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Modern git often tries to avoid leaving empty directories around when removing files. Originally, it did not bother. This behavior started with commit80e21a9ed8(merge-recursive::removeFile: remove empty directories, 2005-11-19), stating the reason simply as: When the last file in a directory is removed as the result of a merge, try to rmdir the now-empty directory. This was reimplemented in C and renamed to remove_path() in commite1b3a2cad7("Build-in merge-recursive", 2008-02-07), but was still internal to merge-recursive. This trend towards removing leading empty directories continued with commitd9b814cc97(Add builtin "git rm" command, 2006-05-19), which stated the reasoning as: The other question is what to do with leading directories. The old "git rm" script didn't do anything, which is somewhat inconsistent. This one will actually clean up directories that have become empty as a result of removing the last file, but maybe we want to have a flag to decide the behaviour? remove_path() in dir.c was added in4a92d1bfb7(Add remove_path: a function to remove as much as possible of a path, 2008-09-27), because it was noted that we had two separate implementations of the same idea AND both were buggy. It described the purpose of the function as a function to remove as much as possible of a path Why remove as much as possible? Well, at the time we probably would have said something like: * removing leading directories makes things feel tidy * removing leading directories doesn't hurt anything so long as they had no files in them. But I don't believe those reasons hold when the empty directory happens to be the current working directory we inherited from our parent process. Leaving the parent process in a deleted directory can cause user confusion when subsequent processes fail: any git command, for example, will immediately fail with fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory Other commands may similarly get confused. Modify remove_path() so that the empty leading directories it also deletes does not include the current working directory we inherited from our parent process. I have looked through every caller of remove_path() in the current codebase to make sure that all should take this change. Acked-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks