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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clean: Document --force --force

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SBSoren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com>
Date
Dec 21, 2012, 17:09 UTC
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On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 07:01:41PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com> writes:
> 
> > Ping?
> 
> I *think* it is a mistake for the command to remove a separate
> project repository within, with any number of "-f", so I'd rather
> see a patch to fix it, instead of casting such a misbehaviour as a
> feature in stone by documenting it.
> 
> I dunno.

Since I use this feature, I naturally have to disagree. But fair point. And with the patch rectifying git-clean output it's probably tolerable.

Though, what would be your way of cleaning files/dirs from a repository where git-clean will report to have some left undeleted? Manually calling rm -rf?

	Soren
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  1. Documentation/git-clean: Document --force --forceSoren Brinkmann, Dec 14, 2012
  2. Soren BrinkmannDec 20, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2012
  4. Soren BrinkmannDec 21, 2012

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