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

> René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> writes:
> 
>> Junio C Hamano schrieb:
>>> 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.
>> Hmm, fair enough.  I started out with a simple cleanup and then I
>> guess went a bit overboard with that overblown path walker. :-]
> 
> Well, I take that back -- I did not realize you were primarily 
> talking about the LEADING part of the path.