On Aug 24, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Todd Rinaldo <toddr@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I think I have found a new bug in 1.7.5: > > My quick check indicates 1.7.3 behaves the same way, and 1.7.2.5 didn't > have --exclude option, so this does not seem to be anything particularly > new in the 1.7.5 release. No. I was just clarifying what my binary was for research purposes. > >> # The problem (Why is foo/ removed?) >> $>git clean -dXf --exclude=/foo >> Removing bar/ >> Removing foo/ > > Why is this command line giving -X that tells us not to use the ignore > rules, and --exclude option at the same time? My more complicated use of the command wanted to use the .gitignore rules to cleanup ignored files with the exception of 1 directory. I believe -dxf --exclude is also broken in the same way. -- 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