1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 83f46c0fb4..d6a5d03bec 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -504,7 +504,11 @@ int get_sparse_checkout_patterns(struct pattern_list *pl);
  */
 int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int flag);
 
-/* tries to remove the path with empty directories along it, ignores ENOENT */
+/*
+ * Tries to remove the path, along with leading empty directories so long as
+ * those empty directories are not startup_info->original_cwd.  Ignores
+ * ENOENT.
+ */
 int remove_path(const char *path);
 
 int fspathcmp(const char *a, const char *b);