Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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How to make git keep empty directories

#scm
#git

Create a file called .gitkeep - which is the standard.

foobar/.gitkeep

Use .keep if you want to be SCM agnostic

#scm
#git

Written by Kristian Lewis Jones

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