> mkdir test > cd test > git init . > mkdir ba > mkdir ba/ca > > # So far so good. > # Should clean directory "ba/ca" > git clean -dn -- ba/ca > > # Should clean "ba/ca" and ignore non-existent "j" > # Instead, it wants to delete "ba" totally. > git clean -dn -- ba/ca j actually, my git will also do it wrong when 'j' exist, do these after your script: $ git clean -dn ba/ca j Would remove ba/ $ mkdir j $ git clean -dn ba/ca j Would remove ba/ #here missing 'ca' Would remove j/ I think it's the problem of directory path manipulation. -- 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