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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-05-08 12:02:44 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-05-08 16:40:45 -0700
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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>
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-clean' [-d] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X]
+'git-clean' [-d] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ 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
-------