From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Empty directories... Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:05:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <85lkdezi08.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <858x9ez1li.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85r6n5y5m3.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: David Kastrup X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jul 18 20:06:42 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 1IBDv4-0001si-EO for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:06:38 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933903AbXGRSGf (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:06:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933805AbXGRSGe (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:06:34 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:58231 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932270AbXGRSGe (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:06:34 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [207.189.120.55]) by smtp2.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l6II603Q029987 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:06:01 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l6II5tpA021916; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:05:55 -0700 In-Reply-To: <85r6n5y5m3.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.672 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0-osdl_revision__1.12__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.181 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 207.189.120.14 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, David Kastrup wrote: > > Since I did not try to argue this, could you beat another strawman? How about a bit of honesty? Here's the quote: "The FAQ answer is weazeling on several accounts: a) No, git only cares about files, or rather git tracks content and empty directories have no content. In the same manner as empty regular files have no contents, and git tracks those. Existence and permissions are important." You called it "weaselly" to say that git tracks only content, and then very much tried to equate "existence and permissions" with content. That's the part I answered. So it wasn't a strawman, it was a direct answer to your assertion. Now go away and either come back with the patch to implement it (that I have encouraged you to do), or add a ".gitignore" file to the directory (that others have told you will solve your problems). Don't bother talking crap. Linus