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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
+'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ 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.
-If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths
-are affected.
+If any optional `<pathspec>...` arguments are given, only those paths
+that match the pathspec are affected.
OPTIONS
-------
-d::
- Normally, when no <path> is specified, git clean will not
+ Normally, when no <pathspec> is specified, git clean will not
recurse into untracked directories to avoid removing too much.
Specify -d to have it recurse into such directories as well.
- If any paths are specified, -d is irrelevant; all untracked
+ If a <pathspec> is specified, -d is irrelevant; all untracked
files matching the specified paths (with exceptions for nested
git directories mentioned under `--force`) will be removed.