On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Carl Baldwin wrote:
>
> The bottom line is that I don't really see many situations where it is
> absolutely necessary but it is a convenience. Not supporting it may
> seem like an artificial limit that really didn't need to be there.
Well, there is an argument for not supporting it, namely that the way
patches work, traditionally a directory that became empty is deleted
(because patches have no way of saying "remove directory" or "create
directory").
So a system where the existence of a directory flows from the existence of
the files within the directory will automatically always do the right
thing with patches floating around.
Which is a big deal for me, since most of the kernel development still
ends up being done with patches. Yes, we merge things with git, but a lot
of the development is about passing patches around for review and
commentary.
And the thing is, you can always create the directory in your workspace.
Git won't care, and won't know about it, but there's really no downside to
it.
Linus
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