source/docs/commands/get.html.markdown | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/get.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/commands/get.html.markdown index 0abaae14ec..4666626cb8 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/commands/get.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/commands/get.html.markdown @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The `terraform get` command is used to download and update Usage: `terraform get [options] [dir]` The modules are downloaded into a local `.terraform` folder. This -folder should not be committed to version control. +folder should not be committed to version control. The `.terraform` +folder is created relative to your current working directory +regardless of the `dir` argument given to this command. If a module is already downloaded and the `-update` flag is _not_ set, Terraform will do nothing. As a result, it is safe (and fast) to run this