git-svn doesn't fetch an empty directory with svn:externals

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git-svn doesn't fetch an empty directory with svn:externals

From: Michel Jouvin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:00

Hi,

I'm running in a problem when trying to fetch a SVN repository branch that 
contains an empty directory with a SVN property svn:externals attached. This 
directory is missing in the Git repository/checkout. I was unable to find an 
option to have it added. I'd like to get it added to readd the externals using 
the trick described in http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/5/1/245002. 
Without it, I have to recreate it in git, add it to .gitignore... which is 
painful.

BTW, I didn't find any documentation on empty dirs handling by git-svn. They 
seems to be often removed which is not always desirable. Are they options 
related to this?

Cheers,

Michel

Re: git-svn doesn't fetch an empty directory with svn:externals

From: Erik Faye-Lund <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:00

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Michel Jouvin [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi,

I'm running in a problem when trying to fetch a SVN repository branch that
contains an empty directory with a SVN property svn:externals attached. This
directory is missing in the Git repository/checkout. I was unable to find an
option to have it added. I'd like to get it added to readd the externals using
the trick described in http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/5/1/245002.
Without it, I have to recreate it in git, add it to .gitignore... which is
painful.

BTW, I didn't find any documentation on empty dirs handling by git-svn. They
seems to be often removed which is not always desirable. Are they options
related to this?
I don't think this is git-svn's fault, but simply that git doesn't
track directories (just files). I guess git-svn could create some sort
of place-holder files in empty folders, but currently it doesn't
AFAIK.

-- 
Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund
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