The existing text is a little bit awkward. This rewrites the description section to be more readable and friendly. Signed-off-by: Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- This is a more major change, but since at least I and one other person I know have both stumbled on this section, I think making it more readable and friendly is a good change. Documentation/git-clean.txt | 13 ++++++++----- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 932d44d..43b2de7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -12,14 +12,17 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Removes files unknown to git. This allows cleaning the working tree -of files that are not under version control. If the '-x' option is -specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing the removal of all -build products. + +This allows cleaning the working tree by removing files that are not +under version control. + +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 `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths are affected. - OPTIONS ------- -d:: -- 1.6.2.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html