1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-merge-recursive.py b/git-merge-recursive.py
index d7d36aa..0129233 100755
--- a/git-merge-recursive.py
+++ b/git-merge-recursive.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def updateFileExt(sha, mode, path, updateCache, updateWd):
 
             try:
                 createDir = not stat.S_ISDIR(os.lstat(p).st_mode)
-            except: 
+            except OSError:
                 createDir = True
             
             if createDir:
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ def removeFile(clean, path):
         except OSError, e:
             if e.errno != errno.ENOENT and e.errno != errno.EISDIR:
                 raise
+        try:
+            os.removedirs(os.path.dirname(path))
+        except OSError:
+            pass
 
 def uniquePath(path, branch):
     def fileExists(path):