From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Josh England" Subject: empty directories Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:14:21 -0600 Message-ID: <1187716461.5986.71.camel@beauty> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Aug 21 19:33:37 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1INXbd-0003Vb-QO for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:33:30 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754723AbXHURd0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:33:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755606AbXHURd0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:33:26 -0400 Received: from mm04snlnto.sandia.gov ([132.175.109.21]:3335 "EHLO sentry.sandia.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753063AbXHURdZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:33:25 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 589 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:33:24 EDT Received: from [132.175.109.1] by sentry.sandia.gov with ESMTP (SMTP Relay 01 (Email Firewall v6.3.1)); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:13:35 -0600 X-Server-Uuid: AA8306FD-23D1-4E5B-B133-B2D9F10C3631 Received: from [132.175.2.191] (beauty.son.sandia.gov [132.175.2.191]) by mailgate.sandia.gov (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l7LHDYoJ012034 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:13:34 -0600 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.311128, Antispam-Data: 2007.8.21.94722 X-PerlMx-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='BODY_SIZE_300_399 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' X-TMWD-Spam-Summary: TS=20070821172330; SEV=2.2.2; DFV=B2007082115; IFV=2.0.4,4.0-9; AIF=B2007082115; RPD=5.02.0125; ENG=IBF; RPDID=7374723D303030312E30413031303230322E34364342314639322E303030453A53434A535441543838363133332C73733D312C6667733D30; CAT=NONE; CON=NONE X-MMS-Spam-Filter-ID: B2007082115_5.02.0125_4.0-9 X-WSS-ID: 6AD5C2B44Q44528403-01-01 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, Git doesn't seem to allow me to add an empty directory to the index, or even nested empty directories. Is there any way to do this? What is the reasoning? I've got a use case where having empty directories in my git repository would be *very* valuable. Any information and help is greatly appreciated. -JE