If git sees a directory which contains only untracked and ignored files, clean -d should not remove that directory. It was recently discovered that this is *not* true of git clean -d, and it's possible that this has never worked correctly; this test and its accompanying patch series aims to fix that. Signed-off-by: Samuel Lijin <sxlijin@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t7300-clean.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t7300-clean.sh b/t/t7300-clean.sh index b89fd2a6a..3a2d709c2 100755 --- a/t/t7300-clean.sh +++ b/t/t7300-clean.sh @@ -653,4 +653,20 @@ test_expect_success 'git clean -d respects pathspecs (pathspec is prefix of dir) test_path_is_dir foobar ' +test_expect_failure 'git clean -d skips untracked dirs containing ignored files' ' + echo /foo/bar >.gitignore && + echo ignoreme >>.gitignore && + rm -rf foo && + mkdir -p foo/a/aa/aaa foo/b/bb/bbb && + touch foo/bar foo/baz foo/a/aa/ignoreme foo/b/ignoreme foo/b/bb/1 foo/b/bb/2 && + git clean -df && + test_path_is_dir foo && + test_path_is_file foo/bar && + test_path_is_missing foo/baz && + test_path_is_file foo/a/aa/ignoreme && + test_path_is_missing foo/a/aa/aaa && + test_path_is_file foo/b/ignoreme && + test_path_is_missing foo/b/bb +' + test_done -- 2.13.0