On 4/23/07, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 4/23/07, Yakov Lerner <iler.ml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I git-add empty directory (mkdir d1;git-add d1), > git refuses to add it [1]. > > I was told on #git chan that git cannot store empty dirs. It can, just refuses to. Which considered good by most > But when I do > git-add -f emptyDir # where emptyDir is empty dir > , emptyDir is added and then cloned. What does it mean ? $ git add -f emptyDir fatal: unable to index file emptyDir > Does it mean that if i git-add emptyDir with -f, it may break > something in the repo ? That I shall not try it ? Or it is ok ? It is not ok and it does not break anything. What git do you have, as I apparently cannot reproduce it.
It was 1.5.1. In 1.5.1.2, it refuses to add, yes. The message is: fatal: emptyDir/../emptyDir: can only add regular files or symbolic links Yakov - 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