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Re: why still no empty directory support in git

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David Brown <git@davidb.org>
Date
Dec 31, 2008, 01:06 UTC
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<20081231010620.GA26997@linode.davidb.org>
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 03:58:46AM -0500, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> This is because git is removing these directories. There is a strict 
> incompatibility between git rmdir()ing empty directories behind my back and 
> Maildir systems.

So, would there be a hook that would run at all of the times git might remove the directories, and the hook could just put them back if missing?

The post-merge hook is certainly one place, but there are likely others. You might also want one in post-checkout, but I'm guessing that switching branches is going to be less frequent in a maildir directory.

David
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