Hi On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Liu Yubao <yubao.liu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ping Yin wrote: > > Yes, i know this topic has been discussed for many times. However, i > > am still not clear about the real reason. > > > > So which is the reason? > > > > 1. it's by design, intentional > It's saied somewhere git is a "stupid content tracker", it cares file content > not file name, and empty directories will complicate the merge algorithm > unnecessarily. Could you please explain how will it complicate merging. What is the difference between merging 2 directories with 0 and 5 files and merging 2 directories with 5 and 10 files? +1 that git should respect empty directories. Git should handle file content and not decide for user does he want to keep empty directory in the source tree or not. -- anatol -- 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
