Author: bodewig
Date: Thu Dec 4 21:07:09 2008
New Revision: 723584
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=723584&view=rev
Log:
Document behavior noted in PR 43159
Modified:
ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sync.html
Modified: ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sync.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sync.html?rev=723584&r1=723583&r2=723584&view=diff
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--- ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sync.html (original)
+++ ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/sync.html Thu Dec 4 21:07:09 2008
@@ -56,7 +56,13 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">includeEmptyDirs</td>
- <td valign="top">Copy any empty directories included in the resource
collection(s).
+ <td valign="top">Copy any empty directories included in the
+ resource collection(s).<br/>
+ <b>Note</b> this attribute also controls the behavior for any
+ nested <preserveintarget> element. If this attribute is
+ false (the default) empty directories that only exist in the
+ target directory will be removed even if they are matched by
+ the patterns of <preserveintarget>.
</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No; defaults to false.</td>
</tr>