git/Documentation/git-clean.txt
Junio C Hamano 393e3b1910 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 16:40:45 -07:00

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git-clean(1)
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NAME
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git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git-clean' [-d] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
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Removes files unknown to git. This allows to clean the working tree
from files that are not under version control. If the '-x' option is
specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing to remove all
build products.
When optional `<paths>...` arguments are given, the paths
affected are further limited to those that match them.
OPTIONS
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-d::
Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
-n::
Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
-q::
Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
successfully removed.
-x::
Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked
files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
conjunction with gitlink:git-reset[1]) to create a pristine
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.
Author
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Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite