How to add an empty directory to a Git repository?

1 Answer

answered Jan 7, 2021 by JackTerrance

Make a directory stay (almost) empty (in the repository) is to create a .gitignore file inside that directory that contains these four lines:

# Ignore everything in this directory
*
# Except this file
!.gitignore

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