Am 03.04.2012 14:22 schrieb J. Bakshi: > On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:08:38 +0200 > Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> "J. Bakshi" <joydeep.bakshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> I like to add the folder structure in a way that only foo/dir1/file1 is added to >>> the git. foo/dir2 and foo/dir3 should be added to the git also to show >>> the directory >>> structure and not the contents of those folder. >> >> Git doesn't record the existance of directories. For Git, a directory >> exists if and only if it has some files in it. So, "foo/dir2 and >> foo/dir3 should be added to the git" cannot be done in Git. >> >> A common workaround is to create a dummy file, typically .gitignore, >> within the directories you want to add. Depending on the intended use of >> the directory, you may want this file to be empty (to tell your >> collaborators "there's nothing here for now, but there will be later"), >> or to contain '*' to mean "there will never be any tracked files in this >> directory". >> >> IOW, >> >> touch foo/dir2/.gitignore foo/dir3/.gitignore >> git add foo/dir2/.gitignore foo/dir3/.gitignore >> > > Thanks for your suggestion. > So .gitignore for foo/dir2/ and foo/dir3/ should add those directories non recursively. > > Could you please suggest how can I add foo/dir1/file1 ? > > guess > > touch foo/dir1/.gitignore > git add foo/dir1/ > git add foo/dir1/file1 > Almost ;-) Since foo/dir1 already contains file1 there's no need to add a .gitignore in dir1 (except, of course, you really want to ignore sth. in that directory). If this is your directory structure: foo/dir1/file1 foo/dir2 foo/dir3 foo/dir1/ is automatically added when you "git add foo/dir1/file1". To add the (empty) directories dir2 and dir3 you need some placeholder file in them because git does not track directories, only files (together with their path). Thus: touch foo/dir2/.gitignore touch foo/dir3/.gitignore git add foo/dir2/.gitignore git add foo/dir3/.gitignore If you add a directory (like "git add foo/dir1/) git will add all files in that directory (recursively), again, except for empty directories. HTH, Dirk -- 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