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. Remove specific list of files and, instead, reference gitignore(5) documentation so that information is consolidated and the git-clean documentation is more precise. Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Helped-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-clean.txt | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 03056dad0d..d251ef9dd2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -55,13 +55,12 @@ 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 - set of the ignore rules in effect. + Use the exclude pattern in addition to those found in + `.gitignore` and similar files (see linkgit:gitignore[5]). -x:: - Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per - directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore + Don't use the standard ignore rules read from `.gitignore` and + similar files (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), 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 -- 2.21.0.368.gbf248417d7
