When I try to clone a repository I get the error that the project path already exists

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When I try to clone a repository I get the error that the project path already exists, eq.
GitHub - NVIDIA/GenerativeAIExamples: Generative AI reference workflows optimized for accelerated infrastructure and microservice architecture. wil become: /home/workbench/nvidia-workbench/GenerativeAIExamples, but then I get the error: Connection Error: No data returned for operation CloneProjectMutation, got error(s): project Path “/home/workbench/nvidia-workbench/NVIDIA-GenerativeAIExamples” already exists See the error source property for more information.

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Hi! Thanks for reaching out. AI Workbench projects follow a particular specification as outlined in a .project/spec.yaml file in the repo, so be careful with cloning any repo you see on Github that may not have that spec.

I would recommend searching for “workbench-example” under the NVIDIA Github to find our list of Workbench-compatible example projects or see the list here.

For your error, you may have manually git cloned into the nvidia-workbench repo previously, and AI Workbench attempts a clone but sees a conflict in the specific file path in the cloning wizard.