In the git-clean documentation, -x and -e documented .gitignore, $GIT_DIR/info/excludes but neglected to mention the file pointed to by core.excludesFile. Explicitly mention that variable so that the list is exhaustive. Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-clean.txt | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 03056dad0d..c6023b742c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -55,13 +55,15 @@ OPTIONS -e <pattern>:: --exclude=<pattern>:: - In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and - $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider these patterns to be in the + In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory), + $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, and the `core.excludesFile` variable, also + consider these patterns to be in the set of the ignore rules in effect. -x:: Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per - directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore + directory), $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, and the `core.excludesFile` + variable, but do still use the ignore rules given with `-e` options. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine -- 2.21.0.317.g7f43cb445c
