Re: Add an empty directory?

From: Carl Baldwin <cnb@fc.hp.com>
Date: Aug 13, 2005, 18:19 UTC
Message-ID: <20050813181945.GA2191@hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050813180008.GJ5608@pasky.ji.cz>

Hi,

On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 08:00:08PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:

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> the object databases supports it, but the index file does not. But yes,
> it should be supported, I think.
> 
> Some argue that this is useless, so some practical example of its
> usefulness might be a good motivation to get us going. :-)

That's fair. So, here goes. I don't particularly condone nor condemn any of these.

- Just yesterday, I was starting a project at work.  I wanted to add a
  doc directory as a reminder to add documentation very soon.  I could
  not do this.

- I've worked with projects that use an obj, .obj, .obj-platform or
  something resembling this and have checked in this directory to make
  sure it exists for all.  Of course, a build system could be made to
  generate this directory when needed avoiding the need to check it in.

- A common practice I've seen with autotools is to use a config
  subdirectory for many of the autogenerated scripts.  If I'm not
  mistaken older versions would not create this directory if it did not
  already exist.  Checking it in was a convenience.

The bottom line is that I don't really see many situations where it is absolutely necessary but it is a convenience. Not supporting it may seem like an artificial limit that really didn't need to be there.

I'll read up on the index file when I get the chance.

Cheers, Carl

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