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On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Thomas Fischer wrote:

> OVERVIEW
>
> "git rm" will remove more files than specified. This is either a bug or undocumented behavior (not in the man pages).
>
> SETUP
>
> 1. In a git repository, create an empty directory OR a chain of empty directories
>
> $ mkdir -p path/to/some/
>
> 2. Create a file in the deepest directory and add it to tracking
>
> $ touch path/to/some/file
> $ git add path/to/some/file
> $ git commit -m 'add path/to/some/file'
>
> THE BUG
>
> Run 'git rm' on the tracked file.
>
> EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
>
> $ git rm path/to/some/file
> rm 'path/to/some/file'
> $ ls path
> to/
> $ ls path/to
> some/
>
> Note that path/, path/to/, and path/to/some/ still exist.
>
> ACTUAL BEHAVIOR
>
> $ git rm path/to/some/file
> rm 'path/to/some/file'
> $ ls path
> ls: cannot access 'path': No such file or directory
>
> The entire chain of empty directories is removed, despite the fact
> the git outputs only "rm 'path/to/some/file'".

  git cannot track empty directories. as that was the *only* content
in that whole hierarchy, the entire hierarchy had to be deleted.

rday