"vue create ." overrides existing package.json

[Joe-Kerr]

Version

3.11.0

Environment info

Environment Info:
  Windows
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.15.1 - node.EXE
    Yarn: Not Found
    npm: 6.1.0 - npm.CMD
  npmPackages:
    @vue/babel-helper-vue-jsx-merge-props:  1.0.0 
    @vue/babel-plugin-transform-vue-jsx:  1.0.0 
    @vue/babel-preset-app:  3.11.0 
    @vue/babel-preset-jsx:  1.1.0 
    @vue/babel-sugar-functional-vue:  1.0.0 
    @vue/babel-sugar-inject-h:  1.0.0 
    @vue/babel-sugar-v-model:  1.0.0 
    @vue/babel-sugar-v-on:  1.1.0 
    @vue/cli-overlay:  3.11.0 
    @vue/cli-plugin-babel: ^3.11.0 => 3.11.0 
    @vue/cli-plugin-pwa: ^3.11.0 => 3.11.0 
    @vue/cli-plugin-unit-mocha: ^3.11.0 => 3.11.0 
    @vue/cli-service: ^3.11.0 => 3.11.0 
    @vue/cli-shared-utils:  3.11.0 
    @vue/component-compiler-utils:  3.0.0 
    @vue/preload-webpack-plugin:  1.1.1 
    @vue/test-utils: 1.0.0-beta.29 => 1.0.0-beta.29 
    @vue/web-component-wrapper:  1.2.0 
    vue: ^2.6.10 => 2.6.10 
    vue-hot-reload-api:  2.3.3 
    vue-loader:  15.7.1 
    vue-style-loader:  4.1.2 
    vue-template-compiler: ^2.6.10 => 2.6.10 
    vue-template-es2015-compiler:  1.9.1 
    vuex: ^3.0.1 => 3.1.1 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    @vue/cli: Not Found 

Steps to reproduce

• npm init
• vue create .

What is expected?

merge package.json

What is actually happening?

override package.json

[Joe-Kerr]

The contents of the existing nodes_modules folder were removed as well :(