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From
YLYakov Lerner <iler.ml@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 23, 2007, 15:40 UTC
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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.
But when I do
         git-add -f emptyDir # where emptyDir is empty dir
, emptyDir is added and then cloned. What does it mean ?

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 ?

Thanks Yakov ..................................................................... [1] $ mkdir emptyDir $ git-add emptyDir The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files: emptyDir (directory) Use -f if you really want to add them. $ Note that the printed warning is misleading. The name (emptyDir) is not in any .gitignore files. It would be better to print the real reason for ignoring, no ?

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