git-clean(1) ============ NAME ---- git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] ... 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' option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for example, be useful to remove all build products. If any optional `...` arguments are given, only those paths are affected. OPTIONS ------- -d:: Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files. -f:: If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true, 'git-clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n. -n:: --dry-run:: Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done. -q:: --quiet:: Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are successfully removed. -x:: Don't use the ignore rules. 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. -X:: Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created files. Author ------ Written by Pavel Roskin GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite