# [PATCH] git-apply: Remove directories that have become empty after deleting a file.

1 messages from 2007-01-09 to 2007-01-09. Participants: Alexandre Julliard.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/6313

## Alexandre Julliard, 2007-01-09 20:25

Subject: [PATCH] git-apply: Remove directories that have become empty after deleting a file.
Message-ID: <87fyak0wxh.fsf@wine.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87fyak0wxh.fsf%40wine.dyndns.org

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Signed-off-by: Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org>
---
 builtin-apply.c |   16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 1c35837..fac8349 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -2239,7 +2239,21 @@ static void remove_file(struct patch *patch)
 		cache_tree_invalidate_path(active_cache_tree, patch->old_name);
 	}
 	if (!cached)
-		unlink(patch->old_name);
+	{
+		if (!unlink(patch->old_name))
+		{
+			char *name = xstrdup(patch->old_name);
+			char *end = strrchr(name, '/');
+			while (end)
+			{
+				*end = 0;
+				if (rmdir(name))
+					break;
+				end = strrchr(name, '/');
+			}
+			free(name);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void add_index_file(const char *path, unsigned mode, void *buf, unsigned long size)
-- 
1.4.4.4.g37ed

-- 
Alexandre Julliard
julliard@winehq.org

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