Re: [1.8.0] Tracking empty directories
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Thomas Koch <thomas@koch.ro> wrote:
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> Jakub Narebski:
>> there is (supposedly) problem when checking out such tree (see email
>> referenced above) with an old git.
> Proposal:
>
(Elaborate the "handle" part from your first item)
- Teach diff machinery about empty trees. At least diff-tree should
show empty tree addition/removal. diff-index and diff-files can learn
later when index supports empty trees.
- Teach merge empty trees.
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> - Implement the possibility to checkout/read/handle empty directories as soon
> as possible, even in the next 1.7.x release.
> - Don't implement the possibility to create/commit empty directories yet.
> - Implement the possibility to checkin empty directories next year, but allow
> it only, if the user knows that this breaks backwards compatibility of the
> repo. (Generate warning and require --commit-empty-directories option)
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Duy
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>