[Bug 1758963] [NEW] Please don't ship empty directories in the source package

[Balint Reczey]

Public bug reported:

Empty directories can't be stored in Git, which is a very popular
version control system for maintaining source packages.

Keeping the empty directory in the source package prevent others from
easily contributing to the package by importing it in full to a local
repository, making changes, then generating an updated source package
with tools like git-buildpackage. In that workflow the empty directory
would be lost potentially causing errors if the installed binary package
relied on it or causing autopkgtest failures if tests used it.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Please don't ship empty directories in the source package

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Empty directories can't be stored in Git, which is a very popular
  version control system for maintaining source packages.

  Keeping the empty directory in the source package prevent others from
  easily contributing to the package by importing it in full to a local
  repository, making changes, then generating an updated source package
  with tools like git-buildpackage. In that workflow the empty directory
  would be lost potentially causing errors if the installed binary
  package relied on it or causing autopkgtest failures if tests used it.

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