version control - git and empty folders

Question

So I see Git doesn't recognize folders, or should I say when the only change between commits is addition of empty folders to the working tree they're not show in git status after git add ..

How would you handle the need to add empty folders to the working tree (for runtime storage) and have them be reflected/created when other repositories pull from the current repository (one in which the folders were added)?

Answer 1

I usually put a .gitignore in those directories as you likely want to ignore any runtime generated data anyway.