Put a readme file in the directory and be done with it. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Robert Muir <rcm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't like the idea of complicating lucene/solr's build system any more > than it already is, unless its absolutely necessary. its already too > complicated. > > Instead of adding more hacks, what is actually broken (git) is what should > be fixed, as the link states: > > Currently the design of the git index (staging area) only permits *files* > to > be listed, and nobody competent enough to make the change to allow empty > directories has cared enough about this situation to remedy it. > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Smiley, David W. <dsmi...@mitre.org > >wrote: > > > Seriously. > > I sympathize with your point that git should support empty directories. > > But as a practical matter, it's easy to make the ant build tolerant of > > them. > > > > ~ David Smiley > > ________________________________________ > > From: Robert Muir [rcm...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 6:53 AM > > To: solr-dev@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Re: GIT does not support empty directories > > > > Seriously? We should hack our ant files around the bugs in every crappy > > source control system that comes out? > > > > Fix Git. > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Smiley, David W. <dsmi...@mitre.org > > >wrote: > > > > > I've run into this too. I don't think this needs to be documented, I > > think > > > it needs to be *fixed* -- that is, the relevant ant tasks need to not > > assume > > > these directories exist and create them if not. > > > > > > ~ David Smiley > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Lance Norskog [mailto:goks...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:14 PM > > > To: solr-dev > > > Subject: GIT does not support empty directories > > > > > > There are some empty directories in the Solr source tree, both in 1.4 > > > and the trunk. > > > > > > example/work > > > example/webapp > > > example/logs > > > > > > Git does not support empty directories: > > > > > > > > > https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#Can_I_add_empty_directories.3F > > > > > > And so, when you check out from the Apache GIT repository, these empty > > > directories do not appear and 'ant example' and 'ant run-example' > > > fail. There is no 'how to use the solr git stuff' wiki page; that > > > seems like the right place to document this. I'm not git-smart enough > > > to write that page. > > > -- > > > Lance Norskog > > > goks...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Robert Muir > > rcm...@gmail.com > > > > > > -- > Robert Muir > rcm...@gmail.com >
