Re: Some strange behavior of git

From: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 25, 2016, 09:57 UTC
Message-ID: <20160225095755.GJ1831@hank>
In-Reply-To: <56CE31F8.7090706@ip-5.ru>

On 02/25, Olga Pshenichnikova wrote:

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> Hello,
> we use git in our project.
> What can be cause for further confusing behavior?
>
>     git@ip5server:~$ git status
>     On branch master
>     Untracked files:
>       (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
>
>         app/addons/arliteks/
>
>     nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to
> track)
>     git@ip5server:~$ git clean -dn
>     Would remove app/addons/arliteks/
>     Would remove design/
>     Would remove js/
>     Would remove var/langs/en/
>
> Why I don't see all 4 directories in first command?

Are the design/, js/ and var/langs/en/ directories empty? Git doesn't track empty directories, so they won't show up in git status, but with git clean -d you specify that Git should also remove untracked directories, which is why you see them here.

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-- Thomas