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| author | Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> | 2019-03-07 00:25:28 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-03-08 09:11:21 +0900 |
| commit | 407e7680729945126b414a634365be15075fc3bb (patch) | |
| tree | aae60811b997da0ae0adedea5246493dd09a28b5 /Documentation/git-clean.txt | |
| parent | 36eb1cb9cfe327583128a4b0abdf9516c2ca815b (diff) | |
| download | git-407e7680729945126b414a634365be15075fc3bb.tar.gz | |
git-clean.txt: clarify ignore pattern files
In the git-clean documentation, -x and -e documented .gitignore,
$GIT_DIR/info/excludes but neglected to mention the file pointed to by
core.excludesFile.
Remove specific list of files and, instead, reference gitignore(5)
documentation so that information is consolidated and the git-clean
documentation is more precise.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Helped-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-clean.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clean.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 03056dad0d..db876f7dde 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -55,14 +55,13 @@ OPTIONS -e <pattern>:: --exclude=<pattern>:: - 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. + Use the given exclude pattern in addition to the standard ignore rules + (see linkgit:gitignore[5]). -x:: - 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 + Don't use the standard ignore rules (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), but + still use the ignore rules given with `-e` options from the command + line. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine working directory to test a clean build. |