Re: [PATCH] Remove empty ref directories that prevent creating a ref.

Christian Couder [off-list ref] writes:

+LF='
+'
+
+if [ -d "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ]
+then
+	OLD_IFS="$IFS"
+	IFS="$LF"
+	for refdir in `find "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" -type d | sort -r`
+	do
+		rmdir "$refdir" || \
+		    die "Could not delete '$refdir'," \
+		    "there may still be a ref there."
+	done
+	IFS="$OLD_IFS"
+fi

I was sort of expecting that you would do something like:

	for refdir in `cd "$GIT_DIR" &&
		        find "refs/heads/$branchname" -type d |
		        sort -r`
	do                        
		rmdir "$GIT_DIR/$refdir" ...

wihtout mucking with IFS ;-).