On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Thomas Fischer wrote: > OVERVIEW > > "git rm" will remove more files than specified. This is either a bug or undocumented behavior (not in the man pages). > > SETUP > > 1. In a git repository, create an empty directory OR a chain of empty directories > > $ mkdir -p path/to/some/ > > 2. Create a file in the deepest directory and add it to tracking > > $ touch path/to/some/file > $ git add path/to/some/file > $ git commit -m 'add path/to/some/file' > > THE BUG > > Run 'git rm' on the tracked file. > > EXPECTED BEHAVIOR > > $ git rm path/to/some/file > rm 'path/to/some/file' > $ ls path > to/ > $ ls path/to > some/ > > Note that path/, path/to/, and path/to/some/ still exist. > > ACTUAL BEHAVIOR > > $ git rm path/to/some/file > rm 'path/to/some/file' > $ ls path > ls: cannot access 'path': No such file or directory > > The entire chain of empty directories is removed, despite the fact > the git outputs only "rm 'path/to/some/file'". git cannot track empty directories. as that was the *only* content in that whole hierarchy, the entire hierarchy had to be deleted. rday
