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Is that something I need a justification for? My version control system throws away stuff that I am trying store. I'd also prefer it not to throw away files staring with 'b'.
I've learned to make my programs pessimistic and recreate the file system if necessary. It surprised me a few times before I learned the quirks.
No, just curious. I have not encountered and could not imagine a use case.
Directories, in my mind, are meta-information about files, so it makes no sense to me to store an empty directory.
I may be missing context here, but I frequently create empty directories to guide future filing/sorting behavior.
The examples mentioned so far could be described as meta information about future intended files.