diff --git a/build/.gitkeep b/build/.gitkeep
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65df063943986e0bdf4c4ecf5e822d953a402fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/.gitkeep
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+Git can only track files and not directory.
+
+Therefore this file is added to all empty directories
+which need to be available after a Git clone.