Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 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.
> +If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, those paths are
> +affected. Otherwise, the cleaning starts at the current directory.
With or without path limiters, clean does not look outside the current
directory; I think the "otherwise" makes things worse than the original.
I'd suggest not touching this paragraph at all, but instead say something
like this at the beginning:
> diff --git i/Documentation/git-clean.txt w/Documentation/git-clean.txt
> index 43b2de7..3550fc0 100644
> --- i/Documentation/git-clean.txt
> +++ w/Documentation/git-clean.txt
> @@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
> DESCRIPTION
> -----------
>
> -This allows cleaning the working tree by removing files that are not
> +Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
> under version control.
Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
under version control, starting from the current directory.
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