# git-svn doesn't fetch an empty directory with svn:externals 2 messages from 2010-01-13 to 2010-01-13. Participants: Michel Jouvin, Erik Faye-Lund. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22197 ## Michel Jouvin, 2010-01-13 11:49 Subject: git-svn doesn't fetch an empty directory with svn:externals Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20100113T124446-187%40post.gmane.org ``` Hi, I'm running in a problem when trying to fetch a SVN repository branch that contains an empty directory with a SVN property svn:externals attached. This directory is missing in the Git repository/checkout. I was unable to find an option to have it added. I'd like to get it added to readd the externals using the trick described in http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/5/1/245002. Without it, I have to recreate it in git, add it to .gitignore... which is painful. BTW, I didn't find any documentation on empty dirs handling by git-svn. They seems to be often removed which is not always desirable. Are they options related to this? Cheers, Michel ``` ## Erik Faye-Lund, 2010-01-13 15:11 Subject: Re: git-svn doesn't fetch an empty directory with svn:externals Message-ID: <40aa078e1001130711gf602ed4pa68cbeb8ba590600@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/40aa078e1001130711gf602ed4pa68cbeb8ba590600%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Michel Jouvin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running in a problem when trying to fetch a SVN repository branch that > contains an empty directory with a SVN property svn:externals attached. This > directory is missing in the Git repository/checkout. I was unable to find an > option to have it added. I'd like to get it added to readd the externals using > the trick described in http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/5/1/245002. > Without it, I have to recreate it in git, add it to .gitignore... which is > painful. > > BTW, I didn't find any documentation on empty dirs handling by git-svn. They > seems to be often removed which is not always desirable. Are they options > related to this? > I don't think this is git-svn's fault, but simply that git doesn't track directories (just files). I guess git-svn could create some sort of place-holder files in empty folders, but currently it doesn't AFAIK. -- Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund ```