JCH> ...and you want to perform a merge on the JCH> Git side of that branch with another Git branch that does have real JCH> contents in that directory, you would want the result to say "This JCH> directory no longer is just for a placeholder", but you cannot say JCH> that globally by updating the config file Placeholder files are managed when fetching from SVN. SVN doesn't support Git-like merges.
JCH> comment line "# added by git-svn only to keep the directory" and JCH> consider a directory that has nothing but .gitignore that consists JCH> of only that exact comment line an "added placeholder" directory to JCH> work it around. Sounds good, but it's not I who decided to use the config file. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html