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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clean.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/clean.c | 8 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t7300-clean.sh | 2 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index e84ffc9396..3ab749b921 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ are affected. OPTIONS ------- -d:: - Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files. - If an untracked directory is managed by a different Git - repository, it is not removed by default. Use -f option twice - if you really want to remove such a directory. + Normally, when no <path> is specified, git clean will not + recurse into untracked directories to avoid removing too much. + Specify -d to have it recurse into such directories as well. + If any paths are specified, -d is irrelevant; all untracked + files matching the specified paths (with exceptions for nested + git directories mentioned under `--force`) will be removed. -f:: --force:: diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c index d5579da716..68d70e41c0 100644 --- a/builtin/clean.c +++ b/builtin/clean.c @@ -949,6 +949,14 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES; + if (argc) { + /* + * Remaining args implies pathspecs specified, and we should + * recurse within those. + */ + remove_directories = 1; + } + if (remove_directories) dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO | DIR_KEEP_UNTRACKED_CONTENTS; diff --git a/t/t7300-clean.sh b/t/t7300-clean.sh index d83aeb7dc2..530dfdab34 100755 --- a/t/t7300-clean.sh +++ b/t/t7300-clean.sh @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git clean with relative prefix' ' would_clean=$( cd docs && git clean -n ../src | + grep part3 | sed -n -e "s|^Would remove ||p" ) && verbose test "$would_clean" = ../src/part3.c @@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git clean with absolute path' ' would_clean=$( cd docs && git clean -n "$(pwd)/../src" | + grep part3 | sed -n -e "s|^Would remove ||p" ) && verbose test "$would_clean" = ../src/part3.c |