git: worktree: check for empty parent dirs during Reset (Fixes #670) (#671)

When we delete dir1/dir2/file1, we currently check if dir2 becomes
empty with the deletion of file1, and if so, we delete dir2.  If
dir1 becomes empty with the deletion of dir2, we don't notice that,
and dir1 is left behind.

This commit adds a loop to check each parent directory in the file
path for emptiness, removing empty directories along the way until
a non-empty directory is found (or an error occurs).

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/worktree.go b/worktree.go
index 02f90a9..d28ba32 100644
--- a/worktree.go
+++ b/worktree.go
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func (w *Worktree) checkoutChange(ch merkletrie.Change, t *object.Tree, idx *ind
 
 		isSubmodule = e.Mode == filemode.Submodule
 	case merkletrie.Delete:
-		return rmFileAndDirIfEmpty(w.Filesystem, ch.From.String())
+		return rmFileAndDirsIfEmpty(w.Filesystem, ch.From.String())
 	}
 
 	if isSubmodule {
@@ -778,8 +778,10 @@ func (w *Worktree) doClean(status Status, opts *CleanOptions, dir string, files
 	}
 
 	if opts.Dir && dir != "" {
-		return doCleanDirectories(w.Filesystem, dir)
+		_, err := removeDirIfEmpty(w.Filesystem, dir)
+		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -920,25 +922,52 @@ func findMatchInFile(file *object.File, treeName string, opts *GrepOptions) ([]G
 	return grepResults, nil
 }
 
-func rmFileAndDirIfEmpty(fs billy.Filesystem, name string) error {
+// will walk up the directory tree removing all encountered empty
+// directories, not just the one containing this file
+func rmFileAndDirsIfEmpty(fs billy.Filesystem, name string) error {
 	if err := util.RemoveAll(fs, name); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	dir := filepath.Dir(name)
-	return doCleanDirectories(fs, dir)
+	for {
+		removed, err := removeDirIfEmpty(fs, dir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if !removed {
+			// directory was not empty and not removed,
+			// stop checking parents
+			break
+		}
+
+		// move to parent directory
+		dir = filepath.Dir(dir)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
-// doCleanDirectories removes empty subdirs (without files)
-func doCleanDirectories(fs billy.Filesystem, dir string) error {
+// removeDirIfEmpty will remove the supplied directory `dir` if
+// `dir` is empty
+// returns true if the directory was removed
+func removeDirIfEmpty(fs billy.Filesystem, dir string) (bool, error) {
 	files, err := fs.ReadDir(dir)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return false, err
 	}
-	if len(files) == 0 {
-		return fs.Remove(dir)
+
+	if len(files) > 0 {
+		return false, nil
 	}
-	return nil
+
+	err = fs.Remove(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 type indexBuilder struct {