subdirectories (empty ones) are not pushed to git repo

Question

I'm setting up the skeleton for my project, so I created some directories like this under my project root directory:

+src
  |
  +--- etc
  |     +--header.txt
  |
  +--- main
  |     |
  |     +--- java
  |     |
  |     +--- resources
  |
  +--- test
        |
        +--- java
        |
        +--- resources

I committed and push the changes but on my github repo web UI, I only see src/etc

src/main and src/test are not present!!!

Does git NOT allow pushing empty directories? Is there any way to force this?

Thanks

See here: [How do I add an empty directory to a git repository](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/115983/how-do-i-add-an-empty-directory-to-a-git-repository) — Grzegorz, Feb 16 '13 at 21:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '13 at 21:24

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Git does not track directories explicitly, but only tracks files. It therefore cannot track empty directories.

answered Feb 16 '13 at 21:24

Nevik Rehnel

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '13 at 23:20

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You could create a dummy file in the empty directories you wish to push. Add that file to your repo and the directories will come along for the ride...

answered Feb 16 '13 at 23:20

Gavin

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subdirectories (empty ones) are not pushed to git repo

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