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From: "Yakov Lerner" <iler.ml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: empty directories
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:49:15 +0300
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On 4/23/07, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

It was 1.5.1.
In 1.5.1.2, it refuses to add, yes.
The message is:
fatal: emptyDir/../emptyDir: can only add regular files or symbolic links

Yakov