From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:45:38 GMT
Subject: Re: Add an empty directory?
Message-ID: <7v64u9mxi5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050813180008.GJ5608@pasky.ji.cz>

Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:

> the object databases supports it, but the index file does not. But yes,
> it should be supported, I think.

I think if this is done correctly "read-tree -m -u" two-tree
switch could even remove directories that existed in the old
tree but not in the new tree that has become empty.

On the other hand, although I haven't started looking, adding
this to index file might involve a major surgery.  Practically
everybody expects it is does not have an directory entry.  This
includes reading trees, merging two or more stages, finding
directory/file conflicts, etc. etc...