On 20/03/2012, at 16:28, Jeremy Anderson <jere...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I know Fossil is a file versioning system, but when first establishing a 
> repository for a working group, it is useful to create a straw-man folder 
> structure to guide growth. But, one can't (by default?) commit an empty 
> folder to a fossil repository, as there's nothing to 'version'.
> 
> Is there a way around this? Can you commit an empty folder somehow?
> 
> (I'd prefer to not have to go generate a placeholder "readme.txt" or 
> ".purpose" file for each folder, just to get Fossil to recognize that it 
> should exist... but I will if i must.)

One way is to have indeed place holder files.  Often named '.keep'. 
Another way, is to write a Makefile that will create the directories.  Works to 
create symlinks too for cvs that dont keep symlinks.
-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__

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