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Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
git-clean(1)
============
NAME
----
git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
Add -e/--exclude to git-clean. With the -e/--exclude option for git-clean, a user can specify files that they haven't yet told git about, but either need for a short amount of time or plan to tell git about them later. This allows one to still use git-clean while these files are around without losing data. Signed-off-by: Jared Hance <jaredhance@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-07-20 19:35:56 +00:00
'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Documentation: git-clean: make description more readable The existing text is a little bit awkward. This rewrites the description section to be more readable and friendly. Signed-off-by: Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-04-25 15:13:41 +00:00
git-clean doc: the command only affects paths under $(cwd) Fredrik Skolmli and Thomas Rast noticed that it was left unstated that "git clean" ran from a subdirectory will not affect anything outside it, with or without path limiters. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-05-06 17:48:26 +00:00
Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
under version control, starting from the current directory.
Documentation: git-clean: make description more readable The existing text is a little bit awkward. This rewrites the description section to be more readable and friendly. Signed-off-by: Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-04-25 15:13:41 +00:00
Normally, only files unknown to git are removed, but if the '-x'
option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for
example, be useful to remove all build products.
Make the DESCRIPTION match <x>... items in the SYNOPSIS When the SYNOPSIS says e.g. "<path>...", it is nice if the DESCRIPTION also mentions "<path>..." and says the specified "paths" (note plural) are used for $whatever. This fixes the obvious mismatches. Signed-off-by: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@toroid.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-30 09:33:43 +00:00
If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths
are affected.
Teach git-clean optional <paths>... parameters. When optional paths arguments are given, git-clean passes them to underlying git-ls-files; with this, you can say: git clean 'temp-*' to clean only the garbage files whose names begin with 'temp-'. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
2006-05-08 19:02:44 +00:00
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
OPTIONS
-------
-d::
Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
clean: require double -f options to nuke nested git repository and work tree When you have an embedded git work tree in your work tree (be it an orphaned submodule, or an independent checkout of an unrelated project), "git clean -d -f" blindly descended into it and removed everything. This is rarely what the user wants. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-06-30 22:33:45 +00:00
If an untracked directory is managed by a different git
repository, it is not removed by default. Use -f option twice
if you really want to remove such a directory.
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
Add clean.requireForce option, and add -f option to git-clean to override it Add a new configuration option clean.requireForce. If set, git-clean will refuse to run, unless forced with the new -f option, or not acting due to -n. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-24 00:18:16 +00:00
-f::
UI consistency: allow --force for where -f means force git branch, checkout, clean, mv and tag all have an option -f to override certain checks. This patch makes them accept the long option --force as a synonym. While we're at it, document that checkout support --quiet as synonym for its short option -q. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-08-29 09:05:00 +00:00
--force::
git-clean: fix the description of the default behavior Currently, when called without -n and -f, git clean issues fatal: clean.requireForce not set and -n or -f not given; refusing to clean which leaves the user wondering why force is required when requireForce is not set. Looking up in git-clean(1) does not help because its description is wrong. Change it so that git clean issues fatal: clean.requireForce defaults to true and -n or -f not given; refusing to clean in this situation (and "...set to true..." when it is set) which makes it clearer that an unset config means true here, and adjust the documentation. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-02-04 16:01:16 +00:00
If the git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set
to false, 'git clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
Add clean.requireForce option, and add -f option to git-clean to override it Add a new configuration option clean.requireForce. If set, git-clean will refuse to run, unless forced with the new -f option, or not acting due to -n. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-24 00:18:16 +00:00
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
-n::
Docs: add some long/short options Namely: git-clean.txt: --dry-run --quiet git-count-objects.txt: --verbose git-quiltimport.txt: -n git-remote.txt: -v --verbose Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-08 01:36:10 +00:00
--dry-run::
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
-q::
Docs: add some long/short options Namely: git-clean.txt: --dry-run --quiet git-count-objects.txt: --verbose git-quiltimport.txt: -n git-remote.txt: -v --verbose Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-08 01:36:10 +00:00
--quiet::
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
successfully removed.
Add -e/--exclude to git-clean. With the -e/--exclude option for git-clean, a user can specify files that they haven't yet told git about, but either need for a short amount of time or plan to tell git about them later. This allows one to still use git-clean while these files are around without losing data. Signed-off-by: Jared Hance <jaredhance@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-07-20 19:35:56 +00:00
-e <pattern>::
--exclude=<pattern>::
Documentation: clarify "git clean -e <pattern>" The current explanation of -e can be misread as allowing the user to say I know 'git clean -XYZ' (substitute -XYZ with any option and/or parameter) will remove paths A, B, and C, and I want them all removed except for paths matching this pattern by adding '-e C' to the same command line, i.e. 'git clean -e C -XYZ'. But that is not what this option does. It augments the set of ignore rules from the command line, just like the same "-e <pattern>" argument does with the "ls-files" command (the user could probably pass "-e \!C" to tell the command to clean everything the command would normally remove, except for C). Also error out when both -x and -e are given with an explanation of what -e means---it is a symptom of misunderstanding what -e does. It also fixes small style nit in the parameter to add_exclude() call. The current code only works because EXC_CMDL happens to be defined as 0. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-25 18:29:57 +00:00
In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and
$GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider these patterns to be in the
set of the ignore rules in effect.
Add -e/--exclude to git-clean. With the -e/--exclude option for git-clean, a user can specify files that they haven't yet told git about, but either need for a short amount of time or plan to tell git about them later. This allows one to still use git-clean while these files are around without losing data. Signed-off-by: Jared Hance <jaredhance@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-07-20 19:35:56 +00:00
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
-x::
Documentation: clarify "git clean -e <pattern>" The current explanation of -e can be misread as allowing the user to say I know 'git clean -XYZ' (substitute -XYZ with any option and/or parameter) will remove paths A, B, and C, and I want them all removed except for paths matching this pattern by adding '-e C' to the same command line, i.e. 'git clean -e C -XYZ'. But that is not what this option does. It augments the set of ignore rules from the command line, just like the same "-e <pattern>" argument does with the "ls-files" command (the user could probably pass "-e \!C" to tell the command to clean everything the command would normally remove, except for C). Also error out when both -x and -e are given with an explanation of what -e means---it is a symptom of misunderstanding what -e does. It also fixes small style nit in the parameter to add_exclude() call. The current code only works because EXC_CMDL happens to be defined as 0. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-25 18:29:57 +00:00
Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per
directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore
rules given with `-e` options. This allows removing all untracked
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout The documentation was quite inconsistent when spelling 'git cmd' if it only refers to the program, not to some specific invocation syntax: both 'git-cmd' and 'git cmd' spellings exist. The current trend goes towards dashless forms, and there is precedent in 647ac70 (git-svn.txt: stop using dash-form of commands., 2009-07-07) to actively eliminate the dashed variants. Replace 'git-cmd' with 'git cmd' throughout, except where git-shell, git-cvsserver, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack, and git-upload-archive are concerned, because those really live in the $PATH.
2010-01-09 23:33:00 +00:00
conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine
Add git-clean command This command removes untracked files from the working tree. This implementation is based on cg-clean with some simplifications. The documentation is included. [jc: with trivial documentation fix, noticed by Jakub Narebski] Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-04-05 06:00:48 +00:00
working directory to test a clean build.
-X::
Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
GIT
---
documentation: move git(7) to git(1) As the "git" man page describes the "git" command at the end-user level, it seems better to move it to man section 1. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-06 07:07:32 +00:00
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