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git-clean(1) |
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NAME |
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git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree |
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SYNOPSIS |
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-------- |
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[verse] |
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'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>... |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not |
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under version control, starting from the current directory. |
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Normally, only files unknown to Git are removed, but if the `-x` |
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option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for |
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example, be useful to remove all build products. |
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If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths |
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are affected. |
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OPTIONS |
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-d:: |
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Normally, when no <path> is specified, git clean will not |
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recurse into untracked directories to avoid removing too much. |
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Specify -d to have it recurse into such directories as well. |
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If any paths are specified, -d is irrelevant; all untracked |
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files matching the specified paths (with exceptions for nested |
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git directories mentioned under `--force`) will be removed. |
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-f:: |
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--force:: |
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If the Git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set |
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to false, 'git clean' will refuse to delete files or directories |
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unless given -f or -i. Git will refuse to modify untracked |
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nested git repositories (directories with a .git subdirectory) |
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unless a second -f is given. |
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-i:: |
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--interactive:: |
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Show what would be done and clean files interactively. See |
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``Interactive mode'' for details. |
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-n:: |
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--dry-run:: |
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Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done. |
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-q:: |
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--quiet:: |
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Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are |
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successfully removed. |
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-e <pattern>:: |
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--exclude=<pattern>:: |
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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 (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 restore' or 'git reset') to create a pristine |
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working directory to test a clean build. |
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-X:: |
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Remove only files ignored by Git. This may be useful to rebuild |
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everything from scratch, but keep manually created files. |
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Interactive mode |
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When the command enters the interactive mode, it shows the |
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files and directories to be cleaned, and goes into its |
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interactive command loop. |
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The command loop shows the list of subcommands available, and |
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gives a prompt "What now> ". In general, when the prompt ends |
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with a single '>', you can pick only one of the choices given |
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and type return, like this: |
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*** Commands *** |
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1: clean 2: filter by pattern 3: select by numbers |
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4: ask each 5: quit 6: help |
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What now> 1 |
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You also could say `c` or `clean` above as long as the choice is unique. |
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The main command loop has 6 subcommands. |
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clean:: |
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Start cleaning files and directories, and then quit. |
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filter by pattern:: |
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This shows the files and directories to be deleted and issues an |
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"Input ignore patterns>>" prompt. You can input space-separated |
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patterns to exclude files and directories from deletion. |
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E.g. "*.c *.h" will excludes files end with ".c" and ".h" from |
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deletion. When you are satisfied with the filtered result, press |
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ENTER (empty) back to the main menu. |
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select by numbers:: |
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This shows the files and directories to be deleted and issues an |
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"Select items to delete>>" prompt. When the prompt ends with double |
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'>>' like this, you can make more than one selection, concatenated |
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with whitespace or comma. Also you can say ranges. E.g. "2-5 7,9" |
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to choose 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list. If the second number in a |
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range is omitted, all remaining items are selected. E.g. "7-" to |
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choose 7,8,9 from the list. You can say '*' to choose everything. |
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Also when you are satisfied with the filtered result, press ENTER |
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(empty) back to the main menu. |
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ask each:: |
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This will start to clean, and you must confirm one by one in order |
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to delete items. Please note that this action is not as efficient |
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as the above two actions. |
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quit:: |
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This lets you quit without do cleaning. |
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help:: |
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Show brief usage of interactive git-clean. |
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SEE ALSO |
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linkgit:gitignore[5] |
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GIT |
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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