Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, David Kastrup wrote: > >> This must likely be the most common FAQ/rant/whatever concerning git. > > If you had the idea already, I wonder why you did not find it. It's not > really anything like hard to find: > > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-1fbd4a018d45259c197b169e87dafce2a3c6b5f9 The FAQ answer is weazeling on several accounts: a) No, git only cares about files, or rather git tracks content and empty directories have no content. In the same manner as empty regular files have no contents, and git tracks those. Existence and permissions are important. b) The problem is not just that empty directories don't get added into the repository. They also don't get removed again when switching to a different checkout. When git-diff returns zero, I expect a subsequent checkout to not leave complete empty hierarchies around because git can't delete any empty leaves which it chose not to track. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum - 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
