from the man page: "If the --include-untracked option is used, all untracked files are also stashed and then cleaned up with git clean, leaving the working directory in a very clean state. If the --all option is used instead ^^^^^^^ then the ignored files are stashed and cleaned in addition to the untracked files." the use of the word "instead" suggests you can use one of those options, or the other, but not both at the same time. but it seems you can combine them, so that paragraph seems a bit misleading, no? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================