On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> To add, one would use "git update-index --add". > > Porcelain version could be "git add -N <directory>", don't you agree? "git add" is recursive, with or without -N. What I worry is user accidentally "git add -N <dir>" where <dir> is not empty, which adds everything in <dir>. >> The magic disappears when you register a file within that directory; >> to tell git you want to keep it, one would mkdir and >> "git update-index --add" again. ÂOnce it's working, we can think about >> if there is a need for making that last step automatic after all >> (my guess: "no"). ;-) > > Hmmm... could we use mechanism similar to assume-unchanged to mark > directory as explicitely tracked, and that git should not remove it > when it becomes empty? I think git-attr suits better, more persistent. Although if you insist the directory must stay, why not just put a hidden file in there? -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html