From 397c76697f898e0341699fba8ef783f3342329c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:50:44 -0800
Subject: merge-one-file: remove empty directories

When the last file in a directory is removed as the result of a
merge, try to rmdir the now-empty directory.

[jc: We probably could use "rmdir -p", but for now we do that by
hand for portability.]

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/git-merge-one-file.sh b/git-merge-one-file.sh
index b08597d..b285990 100755
--- a/git-merge-one-file.sh
+++ b/git-merge-one-file.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
 		echo "Removing $4"
 	fi
 	if test -f "$4"; then
-		rm -f -- "$4"
+		rm -f -- "$4" &&
+		dn="$4" &&
+		while dn=$(expr "$dn" : '\(.*\)/') && rmdir "$dn" 2>/dev/null
+		do
+			:;
+		done
 	fi &&
 		exec git-update-index --remove -- "$4"
 	;;
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