Samuel Lijin <sxlijin@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > @@ -932,7 +935,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > > fill_directory(&dir, &pathspec); > > - for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) { > + for (k = i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) { > struct dir_entry *ent = dir.entries[i]; > int matches = 0; > struct stat st; > @@ -954,10 +957,35 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > matches != MATCHED_EXACTLY) > continue; > > + // skip any dir.entries which contains a dir.ignored > + for (; k < dir.ignored_nr; k++) { > + if (cmp_dir_entry(&dir.entries[i], > + &dir.ignored[k]) < 0) > + break; It is a bit unfortunate that we do not use the short-hand "ent" we established for dir.entries[i] at the beginning of this loop here. > + } > + if ((k < dir.ignored_nr) && > + check_dir_entry_contains(dir.entries[i], dir.ignored[k])) { > + continue; > + } The above logic is not needed when dir.entries[i] is a directory, right? > + > + // current entry does not contain any ignored files ... or the entry may not have been a directory in the first place. > rel = relative_path(ent->name, prefix, &buf); > string_list_append(&del_list, rel); > + > + // skip untracked contents of an untracked dir > + for (j = i + 1; > + j < dir.nr && > + check_dir_entry_contains(dir.entries[i], dir.entries[j]); > + j++); > + i = j - 1; > } > > + for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) > + free(dir.entries[i]); > + > + for (i = 0; i < dir.ignored_nr; i++) > + free(dir.ignored[i]); > + The above logic may not be incorrect per-se, but I have this suspicion that the resulting code may become cleaner and easier to understand if we did it in a new separate loop we call immediately after fill_directory() returns. Or it could even be a call to a helper that "post processes" the "dir" thing that was polupated by fill_directory() that removes elements in the entries[] array that contains any element in ignored[] array. > if (interactive && del_list.nr > 0) > interactive_main_loop(); Thanks.