We clarified how "clean.requireForce" interacts with the "--dry-run"
option in the previous commit, both in the implementation and in the
documentation. Even when "git clean" (without other options) is
required to be used with "--force" (i.e. either clean.requireForce
is unset, or explicitly set to true) to protect end-users from
casual invocation of the command by mistake, "--dry-run" does not
require "--force" to be used, because it is already its own
protection mechanism by being a no-op to the working tree files.
The previous commit, however, missed another clean-up opportunity
around the same area. Just like in the "--dry-run" mode, the
command in the "--interactive" mode does not require "--force",
either. This is because by going interactive and giving the end
user one more chance to confirm, the mode itself is serving as its
own protection mechanism.
Let's take things one step further, and unify the code that defines
interaction between "--force" and these two other options. Just
like we added explanation for the reason why "--dry-run" does not
honor "clean.requireForce", give an explanation for the reason why
"--interactive" makes "clean.requireForce" to be ignored.
Finally, add some tests to show the interaction between "--force"
and "--interactive". We already have tests that show interaction
between "--force" and "--dry-run", but didn't test "--interactive".
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
What -n actually does in addition to its documented behavior is
ignoring of configuration variable clean.requireForce, that makes
sense provided -n prevents files removal anyway.
So, first, document this in the manual, and then modify implementation
to make this more explicit in the code.
Improved implementation also stops to share single internal variable
'force' between command-line -f option and configuration variable
clean.requireForce, resulting in more clear logic.
Two error messages with slightly different text depending on if
clean.requireForce was explicitly set or not, are merged into a single
one.
The resulting error message now does not mention -n as well, as it
neither matches intended clean.requireForce usage nor reflects
clarified implementation.
Documentation of clean.requireForce is changed accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano