I think there were a bit of discussions on this issues just while ago too: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/188605 On 01/30/2012 06:36 PM, Paul Berry wrote: > I am trying to use "git clean -X" to remove object files (which > are gitignored) from my source tree, but it appears to miss > object files that are in a subdirectory without any git-tracked > files: > > $ git init test > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/pberry/tmp/test/.git/ > $ cd test > $ mkdir foo > $ touch foo/bar.o > $ echo '*.o' > .gitignore > $ git add .gitignore > $ git commit -mgitignore > [master (root-commit) 6b5ffcb] gitignore > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 .gitignore > $ git status > # On branch master > nothing to commit (working directory clean) > $ git clean -d -X -f > $ ls foo > bar.o > > It seems to me that bar.o should have been removed, because > according to the git-clean docs, -X means "Remove only files > ignored by git", and bar.o is definitely being ignored by git. > > > It looks like a very similar bug was reported back in 2010, but > not fixed: > http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/BUG-git-clean-X-behaviour-when-gitignore-has-sub-directory-entries-td5575307.html. > I've confirmed that the workaround mentioned by Jonathan Nieder > in that thread fixes my problem too (removing "dir.flags |= > DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES;" from builtin/clean.c). However I'm > guessing from Jonathan's comments that it would be better to fix > this bug elsewhere (somewhere in dir.c perhaps). > > Is anyone interested in following up on this old bug? > Alternatively, if someone could give me some guidance as to the > best way to go about fixing this bug, I would be glad to submit a > patch. > > Thanks, > > Paul > -- > 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 > -- 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