Re: Add an empty directory?

[Carl Baldwin <cnb@fc.hp.com>]

On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 12:41:45PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Carl Baldwin wrote:
> > 
> > The bottom line is that I don't really see many situations where it is
> > absolutely necessary but it is a convenience.  Not supporting it may
> > seem like an artificial limit that really didn't need to be there.
> 
> Well, there is an argument for not supporting it, namely that the way 
> patches work, traditionally a directory that became empty is deleted 
> (because patches have no way of saying "remove directory" or "create 
> directory").
> 
> So a system where the existence of a directory flows from the existence of 
> the files within the directory will automatically always do the right 
> thing with patches floating around.

I see your point here.  However, if git supported it then any particular
usage model on top of git could choose to do it either way.  If it
doesn't then that flexibility is not there.

> Which is a big deal for me, since most of the kernel development still 
> ends up being done with patches. Yes, we merge things with git, but a lot 
> of the development is about passing patches around for review and 
> commentary.
> 
> And the thing is, you can always create the directory in your workspace. 
> Git won't care, and won't know about it, but there's really no downside to 
> it. 
> 
> 			Linus
> 

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