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Re: Re* git clean --exclude broken?

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MSMichael Schubert <mschub@elegosoft.com>
Date
Aug 25, 2011, 18:38 UTC
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On 08/25/2011 08:29 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
> index 974e04e..a7a18e3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
> @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ OPTIONS
>  
>  -e <pattern>::
>  --exclude=<pattern>::
> -	Specify special exceptions to not be cleaned.  Each <pattern> is
> -	the same form as in $GIT_DIR/info/excludes and this option can be
> -	given multiple times.
> +	In addition to what are found in .gitignore (per directory) and
> +	$GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider these patterns to be in the
> +	set of the ignore rules in effect.
Nitpick: Shouldn't this be "In addition to what is found in .." or
"In addition to those found in .."?
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  1. Todd RinaldoAug 24, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2011
  3. Todd RinaldoAug 24, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2011
  5. Re* git clean --exclude broken?Junio C Hamano, Aug 25, 2011
  6. Michael SchubertAug 25, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2011
  8. Thomas RastAug 26, 2011
  9. Pete WyckoffAug 27, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2011
  11. Pete WyckoffAug 28, 2011

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