From: Liu Yubao <yubao.liu@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:09:11 GMT
Subject: Re: why still no empty directory support in git
Message-ID: <4959BB07.6000106@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <46dff0320812291942y6aeec941k9394586621e9151b@mail.gmail.com>

Ping Yin wrote:
> Yes, i know this topic has been discussed for many times. However, i
> am still not clear about the real reason.
> 
> So which is the reason?
> 
> 1. it's by design, intentional
It's saied somewhere git is a "stupid content tracker", it cares file content
not file name, and empty directories will complicate the merge algorithm
unnecessarily.

> 2. unclear logic, for example, whether to remove the directory after
> the last file in it is deleted
> 3. hard work, no one has picked it yet
> 4. hardly done in current model
> 
> Ping Yin