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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Clarify which paths git-clean will affect

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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
May 6, 2009, 13:24 UTC
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<200905061524.52186.trast@student.ethz.ch>
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
> 
> > -If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths
> > -are affected.
> > +If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, those paths are
> > +affected.  Otherwise, the cleaning starts at the current directory.
> 
> With or without path limiters, clean does not look outside the current
> directory; I think the "otherwise" makes things worse than the original.
> 
> I'd suggest not touching this paragraph at all, but instead say something
> like this at the beginning:
> 
> > -This allows cleaning the working tree by removing files that are not
> 
>     Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
>     under version control, starting from the current directory.
Indeed, yours is better.
-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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  1. Documentation: Clarify which paths git-clean will affectFredrik Skolmli, May 5, 2009
  2. Thomas RastMay 5, 2009
  3. Fredrik SkolmliMay 5, 2009
  4. Re: Documentation: Clarify which paths git-clean will affectNicolas Sebrecht, May 5, 2009
  5. Thomas RastMay 5, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2009
  7. Thomas RastMay 6, 2009
  8. Fredrik SkolmliMay 6, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2009

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