On December 2, 2018 8:26, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 01 2018, Cameron Boehmer wrote: > > > 1) add a new flag > > -l, --local > > Do not consult git config --global core.excludesFile in > > determining what files git ignores. This is useful in conjunction with > > -x/-X to preserve user files while removing build artifacts. > > Or perhaps a general flag to ignore configuration would be useful for such > cases, see https://public- > inbox.org/git/87zhtqvm66.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Would something like git clean --exclude=file-pattern work as a compromise notion? Files matching the pattern would not be cleaned regardless of .gitignore or their potential preciousness status long-term. Multiple repetitions of the --exclude option might be supportable. I could see that being somewhat useful in scripting. Cheers, Randall
