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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 21, 2012, 03:01 UTC
Message-ID: <7vr4mk2jmy.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <335802a0-38b5-4cbc-9e52-92c92083119e@VA3EHSMHS005.ehs.local>

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.

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> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 05:46:55PM -0800, Soren Brinkmann wrote:
>> This patch documents the behavior of 'git clean' when
>> encountering nested git repositories.
>> Such repositories are only deleted if '-f' is passed twice
>> to 'git clean'.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/git-clean.txt | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
>> index 9f42c0d..0b31454 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
>> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ example, be useful to remove all build products.
>>  If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths
>>  are affected.
>>  
>> +Nested git repositories are not removed unless the '-f' option is
>> +passed to 'git clean' twice.
>> +
>>  OPTIONS
>>  -------
>>  -d::
>> @@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ OPTIONS
>>  --force::
>>  	If the git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set
>>  	to false, 'git clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
>> +	Pass this option twice to 'git clean' in order to also remove
>> +	nested git repositories.
>>  
>>  -n::
>>  --dry-run::
>> -- 
>> 1.8.0.2
>> 
>> 
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