With the -e/--exclude option for git-clean, a user can specify files
that they haven't yet told git about, but either need for a short amount
of time or plan to tell git about them later. This allows one to still
use git-clean while these files are around without losing data.
Signed-off-by: Jared Hance <jaredhance@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-clean.txt | 8 +++++++-
builtin/clean.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index a81cb6c..60e38e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
+'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ OPTIONS
Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
successfully removed.
+-e <pattern>::
+--exclude=<pattern>::
+ Specify special exceptions to not be cleaned. Each <pattern> is
+ the same form as in $GIT_DIR/info/excludes and this option can be
+ given multiple times.
+
-x::
Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked
files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index fac64e6..841ac26 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
#include "cache.h"
#include "dir.h"
#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "string-list.h"
#include "quote.h"
static int force = -1; /* unset */
static const char *const builtin_clean_usage[] = {
- "git clean [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>...",
+ "git clean [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>...",
NULL
};
@@ -26,6 +27,13 @@ static int git_clean_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
}
+static int exclude_cb(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+ struct string_list *exclude_list = (struct string_list *)opt->value;
+ string_list_append(exclude_list, arg);
+ return 0;
+}
+
int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int i;
@@ -36,6 +44,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
struct dir_struct dir;
static const char **pathspec;
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct string_list exclude_list = { NULL, 0, 0, 0 };
const char *qname;
char *seen = NULL;
struct option options[] = {
@@ -44,6 +53,8 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "force"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &remove_directories,
"remove whole directories"),
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'e', "exclude", &exclude_list, "pattern",
+ "exclude <pattern>", PARSE_OPT_NONEG, exclude_cb },
OPT_BOOLEAN('x', NULL, &ignored, "remove ignored files, too"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('X', NULL, &ignored_only,
"remove only ignored files"),
@@ -81,6 +92,9 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (!ignored)
setup_standard_excludes(&dir);
+ for (i = 0; i < exclude_list.nr; i++)
+ add_exclude(exclude_list.items[i].string, "", 0, dir.exclude_list);
+
pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
fill_directory(&dir, pathspec);
@@ -167,5 +181,6 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
free(seen);
strbuf_release(&directory);
+ string_list_clear(&exclude_list, 0);
return (errors != 0);
}
--
1.7.1.1
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