git-clean(1) ============ NAME ---- git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git-clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] ... DESCRIPTION ----------- 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 `...` arguments are given, the paths affected are further limited to those that match them. 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 linkgit:git-reset[1]) 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