From: Mikhail <mp39590@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: got: rm * removes current directory
To: Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com>
Cc: gameoftrees@openbsd.org
Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 11:19:56 +0300

On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 10:15:53AM +0200, Omar Polo wrote:
> On 2023/05/27 10:58:41 +0300, Mikhail <mp39590@gmail.com> wrote:
> > core:~/work/got$ cd got
> > core:~/work/got/got$ ls
> > Makefile          git-repository.5  got-worktree.5    got.1
> > got.c             got.conf.5
> > core:~/work/got/got$ got rm *
> > D  got/Makefile
> > D  got/git-repository.5
> > D  got/got-worktree.5
> > D  got/got.1
> > D  got/got.c
> > D  got/got.conf.5
> > core:~/work/got/got$ ls
> > colorls: .: No such file or directory
> > core:~/work/got/got$ cd ..
> > core:~/work/got$ ls got
> > colorls: got: No such file or directory
> > 
> > git rm * removes only files, not current directory
> > 
> > in case this is a bug here is a test case:
> 
> Since git doesn't track directories, having 'got rm' removing empty
> directories seems a useful feature to me, even though having $PWD
> disappearing from under your feets is not nice.
> 
> However, what would be the value in keeping empty directories on-disk
> around?

I faced this when I was working on port - I needed to "got rm *" inside
patches/ and then I wanted to add my own patch files there.