Re: git clean deletes negated pathspec if directory causing data loss

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 30, 2025, 17:04 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqms585nik.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <a77f4e6f-86a3-ea15-feb5-4d08636ffd94@gmx.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> In case the Git maintainer (whose call it is, ultimately, on which side to
> land regarding above-mentioned options) sides with your interpretation,
> here is a patch to add a regression test demonstrating your use case:

Thanks for an opinion.

As "git clean -X" is not really "my thing", not in the sense that I did not write it (I didn't, except for code clean-ups) but in the sense that I see no good use case for the option and I rarely use it myself, as long as its behaviour can be "explained", like you just did, I do not have preference myself, and no strong motivation to advocate changing it, risking potential disruption on existing users.