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From: Liu Yubao <yubao.liu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: why still no empty directory support in git
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:09:11 +0800
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Ping Yin wrote:
> Yes, i know this topic has been discussed for many times. However, i
> am still not clear about the real reason.
> 
> So which is the reason?
> 
> 1. it's by design, intentional
It's saied somewhere git is a "stupid content tracker", it cares file content
not file name, and empty directories will complicate the merge algorithm
unnecessarily.

> 2. unclear logic, for example, whether to remove the directory after
> the last file in it is deleted
> 3. hard work, no one has picked it yet
> 4. hardly done in current model
> 
> Ping Yin