jakub-g · April 3, 2015 15:31 · Apr 3, 2015
diff --git a/cleanEmptyFoldersRecursively.js b/cleanEmptyFoldersRecursively.js
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+
+  function cleanEmptyFoldersRecursively(folder) {
+    var fs = require('fs');
+    var path = require('path');
+
+    var isDir = fs.statSync(folder).isDirectory();
+    if (!isDir) {
+      return;
+    }
+    var files = fs.readdirSync(folder);
+    if (files.length > 0) {
+      files.forEach(function(file) {
+        var fullPath = path.join(folder, file);
+        cleanEmptyFoldersRecursively(fullPath);
+      });
+
+      // re-evaluate files; after deleting subfolder
+      // we may have parent folder empty now
+      files = fs.readdirSync(folder);
+    }
+
+    if (files.length == 0) {
+      console.log("removing: ", folder);
+      fs.rmdirSync(folder);
+      return;
+    }
+  }