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From: "Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: empty directories
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:19:46 +0200
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On 4/23/07, Yakov Lerner <iler.ml@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I git-add empty directory (mkdir d1;git-add d1),
> git refuses to add it [1].
>
> I was told on #git chan that git cannot store empty dirs.

It can, just refuses to. Which considered good by most

> But when I do
>          git-add -f emptyDir # where emptyDir is empty dir
> , emptyDir is added and then cloned. What does it mean ?

$ git add -f emptyDir
fatal: unable to index file emptyDir

> Does it mean that if i git-add emptyDir with -f, it may break
> something in the repo ? That I shall not try it ? Or it is ok ?

It is not ok and it does not break anything. What git do you
have, as I apparently cannot reproduce it.