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user5721897
user5721897

Reputation:

Git deleting files from remote

I have a website. Users can add a picture their profile. So, my website keeping these files in a folder. But, my local git clone only has this image folder without images inside.

When I use "git push" command, it's working great but deleting all images added by users.. How can I solve this problem? [Or, how can I add images (added by users) to git tracking?]

(I'm using openShift)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 125

Answers (3)

fat fantasma
fat fantasma

Reputation: 7613

You need to use the OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR to save persistent files. Use a symlink in link it to one of your folders in the repo.

Edit

post_deploy example

#!/bin/bash
echo ".................Starting 'post_deploy' Action Hook..................................."
echo ".................attempting 'uploads' setting up symlink........................"
echo "................................................................................"
cd $OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR/<path to static folder>
ln -s $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/uploads uploads
echo ".................creating 'uploads' completed........................"
echo "................................................................................"

Upvotes: 1

Arjan
Arjan

Reputation: 9884

Git works on files, not on folders. And if a folder does not contain any files, git assumes the folder itself should not be present either.

The most commonly used solution is an empty file .gitkeep in the folder that needs to remain. Then, in .gitignore, you add the following:

images_folder/*
!images_folder/.gitkeep

This tells git to ignore all files in the images folder, except for the one file named .gitkeep. (So that file must be committed too.) Then there's no reason for git to remove the folder, so your images will remain.

Upvotes: 0

ettanany
ettanany

Reputation: 19816

You can either skip that folder when you run git add command or the better add it to .gitignore file like this:

your_folder/*

Upvotes: 0

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