On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 at 09:39, Giles Orr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
The worst case I've seen is 'git', and this is what's brought me back to this puzzle. If you're in a directory and you 'git rm' the last file in the directory, 'git' will helpfully delete the directory as well. Never mind that you're still in the directory, and are now in the very confusing position of being in a non-existent directory.
Huh. I just experienced this situation for (as far as I can tell) the very first time about 1/2h ago. I was in a directory, did a merge that got rid of the only file in $PWD, and found myself in that somewhat odd place. I wasn't overly confused at it; I realized that a broadly reasonable thing was happening. But yeah, it was strange. I was in zsh rather than bash; that made little difference in the matter. I had a strange looking prompt, but all resolved fine.