Creating hidden dummy files in empty directories for git

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Tags: bash, Git, Linux, Symfony
Datum: 19.12.2010 12:18:48

When working with symfony and git I often missed empty directories auto generated by symfony on the first commits, which would later be used or needed only for running the app (cache/log), but not having them in vcs for later use annoyed me. So a simple one liner allows you to create an empty .sf-file in each empty directory ignoring empty folders in .git-folders. 

find ./ -type d -empty |grep -v '/.git/' | xargs -i touch "{}/.sf"

if you leave away the xargs part (| xargs -i touch "{}/.sf") 

find ./ -type d -empty | grep -v '/.git/'
you can see a list of the empty directories.

Directories where that can happen:

  • test/fixtures/project
  • modules-directoriesi
  • 18n-directories.

  • And if you want to delete all .sf in a directory: 

    find ./ -type f -name ".sf" -exec rm {} \;

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