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