From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:19:46 GMT
Subject: Re: empty directories
Message-ID: <81b0412b0704230919h3be7a67fqec431a6afb6e3760@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <f36b08ee0704230840xa37e149qffa15c5c685524c4@mail.gmail.com>

On 4/23/07, Yakov Lerner <iler.ml@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I git-add empty directory (mkdir d1;git-add d1),
> git refuses to add it [1].
>
> I was told on #git chan that git cannot store empty dirs.

It can, just refuses to. Which considered good by most

> But when I do
>          git-add -f emptyDir # where emptyDir is empty dir
> , emptyDir is added and then cloned. What does it mean ?

$ git add -f emptyDir
fatal: unable to index file emptyDir

> Does it mean that if i git-add emptyDir with -f, it may break
> something in the repo ? That I shall not try it ? Or it is ok ?

It is not ok and it does not break anything. What git do you
have, as I apparently cannot reproduce it.