# Empty Directories

4 messages from 2008-08-15 to 2008-08-16. Participants: Trans, Marcus Griep, Miklos Vajna, Paul Franz.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15030

## Trans, 2008-08-15 21:20

Subject: Empty Directories
Message-ID: <4b6f054f0808151420t59001ba3k2fecb19a73e5addb@mail.gmail.com>
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New to git...

Is it true there is no way to track empty directories?

Thanks,
T.

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## Marcus Griep, 2008-08-15 21:42

Subject: Re: Empty Directories
Message-ID: <48A5F856.5050205@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/48A5F856.5050205%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <4b6f054f0808151420t59001ba3k2fecb19a73e5addb@mail.gmail.com>

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Directly, no.  An easy workaround is to drop an empty file
(such as a .gitignore) into the directory and track that.
Then the directory will come along for the ride.

Trans wrote:
> New to git...
> 
> Is it true there is no way to track empty directories?
> 
> Thanks,
> T.
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## Miklos Vajna, 2008-08-15 21:46

Subject: Re: Empty Directories
Message-ID: <20080815214614.GY18960@genesis.frugalware.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080815214614.GY18960%40genesis.frugalware.org
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On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 05:20:01PM -0400, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it true there is no way to track empty directories?

See the FAQ entry:

http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-1fbd4a018d45259c197b169e87dafce2a3c6b5f9

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## Paul Franz, 2008-08-16 01:53

Subject: Re: Empty Directories
Message-ID: <48A63314.5080302@comcast.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/48A63314.5080302%40comcast.net
In-Reply-To: <4b6f054f0808151420t59001ba3k2fecb19a73e5addb@mail.gmail.com>

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T.,
    It is interesting that you post the same thing in the Mercurial and 
git mailing lists. Did you post it in Monotone and other distributed 
version control system mailing list?

Paul Franz

Trans wrote:
> New to git...
>
> Is it true there is no way to track empty directories?
>
> Thanks,
> T.
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> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
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>
>   

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