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Re: [PATCH] git-clean: Display more accurate delete messages

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 10, 2012, 18:03 UTC
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Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com> writes:
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>> > Use git clean --force --force to delete all untracked git repositories
>> 
>> But I am not sure if this is ever sane.  Especially the one that
>> removes an embedded repository is suspicious.  "git clean" should
>> not ever touch it with or without --superforce or any other command.
> As I mentioned in my email where I reported this incorrect git clean output, I
> have a use case where I want git clean to remove embedded repositories.
> Whether it is a sane one is probably a different discussion.

Why is it a different discussion? If something is not sane, the tool shouldn't encourage users to do such an insane thing.

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  1. git-clean: Display more accurate delete messagesZoltan Klinger, Dec 6, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2012
  3. Soren BrinkmannDec 7, 2012
  4. Zoltan KlingerDec 9, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2012
  6. Soren BrinkmannDec 10, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2012
  8. Soren BrinkmannDec 10, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2012
  10. Zoltan KlingerDec 11, 2012
  11. Soren BrinkmannDec 10, 2012

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