Don't create .gitkeep files, use .gitignore instead : hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se

Don't create .gitkeep files, use .gitignore instead (adamj.eu)

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That seems obvious as fuck.

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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

It's talking about how to track empty directories. Maybe I'm just lazy, but I just throw a readme or something in an empty directory if I want it tracked.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

touch me.txt

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[–] nous@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

Why do this at all. Design your tools and systems to create directories in the repo that are needed if they don't exist.