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Re: git clean --exclude broken?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 24, 2011, 21:23 UTC
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Todd Rinaldo <toddr@cpanel.net> writes:
> I think I have found a new bug in 1.7.5:

My quick check indicates 1.7.3 behaves the same way, and 1.7.2.5 didn't have --exclude option, so this does not seem to be anything particularly new in the 1.7.5 release.

> # The problem (Why is foo/ removed?)
> $>git clean -dXf --exclude=/foo
> Removing bar/
> Removing foo/

Why is this command line giving -X that tells us not to use the ignore rules, and --exclude option at the same time?

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  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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