Tower (Git client) not cloning all directories to the local machine from the remote repository

I have an issue with a new remote repository that when cloned using Tower, doesn't clone all the directories.

When I created the remote repository, I did the following:

1. Created a .gitignore file containing the following line

   files/cache/*

2. Then ran:

   git init git add . git commit

3. I then cloned the remote repository to my local machine using a Mac OSX git client called Tower but noticed that many of the directories did not clone.

When I go back and look at my terminal session on the webserver, I can see the directories that weren't cloned listed after the initial commit - I see a whole bunch of lines that look like this:

create mode 10644 directory-name/path/to/file.php
create mode 10644 directory-name/path/file.php
create mode 10644 directory-name/path/to/file.php
create mode 10644 directory-name/path/file.php

So I'm guessing they were added but I'm also wondering if my .gitignore file is not setup right and is conflicting with Tower somehow?

I tried the .gitignore file a couple of ways, firstly like this:

files/cache/*

then like this:

files/cache/

After changing it to the second one, I ran git add -A (which didn't seem to add anything new) 开发者_StackOverflow社区on the server and pulled the repo down using Tower again - but no luck.

Not sure if this is Git or Tower or both - not sure what I'm doing wrong, sorry.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Ben

Don't forget that git won't add (and clone) empty directories.
(or directories with ignored content, making them empty for Git)

See:

• "Does git ignore empty folders?"
• "How do I add an empty directory to a git repository?"