From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:16:43 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] git-new-workdir: Don't fail if the target directory is empty
Message-ID: <xmqqk32ho8mc.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1417041115.23650.69.camel@homebase>

Paul Smith <paul@mad-scientist.net> writes:

> This is what happens for a file:
>
> $ rm -f foo
>
> $ touch foo
>
> $ ./src/git/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir src/git foo master
> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘foo’: Not a directory
> unable to create new workdir "foo"!

;-)  That comes from mkdir || fail which is indeed sufficient.