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git-clean.txt: clarify ignore pattern files
In the git-clean documentation, -x and -e documented .gitignore, $GIT_DIR/info/excludes but neglected to mention the file pointed to by core.excludesFile. Remove specific list of files and, instead, reference gitignore(5) documentation so that information is consolidated and the git-clean documentation is more precise. Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> Helped-by: Martin Ågren <[email protected]> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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Documentation/git-clean.txt

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-e <pattern>::
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--exclude=<pattern>::
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In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and
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$GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider these patterns to be in the
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set of the ignore rules in effect.
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Use the given exclude pattern in addition to the standard ignore rules
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(see linkgit:gitignore[5]).
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-x::
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Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per
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directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore
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rules given with `-e` options. This allows removing all untracked
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Don't use the standard ignore rules (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), but
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still use the ignore rules given with `-e` options from the command
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line. This allows removing all untracked
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files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
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conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine
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working directory to test a clean build.

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