diff --git a/cuddle_cli/src/actions/shell.rs b/cuddle_cli/src/actions/shell.rs
index a88e48b..d9f9f9a 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/src/actions/shell.rs
+++ b/cuddle_cli/src/actions/shell.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::{
     env::current_dir,
     path::PathBuf,
-    process::{Command, ExitStatus},
+    process::{Command},
 };
 
 use crate::model::CuddleVariable;
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/src/cli/mod.rs b/cuddle_cli/src/cli/mod.rs
index fdf25ef..a67eb6d 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/cuddle_cli/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl CuddleCli {
     }
 
     pub fn execute(self) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-        if let Some(mut cli) = self.command.clone() {
+        if let Some(cli) = self.command.clone() {
             let matches = cli.clone().get_matches();
 
             let res = match matches.subcommand() {
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/src/cli/subcommands/init.rs b/cuddle_cli/src/cli/subcommands/init.rs
index 20f24d0..6e64f6f 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/src/cli/subcommands/init.rs
+++ b/cuddle_cli/src/cli/subcommands/init.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use clap::{ArgMatches, Command};
 
 use crate::cli::CuddleCli;
 
-pub fn build_command(root_cmd: Command, cli: CuddleCli) -> Command {
+pub fn build_command(root_cmd: Command, _cli: CuddleCli) -> Command {
     let mut repo_url = clap::Arg::new("repo").long("repo").short('r');
 
     if let Ok(cuddle_template_url) = std::env::var("CUDDLE_TEMPLATE_URL") {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub fn build_command(root_cmd: Command, cli: CuddleCli) -> Command {
         repo_url = repo_url.required(true);
     }
 
-    let mut execute_cmd = Command::new("init")
+    let execute_cmd = Command::new("init")
         .about("init bootstraps a repository from a template")
         .arg(repo_url)
         .arg(clap::Arg::new("name"))
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn build_command(root_cmd: Command, cli: CuddleCli) -> Command {
     root_cmd.subcommand(execute_cmd)
 }
 
-pub fn execute_init(exe_submatch: &ArgMatches, cli: CuddleCli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+pub fn execute_init(exe_submatch: &ArgMatches, _cli: CuddleCli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let repo = exe_submatch.get_one::<String>("repo").unwrap();
     let name = exe_submatch.get_one::<String>("name");
     let path = exe_submatch.get_one::<String>("path");
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn execute_init(exe_submatch: &ArgMatches, cli: CuddleCli) -> anyhow::Result
         }
     };
 
-    let (name, template_dir, template) = template?;
+    let (_name, template_dir, _template) = template?;
 
     let path = match path {
         Some(path) => path.clone(),
@@ -118,7 +118,14 @@ pub fn execute_init(exe_submatch: &ArgMatches, cli: CuddleCli) -> anyhow::Result
     create_dir_all(&path)?;
     let dir = std::fs::read_dir(&path)?;
     if dir.count() != 0 {
-        anyhow::bail!("Directory {} is not empty", &path);
+        for entry in read_dir(&path)? {
+            let entry = entry?;
+            if entry.file_name() == ".git" {
+                continue;
+            } else {
+                anyhow::bail!("Directory {} is not empty", &path);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     for entry in read_dir(template_dir)? {