Re: Empty directories in Git: Current guidance for historical commits?

Quoting Torsten Bögershausen : Is just dropping a ".gitignore" or "README" file in the empty directories during conversion still the most reasonable approach? A .gitignore will, but may cost 0.001% CPU time when running "git status". I have seen systems that create a file

Empty directories in Git: Current guidance for historical commits?

Hello, Per the FAQ it's clear that Git (by current design) does not track empty directories: https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#Can_I_add_empty_directories.3F That's fine and I can fix that for my code going forward via the build system, as needed. However I'm looking to