hi, i setup git to use with eclipse through global excludesfile config. git-status report just ignore files, but git-clean deleted ignore files. ---- $ git-config -l core.excludesfile=/home/pal/.gitignore $ cat /home/pal/.gitignore # ignore for eclipse .project .cproject $ git-status # On branch master nothing to commit (working directory clean) $ git-clean Removing .project - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html