Re: git rm bug

From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Date: Jun 6, 2018, 19:51 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <1528314421.2665575.1398886712.579F37CE@webmail.messagingengine.com>

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Thomas Fischer wrote:

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> I agree that the entire chain of empty directories should not be
> tracked, as git tracks content, not files.
>
> However, when I run 'rm path/to/some/file', I expect path/to/some/
> to still exist.

  why?

> Similarly, when I run 'git rm path/to/some/file', I expect
> path/to/some/ to exist, *albeit untracked*.

  again, why?

> I do NOT expect git to *track* empty directories. But I also do NOT
> expect it to remove untracked directories.

  why not?

rday

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