git and empty folders

git, version-control

Solution

People often put an empty file as a placeholder in the folder to overcome that limitation...

Problem

So I see Git doesn't recognize folders, or should I say when the only change between commits is addition of empty folders to the working tree they're not show in `git status` after `git add .`. How would you handle the need to add empty folders to the working tree (for runtime storage) and have them be reflected/created when other repositories pull from the current repository (one in which the folders were added)?

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