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Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:

> The library does not have a function to remove a directory document
> for a path. Usually this doesn't matter except for a slight waste of
> space. However, if the same directory gets added to the filesystem
> again, the old directory document is found with the old mtime. Reset
> the directory mtime on removal to avoid problems.
>


pushed to master.

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