(+cc: Duy, Shawn) Hi, Pete Harlan wrote: > 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. Sounds like a bug. Duy, Shawn, any hints? Thanks, Jonathan -- 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