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31 git-clean \- Remove untracked files from the working tree
35 \fIgit clean\fR [\-d] [\-f] [\-i] [\-n] [\-q] [\-e <pattern>] [\-x | \-X] [\-\-] [<pathspec>\&...\:]
39 Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not under version control, starting from the current directory\&.
41 Normally, only files unknown to Git are removed, but if the \fB\-x\fR option is specified, ignored files are also removed\&. This can, for example, be useful to remove all build products\&.
43 If any optional \fI<pathspec>\fR\&.\&.\&. arguments are given, only those paths that match the pathspec are affected\&.
48 Normally, when no <pathspec> 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 a <pathspec> is specified, \-d is irrelevant; all untracked files matching the specified paths (with exceptions for nested git directories mentioned under
49 \fB\-\-force\fR) will be removed\&.
54 If the Git configuration variable clean\&.requireForce is not set to false,
56 will refuse to delete files or directories unless given \-f\&. Git will refuse to modify untracked nested git repositories (directories with a \&.git subdirectory) unless a second \-f is given\&.
61 Show what would be done and clean files interactively\&. See
62 \(lqInteractive mode\(rq
63 for details\&. Configuration variable
64 \fBclean\&.requireForce\fR
65 is ignored, as this mode gives its own safety protection by going interactive\&.
70 Don\(cqt actually remove anything, just show what would be done\&. Configuration variable
71 \fBclean\&.requireForce\fR
72 is ignored, as nothing will be deleted anyway\&.
77 Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are successfully removed\&.
80 \-e <pattern>, \-\-exclude=<pattern>
82 Use the given exclude pattern in addition to the standard ignore rules (see
83 \fBgitignore\fR(5))\&.
88 Don\(cqt use the standard ignore rules (see
89 \fBgitignore\fR(5)), but still use the ignore rules given with
91 options from the command line\&. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products\&. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with
94 \fIgit reset\fR) to create a pristine working directory to test a clean build\&.
99 Remove only files ignored by Git\&. This may be useful to rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created files\&.
101 .SH "INTERACTIVE MODE"
103 When the command enters the interactive mode, it shows the files and directories to be cleaned, and goes into its interactive command loop\&.
105 The command loop shows the list of subcommands available, and gives a prompt "What now> "\&. In general, when the prompt ends with a single \fI>\fR, you can pick only one of the choices given and type return, like this:
112 1: clean 2: filter by pattern 3: select by numbers
113 4: ask each 5: quit 6: help
120 You also could say \fBc\fR or \fBclean\fR above as long as the choice is unique\&.
122 The main command loop has 6 subcommands\&.
126 Start cleaning files and directories, and then quit\&.
131 This shows the files and directories to be deleted and issues an "Input ignore patterns>>" prompt\&. You can input space\-separated patterns to exclude files and directories from deletion\&. E\&.g\&. "*\&.c *\&.h" will exclude files ending with "\&.c" and "\&.h" from deletion\&. When you are satisfied with the filtered result, press ENTER (empty) back to the main menu\&.
136 This shows the files and directories to be deleted and issues an "Select items to delete>>" prompt\&. When the prompt ends with double
138 like this, you can make more than one selection, concatenated with whitespace or comma\&. Also you can say ranges\&. E\&.g\&. "2\-5 7,9" to choose 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list\&. If the second number in a range is omitted, all remaining items are selected\&. E\&.g\&. "7\-" to choose 7,8,9 from the list\&. You can say
140 to choose everything\&. Also when you are satisfied with the filtered result, press ENTER (empty) back to the main menu\&.
145 This will start to clean, and you must confirm one by one in order to delete items\&. Please note that this action is not as efficient as the above two actions\&.
150 This lets you quit without doing any cleaning\&.
155 Show brief usage of interactive git\-clean\&.
159 Everything below this line in this section is selectively included from the \fBgit-config\fR(1) documentation\&. The content is the same as what\(cqs found there:
163 A boolean to make git\-clean refuse to delete files unless \-f is given\&. Defaults to true\&.
170 Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite