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create .keep files for empty directories currently ignored by git
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#!/bin/bash
# create .keep files for empty directories currently ignored by git
# run git clean -nd to see which directories are empty and therefore ignored by git currently
# run git keep to add these directories by adding a .keep file
# see this discussion http://stackoverflow.com/questions/115983/how-do-i-add-an-empty-directory-to-a-git-repository/21422128#21422128
git clean -nd | awk '{ print $3 }' | xargs -L1 -I{} touch {}.keep
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