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1git-clean(1)
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4NAME
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6git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
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8SYNOPSIS
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10[verse]
f448e24e 11'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
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13DESCRIPTION
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16Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
17under version control, starting from the current directory.
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19Normally, only files unknown to git are removed, but if the '-x'
20option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for
21example, be useful to remove all build products.
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23If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths
24are affected.
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26OPTIONS
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28-d::
29 Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
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2122591b 31-f::
0fc4baeb 32 If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true,
ba020ef5 33 'git-clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
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c3b831bd 35-n::
459cf2e9 36--dry-run::
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37 Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
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39-q::
459cf2e9 40--quiet::
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41 Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
42 successfully removed.
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44-x::
45 Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked
46 files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
ba020ef5 47 conjunction with 'git-reset') to create a pristine
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48 working directory to test a clean build.
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50-X::
51 Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
52 everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
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55Author
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57Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
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60GIT
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9e1f0a85 62Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite