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Created January 8, 2014 05:42
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Create empty gitkeep files in directories that are empty
find . -type d -empty -exec touch {}/.gitkeep \;
@sivakumar-kailasam
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find . -type d -empty -not -path '*/\.*' -exec touch {}/.gitkeep \; will ignore empty directories inside the .git folder 😄

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what about in Windows ? how to do it ?

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i have used/ installed cygwin :)

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