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Why would you use .gitkeep?

by joeblubaugh on 6/30/25, 5:13 AM with 1 comments

• by ano-ther on 6/30/25, 9:38 AM

  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.