13 years ago, Todd Rinaldo found that —exclude option is not works with any options, for example, `git clean -Xd -e=foo` to clean the files/folders respect the .gitignore rule except the foo, but in real world, git only respect the git ignore standard rule and not work with -e option.
Today, 13 years later, the problem still exist, so I wonder is this a bug or should we clarify the “correct” usage of exclude in documentation, because it’s really confusing.
The discussion can be viewed by this link: https://git.vger.kernel.narkive.com/ulppacPK/clean-exclude-broken
Looking forward to your reaply!