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

> 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. :-]