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git-clean(1)
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============
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NAME
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----
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git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
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under version control, starting from the current directory.
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Normally, only files unknown to Git are removed, but if the `-x`
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option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for
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example, be useful to remove all build products.
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If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths
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are affected.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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-d::
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Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
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If an untracked directory is managed by a different Git
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repository, it is not removed by default. Use -f option twice
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if you really want to remove such a directory.
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-f::
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--force::
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If the Git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set
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to false, 'git clean' will refuse to delete files or directories
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unless given -f, -n or -i. Git will refuse to delete directories
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with .git sub directory or file unless a second -f
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is given.
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-i::
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--interactive::
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Show what would be done and clean files interactively. See
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``Interactive mode'' for details.
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-n::
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--dry-run::
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Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
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-q::
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--quiet::
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Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
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successfully removed.
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-e <pattern>::
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--exclude=<pattern>::
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In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and
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$GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider these patterns to be in the
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set of the ignore rules in effect.
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-x::
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Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per
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directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore
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rules given with `-e` options. This allows removing all untracked
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files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
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conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine
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working directory to test a clean build.
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-X::
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Remove only files ignored by Git. This may be useful to rebuild
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everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
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Interactive mode
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When the command enters the interactive mode, it shows the
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files and directories to be cleaned, and goes into its
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interactive command loop.
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The command loop shows the list of subcommands available, and
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gives a prompt "What now> ". In general, when the prompt ends
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with a single '>', you can pick only one of the choices given
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and type return, like this:
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*** Commands ***
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1: clean 2: filter by pattern 3: select by numbers
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4: ask each 5: quit 6: help
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What now> 1
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------------
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You also could say `c` or `clean` above as long as the choice is unique.
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The main command loop has 6 subcommands.
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clean::
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Start cleaning files and directories, and then quit.
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filter by pattern::
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This shows the files and directories to be deleted and issues an
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"Input ignore patterns>>" prompt. You can input space-separated
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patterns to exclude files and directories from deletion.
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E.g. "*.c *.h" will excludes files end with ".c" and ".h" from
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deletion. When you are satisfied with the filtered result, press
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ENTER (empty) back to the main menu.
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select by numbers::
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This shows the files and directories to be deleted and issues an
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"Select items to delete>>" prompt. When the prompt ends with double
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'>>' like this, you can make more than one selection, concatenated
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with whitespace or comma. Also you can say ranges. E.g. "2-5 7,9"
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to choose 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list. If the second number in a
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range is omitted, all remaining items are selected. E.g. "7-" to
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choose 7,8,9 from the list. You can say '*' to choose everything.
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Also when you are satisfied with the filtered result, press ENTER
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(empty) back to the main menu.
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ask each::
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This will start to clean, and you must confirm one by one in order
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to delete items. Please note that this action is not as efficient
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as the above two actions.
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quit::
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This lets you quit without do cleaning.
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help::
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Show brief usage of interactive git-clean.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:gitignore[5]
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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