This still confuses me. Do you mean to say "use the .gitignore functionality, and check in the .gitkeep file"?

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akerl_ 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No. Use a .gitignore instead of .gitkeep. Instead of checking in build/.gitkeep, check in build/.gitignore.

	▲	dwattttt 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know that I like this approach. It certainly works, but it's not specifically what (people expect) a .gitignore file to be used for. That confusion isn't good: https://thecodelesscode.com/case/222 and https://thecodelesscode.com/case/223