How to install Laravel in root directory?

Question

Composer

From the official documentation:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

From laravel.su documentation:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog "5.4.*"

From laravel.ru documentation:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog "5.3.*"

Everywhere, for some reason, an example of placing laravel in an additional blog folder is indicated. What if I want to install to the root of the current directory?

Answer 1

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel .

Only the directory must be empty