How to add an empty directory to a remote git repository?

Question

I have a PHP application that needs to upload photos to a remote directory, but this directory needs to be created earlier in the repository so that these files can be uploaded.

But when I send this empty directory, the repository does not recognize.

How can I send an empty directory to the git remote repository?

Answer 1

Git doesn’t allow empty directories. But you can generate a hidden file within the directory to upload that directory.

Most people do this procedure by generating a file called .gitignore

This way, if the directory date is empty, you can still upload the directory, with the following command line:

touch data/.gitignore

Then performing the command git commit -a your remote repository will be updated with the hidden file inside the desired directory.

Answer 2

The archive .gitkeep, which can be used in your project when, for several different reasons you want to create an empty directory and commit it at a certain point of development. Ex: When you create a directory to save files like photos, Pdfs and so on...

The archive .gitkeep is only a convention between developers, there being no mention of this (to date) on the site git officer, but as it is a standard among developers, it serves for you to "pass a message" to others who will see your project in the future.

Create within your project the directory you want to commit and within this directory create a file called . gitkeep, leaving something like this...

project-dir/
├── .git
├── other-dir
└── untracked-dir
    └── .gitkeep

Okay, now you can run the commands git add [seus arquivos] and git commit -m [mensagem de commit]. Now when another developer comes across this file he will know what it is about!