Git clone '.' problem

ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ git clone git@github.com:Ezmyrian/git_test.git .
Cloning into '.'...
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ ls
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ ls -a
.  ..  .git
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ rm .
rm: cannot remove '.': Is a directory
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ rm -r .
rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping '.'
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ rm -rf .
rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping '.'
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ cd ..
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~$ rm -rf TOP_Projects
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~$ ls
Desktop  Documents  Downloads  Music  odin_on_rails  Pictures  Public  Templates  Videos
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~$ mkdir TOP_Projects
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~$ cd TOP_Projects/
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ git@github.com:Ezmyrian/git_test.git
bash: git@github.com:Ezmyrian/git_test.git: No such file or directory
ezmyrian@ezmyrian-VirtualBox:~/TOP_Projects$ git clone git@github.com:Ezmyrian/git_test.git