Re: [PATCH 0/9] worktree: fix bugs and broaden --force applicability

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
>> I suppose so. I don't think I've _ever_ used distclean, and I only
>> rarely use "clean" (a testament to our Makefile's efforts to accurately
>> track dependencies). I'd usually use "git clean" when I want something
>> pristine (because I don't want to trust the Makefile at all).
> 
> I do not trust "git clean" all that much, and pre-cleaning with
> "make distclean" and then running "git clean -x" has become my bad
> habit.  I jump around quite a bit during the day, which would end up
> littering the working tree with *.o files that are only known to one
> but not both of {maint,pu}/Makefile's distclean rules.  I even do
> "for i in pu maint master next; do git checkout $i; make distclean; done"
> sometimes before running "git clean -x" ;-)
>