diff --git a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
index e650dc52..c5219e13 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ module Jekyll
 
         new_blog_path = File.expand_path(args.join(" "), Dir.pwd)
         FileUtils.mkdir_p new_blog_path
+        unless Dir["#{new_blog_path}/**/*"].empty?
+          Jekyll::Logger.error "Conflict:", "#{new_blog_path} exists and is not empty."
+          exit(1)
+        end
 
         create_sample_files new_blog_path
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb b/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
index dad0b163..015f88b3 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
@@ -118,5 +118,18 @@ module Jekyll
         end
       end
     end
+
+    # Write the generated page file to the destination directory.
+    #
+    # dest - The String path to the destination dir.
+    #
+    # Returns nothing.
+    def write(dest)
+      path = destination(dest)
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(path))
+      File.open(path, 'w') do |f|
+        f.write(self.output)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/page.rb b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
index 4c434564..2f7803d5 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/page.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
@@ -129,19 +129,6 @@ module Jekyll
       path
     end
 
-    # Write the generated page file to the destination directory.
-    #
-    # dest - The String path to the destination dir.
-    #
-    # Returns nothing.
-    def write(dest)
-      path = destination(dest)
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(path))
-      File.open(path, 'w') do |f|
-        f.write(self.output)
-      end
-    end
-
     # Returns the object as a debug String.
     def inspect
       "#<Jekyll:Page @name=#{self.name.inspect}>"
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index c210d235..a7afa800 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -258,19 +258,6 @@ module Jekyll
       path
     end
 
-    # Write the generated post file to the destination directory.
-    #
-    # dest - The String path to the destination dir.
-    #
-    # Returns nothing.
-    def write(dest)
-      path = destination(dest)
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(path))
-      File.open(path, 'w') do |f|
-        f.write(self.output)
-      end
-    end
-
     # Convert this post into a Hash for use in Liquid templates.
     #
     # Returns the representative Hash.
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/tags/post_url.rb b/lib/jekyll/tags/post_url.rb
index 6dbec9be..dd02d3bf 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/tags/post_url.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/tags/post_url.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ module Jekyll
         @slug = slug
         @date = Time.parse(date)
       end
+
+      def ==(other)
+        slug == other.slug &&
+          date.year  == other.date.year &&
+          date.month == other.date.month &&
+          date.day   == other.date.day
+      end
     end
 
     class PostUrl < Liquid::Tag
@@ -23,11 +30,7 @@ module Jekyll
         site = context.registers[:site]
 
         site.posts.each do |p|
-          if p.slug == @post.slug \
-            and p.date.year == @post.date.year \
-            and p.date.month == @post.date.month \
-            and p.date.day == @post.date.day
-
+          if @post == p
             return p.url
           end
         end