From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B7BC1F403 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2018 19:54:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752055AbeFFTyL (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2018 15:54:11 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:41400 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752026AbeFFTyK (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2018 15:54:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Subject:cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=lodYul2pjAjk/4FJxsRV3XLB9Umah112kD23ZKIDx8k=; b=A70qaE3hjSOu9e8gYhHn4Omom /j0Jd7/PsjAAGFtNEmBmLSi+8RXj6YcNIsgajRauvdYL5kGIedmLjz+5V0hA4yueGulPIJjt4zhCF ZSqjImKrZGh4U7va6O5n6lJuxGv6cn9GSGlZH1Pkot4UiLUurtlnFicCueC3MaK8alfhAIbWhFQfj G+YI6Fo46b+j3OnYuQrNzKw4aTWcTggS9UKEy4KWVTqxLRrE7rsK9YknNbalgj5Ezld+GvQgwgEAi Z5p9GISnYv0udUaSpsFqEUHbH3gxN/GTN3g19SbzQWzzEYqYVDS+DQZFv60SXX2VQhrNBmIxabDfc 0gUJVX0bQ==; Received: from cpef81d0f814063-cmf81d0f814060.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.57.56]:54416 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fQeVU-009oAt-Fz; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:54:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 15:51:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Thomas Fischer cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: git rm bug In-Reply-To: <1528314421.2665575.1398886712.579F37CE@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: References: <1528313557.2662346.1398855328.3E0F8023@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1528314421.2665575.1398886712.579F37CE@webmail.messagingengine.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Thomas Fischer wrote: > I agree that the entire chain of empty directories should not be > tracked, as git tracks content, not files. > > However, when I run 'rm path/to/some/file', I expect path/to/some/ > to still exist. why? > Similarly, when I run 'git rm path/to/some/file', I expect > path/to/some/ to exist, *albeit untracked*. again, why? > I do NOT expect git to *track* empty directories. But I also do NOT > expect it to remove untracked directories. why not? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================