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		pif on March 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twenty years is nothing > almost all development conventions mandate directory intentionally kept empty or to exist before their contents exist Never heard about this, nor can I imagine what purpose it could serve.

BlueTemplar on March 5, 2024 [–]

As an aside, aren't folders in *nix also files ? So how did this happen with git, written by Linus ??

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