From: Robin Pedersen Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:31:37 GMT Subject: Accidentially deleted directory, bug in git clean -d? Message-ID: I accidentially deleted a directory using git clean. I would think this is a bug, but I'm not sure. Was using 1.8.1, but upgraded to 1.9.0 just to see if it was still reproducable, and it was. Here's a minimal way to reproduce: $ git init $ mkdir foo foobar $ git clean -df foobar Removing foo/ Removing foobar/ $ ls $ I expected only "foobar" to be deleted, but "foo" was also deleted. The same thing happens in the opposite case: $ git init $ mkdir foo foobar $ git clean -df foo Removing foo/ Removing foobar/ $ ls $ However, it only happens when there is a common prefix in the names: $ git init $ mkdir foo bar $ git clean -df foo Removing foo/ $ ls bar $ In this case, "bar" was not deleted. -- Best regards, Robin Pedersen Software Engineer SnapTV AS Jordmor Magdalenes vei 17 N-9519 Kviby. Norway robinp@snap.tv http://www.snap.tv