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The standard workaround to commit an empty directory in Git is to include a file inside it . One way to do this is to add a . gitignore file to ensure the directory gets tracked while remaining functionally empty of other files.

You can say git add <dir> and it will add the files in there. If you really need a directory to exist in checkouts you should create a file in it.

How to Add an Empty Directory in Git? · Step 1: Create New Directory · Step 2: Move to the New Directory · Step 3: Add a File to the Directory.

Create an empty file called . gitkeep in the directory, and git add it. This will be a hidden file on Unix-like systems by default but it will ...

You can not commit empty directories, containing no files, to a Git repository. What I usually do in such cases is to create a .gitkeep or a .gitignore file ...

The easiest way to add an empty directory to a Git repository is to create a placeholder file in the directory and add it to the repository.

Example: · 1. Navigate to the directory where you want to add the empty folder: · 2. Create an empty file inside the folder: · 3. Add the file ...

Use touch to create an empty file in any directory you want to keep in the repository. A common name for it is .gitkeep.

To get Git to recognize an empty directory, the unwritten rule is to put a file named .gitkeep in it. Git will see the .gitkeep file in the ...

How to Push an Empty Git Folder or Directory Example · Comments16. Mitravind Garg. Configuration files needs to be tracked and committed only ...