I wrote small script to repair it. Place file named 'repair.py' in
root of web2py and paste the source from here: 
http://pagenoare.net/paste/default/show/20
It checks and if some directory misses, it'll create it :)

On Jan 17, 4:51 am, BigBaaadBob <w...@rwwa.com> wrote:
> I just want to point out, for those who do not know git, that it isn't
> necessary to use github to use git.  By using git-svn ( the "git svn"
> command) you can directly track the Google svn repo.  Some may prefer
> using the github repo and some (like I do) may prefer to track the
> Google svn repo.  Github is really handy for teams that primarily
> collaborate using git, but here it seems that most of the
> collaboration is via svn or bzr.
>
> On Jan 16, 9:18 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > doh - see how tired I am?  ceej wrote in this thread... sorry for all my
> > noise...
>
> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It looks like ceej maintains this mirror - I've sent him an email about
> > > this so he can take care of it.
>
> > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > >> The person maintaining the github repository should just do this;
> > >> It doesn't look like github has an issue tracker (shame), so you can't
> > >> really report this to the mirror maintainer...
>
> > >> I've edited that wiki, and put a warning in it (I'm sure someone will be
> > >> unhappy, but oh, well!)
>
> > >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Yarko Tymciurak 
> > >> <yark...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > >>> Of course, if it were I - I would not put empty placeholder files in my
> > >>> master if I did not need to, nor useless init files ....
> > >>> We who mirror where that is needed can write our own scripts to hold
> > >>> those directories (by putting empty files in;  I wouldn't do the other 
> > >>> way
> > >>> around, as the whole point of web2py is no setup - and changed code 
> > >>> is...
> > >>> well, changed code).
>
> > >>> Your mileage may vary.....
>
> > >>> Y.
>
> > >>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Yarko Tymciurak 
> > >>> <yark...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > >>>> bazaar and svn version directories and files;cvs andmercurialand git
> > >>>> do not;
>
> > >>>> To "hold" directories (since they are not really versioned) you need to
> > >>>> put an empty file in them.
>
> > >>>> You can see how I handled it formercurialby looking at the repository
> > >>>> athttp://bitbucket.org/yarko/web2py/
>
> > >>>> (you don't have to usemercurial- you can just get a zip or tar file -
> > >>>> see upper-right).
>
> > >>>> Massimo - perhaps you could (just as a service to the community that
> > >>>> uses other repositories) include / merge in "empty, directory 
> > >>>> place-holder"
> > >>>> files for those that use other repositories?   It's not strictly 
> > >>>> necessary,
> > >>>> but then the mirrors would at least look the same, and be comparable 
> > >>>> with
> > >>>> tools.
>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Yarko
>
> > >>>> I've been a little busy, so I haven't updated in the past week, but
> > >>>> likely will this weekend....
>
> > >>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:53 PM, BigBaaadBob <w...@rwwa.com> wrote:
>
> > >>>>> Massimo:
>
> > >>>>> I'm curious on your thoughts here.  I'd like to use git and track your
> > >>>>> Google repo because I think that is the authoritative one.   There are
> > >>>>> options:
>
> > >>>>> * If you make the currently empty directories non-empty (by adding
> > >>>>> a .something file or something) this will "just work".
>
> > >>>>> * I can cause the empty directories to be created somehow and publish
> > >>>>> that for other git users (tracking svn) could do the same.  This could
> > >>>>> even be automated somehow.
>
> > >>>>> I understand that you might not want to do things to support a SCM you
> > >>>>> don't use.
>
> > >>>>> On Jan 16, 9:50 am, BigBaaadBob <w...@rwwa.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> > Ceej:  I'm using git-svn to track Massimo's SVN repo directly.
>
> > >>>>> > It is probably just me, but I prefer to track the authoritative
> > >>>>> > repo.   I worry if different repos have the different "trunk"
> > >>>>> > content.  I know you are only talking about .gitignore files but it
> > >>>>> > feels like a slippery slope to me.
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