[PATCH] Documentation/git-clean.txt: document that -f may need to be given twice
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Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi>
- Date
- Feb 26, 2015, 12:58 UTC
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- <1424955521-951-1-git-send-email-mikko.rapeli@iki.fi>
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This is needed in build automation where the tree really needs to be reset to known state.
Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi> --- Documentation/git-clean.txt | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 94b6d19..bd4e93d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: If the Git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set - to false, 'git clean' will refuse to run unless given -f, -n or - -i. + to false, 'git clean' will refuse to delete files or directories + unless given -f, -n or -i. Git will refuse to delete directories + with .git sub directory or file unless a second -f + is given. This affects also git submodules where the storage area + of the removed submodule under .git/modules/ is not removed until + -f is give twice. -i:: --interactive::
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