Why would you use .gitkeep?

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ano-ther · 1h ago

It’s usually easier to encourage your collaborators to use a consistent structure by giving them pre-named empty folders.

Also helps with tools that get applied to certain files/folders.

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Why would you use .gitkeep?

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