diff --git a/uproject b/uproject
index 852a8e1..0329547 100755
--- a/uproject
+++ b/uproject
@@ -293,7 +293,11 @@ elif [ "$CMD" == crone ]; then
         setx destdir=basename -- "$path"
         destdir="${destdir%.git}"
     fi
-    [ -d "$destdir" ] && die "$(ppath "$destdir"): répertoire existant"
+    tmpdestdir=
+    if [ -d "$destdir" ]; then
+        [ -d "$destdir/.git" ] && die "$(ppath "$destdir"): répertoire existant"
+        ac_set_tmpdir tmpdestdir
+    fi
 
     splituserhost "$userhost" user host
     [ -n "$user" ] || user=git
@@ -303,7 +307,14 @@ elif [ "$CMD" == crone ]; then
 
     use_ssh_wrapper
     ssh "$userhost" create "$path" || die
-    git clone "$userhost:$path" "$destdir" || die
+    if [ -n "$tmpdestdir" ]; then
+        setxx destname=abspath "$destdir" // basename
+        git clone "$userhost:$path" "$tmpdestdir/$destname" || die
+        mv "$tmpdestdir/$destname/.git" "$destdir" || die
+        ac_clean "$tmpdestdir"
+    else
+        git clone "$userhost:$path" "$destdir" || die
+    fi
     git_annex_initial "$destdir" || die
 
 elif [ "$CMD" == xconfig-export ]; then