Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Also, you talked about tracked paths in the proposed log message; do >> they not participate in reproducing the issue(s)? > > If there is only one directory which has no tracked files, then the > user can clean up the files -- but confusingly, they have to issue the > same git-clean command multiple times. If multiple directories have > no untracked files, git-clean will never clean them out. I probably > didn't do a very good job explaining that although I started with the > case with one tracked, that I view the case without any as the more > general case -- and that solving it solves both problems. I could > probably make that clearer in the commit message. (Or maybe just add > more testcases even if slightly duplicative, I guess.) My comment/puzzlement indeed was the lack of any tracked file in your tests, even though the log message did talk about one's presence making a difference in the outcome. Thanks.
