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| author | Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi> | 2015-02-26 13:16:49 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-02-26 21:10:40 (GMT) |
| commit | bcd57cb9e1583fe5174112422caba0397f7ae5f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 6119bc56f55340d03876f0b11281753608dd17ef /Documentation/git-clean.txt | |
| parent | 282616c72d1d08a77ca4fe1186cb708c38408d87 (diff) | |
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Documentation/git-clean.txt: document that -f may need to be given twice
This is needed in build automation where the tree really needs to
be reset to known state.
Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 8997922..719f076 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: If the Git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set - to false, 'git clean' will refuse to run unless given -f, -n or - -i. + to false, 'git clean' will refuse to delete files or directories + unless given -f, -n or -i. Git will refuse to delete directories + with .git sub directory or file unless a second -f + is given. This affects also git submodules where the storage area + of the removed submodule under .git/modules/ is not removed until + -f is given twice. -i:: --interactive:: |