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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]
b1889c36 11'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>...
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13DESCRIPTION
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15Removes files unknown to git. This allows to clean the working tree
16from files that are not under version control. If the '-x' option is
17specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing to remove all
18build products.
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19When optional `<paths>...` arguments are given, the paths
20affected are further limited to those that match them.
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23OPTIONS
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25-d::
26 Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
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2122591b 28-f::
0fc4baeb 29 If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true,
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30 git-clean will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
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c3b831bd 32-n::
459cf2e9 33--dry-run::
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34 Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
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36-q::
459cf2e9 37--quiet::
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38 Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
39 successfully removed.
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41-x::
42 Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked
43 files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
5162e697 44 conjunction with linkgit:git-reset[1]) to create a pristine
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45 working directory to test a clean build.
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47-X::
48 Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
49 everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
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52Author
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54Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
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57GIT
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9e1f0a85 59Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite