What are .keep and .gitkeep used for in Git?

Question

What is the difference between keep and gitkeep in Git? How can I use them?

Answer 1

Git does not allow the storage of empty directory.
Adding a file in that folder allows the commit and push of the directory structure.
This is needed if the team pre-defines a folder structure for a project, but there is no files in there yet.

It can be any name, .gitkeep or .keep is just a convention.

When the file name start with a dot '.', it is not confused with future normal files, and is even hidden when listing the content of the folder with command ls (on Linux or MacOsx)

Answer 2

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7229885/what-are-the-differences-between-gitignore-and-gitkeep

Answer 3

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