From: Todd Rinaldo <toddr@cpanel.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:08:28 GMT
Subject: Re: git clean --exclude broken?
Message-ID: <F6809F96-2D71-482C-934F-2CF4EA74FEA1@cpanel.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vliuio65w.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>


On Aug 24, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> 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.
No. I was just clarifying what my binary was for research purposes.

> 
>> # 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?
My more complicated use of the command wanted to use the .gitignore rules to cleanup ignored files with the exception of 1 directory. I believe -dxf --exclude is also broken in the same way.