The Scp task should support includeEmptyDirs as does the copy task.

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C:/Java/ant/ant-core/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/Scp.java
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C:/Java/ant/ant-core/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/Scp.java
(revision 383811)
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C:/Java/ant/ant-core/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/Scp.java
(working copy)
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
     private String fromUri;
     private String toUri;
+    private boolean includeEmptyDirs ;
     private List fileSets = null;
     private boolean isFromRemote, isToRemote;
 
@@ -319,6 +320,15 @@
         DirectoryScanner scanner = set.getDirectoryScanner(getProject());
         Directory root = new Directory(scanner.getBasedir());
         String[] files = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
+
+        if (includeEmptyDirs) {
+        	String[] dirs = scanner.getIncludedDirectories();
+        	ArrayList<String> filesAndDirList = new ArrayList<String>() ;
+        	filesAndDirList.addAll(Arrays.asList(dirs)) ;
+        	filesAndDirList.addAll(Arrays.asList(files)) ;
+        	files = filesAndDirList.toArray(new String[] {}) ;
+        }
+
         if (files.length != 0) {
             for (int j = 0; j < files.length; j++) {
                 String[] path = Directory.getPath(files[j]);
@@ -341,4 +351,12 @@
         }
         return root;
     }
+
+    public boolean getIncludeEmptyDirs() {
+		return includeEmptyDirs;
+	}
+
+    public void setIncludeEmptyDirs(boolean includeEmptyDirs) {
+		this.includeEmptyDirs = includeEmptyDirs;
+	}
 }