Re: [PATCH] git-archive: recursive prefix directory creation

> René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> writes:
> 
>> Currently git-archive only adds a single directory entry for prefixes,
>> e.g. for --prefix=a/b/c/ only the directory a/b/c/ would be added to
>> the archive, not a/ nor a/b/.  While tar and unzip don't seem to have
>> a problem handling these missing entries, their omission was not
>> intended.
> 
> Until we start tracking directories (we briefly discussed, and I
> think I agree with Linus that it should not be too painful), I'd
> rather keep the current behaviour which I feel is more
> consistent with what we really are doing.