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  1. nucklearproject revised this gist Nov 7, 2012. 1 changed file with 6 additions and 6 deletions.
    12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions Recursively add .gitignore files to empty dirs
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    # Recursively add a .gitignore file to all directories
    # in the working directory which are empty and don't
    # start with a dot. Helpful for tracking empty dirs
    # in a git repository.
    for i in $(find . -type d -regex ``./[^.].*'' -empty); do touch $i"/.gitignore"; done;
    # Recursively add a .gitignore file to all directories
    # in the working directory which are empty and don't
    # start with a dot. Helpful for tracking empty dirs
    # in a git repository.

    find . -type d -regex ``./[^.].*'' -empty -exec touch {}"/.gitignore" \;
  2. @justinfrench justinfrench revised this gist Oct 22, 2008. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 3 deletions.
    4 changes: 1 addition & 3 deletions Recursively add .gitignore files to empty dirs
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    # start with a dot. Helpful for tracking empty dirs
    # in a git repository.

    for i in $(find . -type d -regex ``./[^.].*'' -empty); do
    touch $i"/.gitignore";
    done;
    for i in $(find . -type d -regex ``./[^.].*'' -empty); do touch $i"/.gitignore"; done;
  3. @justinfrench justinfrench created this gist Oct 22, 2008.
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    # Recursively add a .gitignore file to all directories
    # in the working directory which are empty and don't
    # start with a dot. Helpful for tracking empty dirs
    # in a git repository.

    for i in $(find . -type d -regex ``./[^.].*'' -empty); do
    touch $i"/.gitignore";
    done;