linux@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Wouldn't it be nice if there were a way to tell git-update-index and > git-checkout index that certain directories are not in the working > directory, but don't worry. Just pretend they exist and match the index. > > Then I could mark much of arch/* as "don't bother" and save a pile of > disk space per working directory. Currently, directories are not registered in the index. For this reason, empty directories cannot be versioned. One day, will want to support this, and for this purpose, directories must also be registered in the index. Once this infrastructure is in place, the "don't bother" flag will be a no-brainer, methinks. -- Hannes - 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
