.keep in the migrations directory

[wt]

I've noticed that there is a file named .keep in the migration directory after running diesel setup. Since it seems to be there only to make git keep the directory tracked, does it need to be in source control after the migrations directory has any files in it?

Also, I also noticed that diesel setup automatically creates the first migration with the functions/triggers for the migration table. Since those exist from the time diesel setup is run, does that .keep file even need to be generated anymore? As a newbie to diesel, it seems pointless unless there is some other reason for that file.

[weiznich]

It's up to you if you keep this file after the first migration was added. Strictly speaking it's not necessary at that point anymore.

We still generate this file as it's possible for diesel-cli to not generate default migrations if that's requested by a cli flag or because there are just no default migrations for the given backend. We would likely accept a PR that removes generating this file if there is a default migration.

[wt]

Thanks, just making sure before I deleted it.