Hi
I think git-svn 2.6.4 does not behave as intended.
According to the documentation preserve-empty-dirs should ensure that empty- directories are kept in all cases: "Create a placeholder file in the local Git repository for each empty directory fetched from Subversion. This includes directories that become empty by removing all entries in the Subversion repository (but not the directory itself)."
I've attached an svn repo to demonstrate the issue. Everything goes fine during the first 3 commits. In commit r4 a file is removed from the demo folder, but not the directory. This works in svn but not in git.
Steps to Reproduce: 1. Extract tar to a directory of your choice e.g. /tmp/svn/ 2. git svn clone --stdlayout --preserve-empty-dirs file:///tmp/svn/ 3. Now trunk is empty. However the directory demo should have been preserved.
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Best Wishes Andreas
SVN Commit Log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r4 | andreas | 2015-12-14 22:52:49 +0100 (Mo, 14. Dez 2015) | 1 Zeile
empty dir ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r3 | andreas | 2015-12-14 22:52:22 +0100 (Mo, 14. Dez 2015) | 1 Zeile
fill dir ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r2 | andreas | 2015-12-14 22:51:39 +0100 (Mo, 14. Dez 2015) | 1 Zeile
add empty dir demo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r1 | andreas | 2015-12-14 22:50:46 +0100 (Mo, 14. Dez 2015) | 1 Zeile
initial import ------------------------------------------------------------------------