Leiningen error creating new app on mac osx

Question

I'm trying to use leiningen 2.3.2.

When I run:

lein new app my-stuff

the following error occours:

java.lang.Exception: project.clj must define project map
at leiningen.core.project$read.invoke(project.clj:681)
at leiningen.core.project$read.invoke(project.clj:685)
at leiningen.core.project$read.invoke(project.clj:686)
at leiningen.core.main$_main$fn__1332.invoke(main.clj:256)
at leiningen.core.main$_main.doInvoke(main.clj:252)

I used homebrew to install leiningen.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks

Answer 1

As @Alex noted in the comments, you have a deformed project.clj file in directory where you are executing Leiningen from. Removing the file will solve your problem.

You are probably assuming Leiningen creates the template files in the current directory, while in fact it will create a new one, in your case 'my-stuff'.