How do i configure git to keep empty folders in my repository?

giraffelife

Git does not track empty folder so many developers, create a .gitkeep file inside empty folders to keep track of the folders.

$ mkdir trainers tshirt watch water

However git does not see the directory.

$ ls
trainers  tshirt  watch  README.md  water
$ git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working directory clean

If you create an empty file in each directory called .gitkeep it will start tracking the directory.

$ touch trainers/.gitkeep tshirt/.gitkeep watch/.gitkeep water/.gitkeep

$ git status
On branch master
Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

	trainers/
	tshirt/
	watch/
	water/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Now add them to the repository

$ git status
On branch master
Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

	trainers/
	tshirt/
	watch/
	water/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Commit them

$ git commit -m "Created some directories"
[master 4be0f9b] Created some directories
 4 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 trainers/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 tshirt/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 watch/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 water/.gitkeep