Docs: Mention that the output directory will be deleted before build
and serve
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $ zola init
## build
-This will build the whole site in the `public` directory (if this directory already exists, it is overwritten).
+This will build the whole site in the `public` directory (if this directory already exists, it is deleted).
```bash
$ zola build
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $ zola build --base-url $DEPLOY_URL
This is useful for example when you want to deploy previews of a site to a dynamic URL, such as Netlify
deploy previews.
-You can override the default output directory `public` by passing another value to the `output-dir` flag.
+You can override the default output directory `public` by passing another value to the `output-dir` flag (if this directory already exists, it is deleted).
```bash
$ zola build --output-dir $DOCUMENT_ROOT
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ You can also specify different addresses for the interface and base_url using `-
Use the `--open` flag to automatically open the locally hosted instance in your
web browser.
-Before starting, Zola will delete the `public` directory to start from a clean slate.
+Before starting, Zola will delete the output directory (by default `public` in project root) to start from a clean slate.
```bash
$ zola serve
