Hi, When a directory contains nothing but an ignored subdirectory, that subdirectory does not get removed by "git clean -Xdf". For example, in a new directory: # git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/foo/.git/ # echo a/ >.gitignore # git add .gitignore # git commit -m "Initial commit" [master (root-commit) c3af24c] Initial commit 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .gitignore # mkdir -p foo/a # touch foo/a/junk.o # git status # On branch master nothing to commit (working directory clean) # git clean -Xdn # <--- DOES NOT MENTION foo/a # touch foo/x.c # git clean -Xdn # <--- DITTO WITH UNTRACKED IN foo # git add foo/x.c # git clean -Xdn # <--- WITH TRACKED IN foo, WILL REMOVE a/ Would remove foo/a/ # Is this intentional? It's interfering with my using "git clean" to remove built objects, which happen to be in a dedicated temporary subdirectory. Thanks, --Pete Harlan pgit@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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