Re: git clean --exclude broken?

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Nov 24, 2024, 18:12 UTC
Message-ID: <Z0Nsq3lQZKJZxd-y@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <1A13EB2A-6075-4CA9-855E-B72ACDA67C0C@gmail.com>

On 2024-11-24 at 11:10:57, Homyee King wrote:

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> 13 years ago, Todd Rinaldo found that —exclude option is not works
> with any options, for example, `git clean -Xd -e=foo` to clean the
> files/folders respect the .gitignore rule except the foo, but in real
> world, git only respect the git ignore standard rule and not work with
> -e option.
> 
> Today, 13 years later, the problem still exist, so I wonder is this a
> bug or should we clarify the “correct” usage of exclude in
> documentation, because it’s really confusing.

I don't think this is the right syntax. For example, I did this in my checkout of the Git project:

---- $ touch foo $ git clean -n Would remove foo $ git clean -n -e foo $ git clean -f -e foo $ ls foo foo ----

When you use a short option, you don't specify the equals sign. So you can write `-e foo`, `-efoo`, `--exclude foo`, or `--exclude=foo`. However, `-e=foo` is equivalent to `-e =foo`, which ignores `=foo`.

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brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him)
Toronto, Ontario, CA