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Re: Git does not recognise directory named '${sys:DATA_ROOT_DIR}'

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date
Sep 3, 2019, 16:45 UTC
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On 03/09/2019 15:11, Σταύρος Ντέντος wrote:
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> The original folder did had a folder structure 3 levels deep.
> Unfortunately, I don't remember if the leaves were files (or
> directories themselves). However, since I "replicated" it, I went
> ahead and cleaned up my main repo (sigh).
>
> Thank you for reminding me of the empty-tree case :-)

Makes me wonder if git status could maybe warn about empty trees as 'untracked'?

Philip
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