From 340e4f88c083b0692e6554b1c2c27fd43c7cc8d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:34:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Remove empty directories after read-tree -u. This fixes everybody's favorite gripe that switching branche with 'git checkout' leaves empty directories. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- read-tree.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/read-tree.c b/read-tree.c index 5fdf58d240..6a456ae611 100644 --- a/read-tree.c +++ b/read-tree.c @@ -237,6 +237,35 @@ static void reject_merge(struct cache_entry *ce) ce->name); } +/* Unlink the last component and attempt to remove leading + * directories, in case this unlink is the removal of the + * last entry in the directory -- empty directories are removed. + */ +static void unlink_entry(char *name) +{ + char *cp, *prev; + + if (unlink(name)) + return; + prev = NULL; + while (1) { + int status; + cp = strrchr(name, '/'); + if (prev) + *prev = '/'; + if (!cp) + break; + + *cp = 0; + status = rmdir(name); + if (status) { + *cp = '/'; + break; + } + prev = cp; + } +} + static void check_updates(struct cache_entry **src, int nr) { static struct checkout state = { @@ -250,7 +279,7 @@ static void check_updates(struct cache_entry **src, int nr) struct cache_entry *ce = *src++; if (!ce->ce_mode) { if (update) - unlink(ce->name); + unlink_entry(ce->name); continue; } if (ce->ce_flags & mask) { -- 2.47.1