From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:14:22 GMT
Subject: Re: git clean -Xdf doesn't clean ignored files in subfolders
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On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 10:36 AM David Besen <dbesen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is this the same issue as reported at
> > https://lore.kernel.org/git/4F1384AE.1050209@pcharlan.com/?
>
> Yes, I believe so.  I am indeed using git clean as a substitute for make clean.
>
> But, I still think a fix would be appropriate.  Ideally I could trust
> git to remove all auto-generated files regardless of whether or not
> the project even has a Makefile.

I'm not trying to argue against a fix, just verifying that it wasn't
recent changes that might have caused problems, and linking the
reports together in the archive with a url to help anyone interested
be able to find them.