On May 17, 2010, at 9:53 PM, Shawn Jiang wrote:

> git don't pull empty directory if there's no .gitignore marker in a empty 
> path.   no empty directory in the two projects will result in build error  
> when copying resources.  
> 
> Is  the adding files causing any problems ?  If so,  I can try to figure out 
> if git can pull a empty directory while keeping the track in a central file.  

The only problem is my confusion about why they are there.  Is it possible to 
put a comment in a .gitignore file to explain the purpose?

thanks
david jencks

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> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:54 AM, David Jencks <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think we might be accumulating empty .gitignore files, I just noticed
> 
> plugins/activemq/geronimo-activemq-ra/src/main/rar/.gitignore
> plugins/sharedlib/src/main/resources/.gitignore
> 
> which look empty after my svn up.
> 
> Do these serve some purpose?  If so, is there some way we could have only one 
> such file for the project?
> 
> thanks
> david jencks
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> 
> -- 
> Shawn

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