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Re: clean bug on ignored subdirectories with no tracked files?

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Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 21, 2011, 20:03 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> "clean" without "-x" is meant to preserve untracked but expendable paths
> (e.g. build products), so if something is removed that is untracked but
> matches the ignore pattern, then that is a bug to be fixed.  Care to roll
> a patch to fix it?

Okay, just confirming it is a bug. I'll add this e-mail to my todo list, but I don't have time for a patch anytime soon. :-(

> Sorry for the confusion, but as I said, I do not use (hence nor care much
> about) "clean" myself, so...
Okay.
j.
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  1. Jay SoffianNov 19, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2011
  3. Jay SoffianNov 21, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2011
  6. Jay SoffianNov 21, 2011
  7. Phil HordDec 1, 2011

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