Git checkout/pull doesn't remove directories?

Question

I\'ve got my repo @ github. I did some work at home and pushed it to github. It involved some deleting of files and directories. Now I\'m on my work box, which had a copy of

Answer 1

Git doesn't track directories, so it won't remove ones that become empty as a result of a merge or other change. However, you can use git clean -fd to remove untracked directories (the -fd flag means force removal of untracked files and directories).