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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
+'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ OPTIONS
Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
successfully removed.
+-e <pattern>::
+--exclude=<pattern>::
+ Specify special exceptions to not be cleaned. Each <pattern> is
+ the same form as in $GIT_DIR/info/excludes and this option can be
+ given multiple times.
+
-x::
Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked
files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
@@ -55,12 +61,6 @@ OPTIONS
Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
-
-Author
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-Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite