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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 9f42c0d..bdc3ab8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not under version control, starting from the current directory. -Normally, only files unknown to git are removed, but if the '-x' +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. @@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ OPTIONS ------- -d:: Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files. - If an untracked directory is managed by a different git + If an untracked directory is managed by a different Git repository, it is not removed by default. Use -f option twice if you really want to remove such a directory. -f:: --force:: - If the git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set + If the Git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set to false, 'git clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n. -n:: @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS working directory to test a clean build. -X:: - Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild + Remove only files ignored by Git. This may be useful to rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created files. SEE ALSO |