Re: git-svn: Deleting directories

> I've just noticed that when deleting entire directory trees in git, when
> the dcommit happens only the files in that trees get deleted, which
> leaves a 'ghost town' of a directory tree with folders but no files,
> which will no doubt have somewhat confused my svn-using colleagues.
>
> This is obviously an interoperability problem, but I understand that git
> does not track folders and is so tricky to fix.
>
> The question though is how to handle it. Ideally, dcommit will detect
> that an entire directory has gone and send through a changeset which
> deletes just that one directory, instead of the current behaviour of
> explicitly deleting every file in the directory but leaving the
> directories themselves intact.
>