directory mysteriously ignored

[Yakov Lerner]

On 7/15/07, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 15/07/07, Yakov Lerner <iler.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The ignored directory contains following fils:
> >
> > % find saved-dotfiles-old-expand
> > saved-dotfiles-old-expand
> > saved-dotfiles-old-expand/dotvim_dir
> > saved-dotfiles-old-expand/dotvim_dir/.vim
> > saved-dotfiles-old-expand/dotvim_dir/.vim/colors
> > saved-dotfiles-old-expand/dotvim_dir/.vim/plugin
>
> They look like directories to me, rather than files. Does find ! -type
> d (something like that, I can't recall the exact syntax) show
> anything? If not, there are no *files* to track, and so the
> *directories* won't appear (as hg does not track directories per se).


You are right, those are all directories.

Is there recommended name for an empty
placeholder file to keep  empty directories from disappearing  ?
'.keepdir' or something ?

Yakov
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