Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Ping? I *think* it is a mistake for the command to remove a separate project repository within, with any number of "-f", so I'd rather see a patch to fix it, instead of casting such a misbehaviour as a feature in stone by documenting it. I dunno. > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 05:46:55PM -0800, Soren Brinkmann wrote: >> This patch documents the behavior of 'git clean' when >> encountering nested git repositories. >> Such repositories are only deleted if '-f' is passed twice >> to 'git clean'. >> >> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/git-clean.txt | 5 +++++ >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt >> index 9f42c0d..0b31454 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt >> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ example, be useful to remove all build products. >> If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths >> are affected. >> >> +Nested git repositories are not removed unless the '-f' option is >> +passed to 'git clean' twice. >> + >> OPTIONS >> ------- >> -d:: >> @@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ OPTIONS >> --force:: >> If the git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set >> to false, 'git clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n. >> + Pass this option twice to 'git clean' in order to also remove >> + nested git repositories. >> >> -n:: >> --dry-run:: >> -- >> 1.8.0.2 >> >> >> -- >> 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