# [PATCH] cg-clean fails on files beginning with a dash

1 messages from 2006-05-29 to 2006-05-29. Participants: Dennis Stosberg.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/4342

## Dennis Stosberg, 2006-05-29 15:06

Subject: [PATCH] cg-clean fails on files beginning with a dash
Message-ID: <20060529150652.G6dba4ec3@leonov.stosberg.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060529150652.G6dba4ec3%40leonov.stosberg.net

```
Reproducible with:

$ git init-db
$ echo "some text" >-file
$ cg clean
Removing -file
rm: invalid option -- l
Try `rm --help' for more information.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Stosberg <dennis@stosberg.net>
---
 cg-clean |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cg-clean b/cg-clean
index 5f438eb..fe611ac 100755
--- a/cg-clean
+++ b/cg-clean
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ while read -r file; do
 		if [ "$cleandirhard" ]; then
 			chmod -R 700 "$file"
 		fi
-		$rm -rf "$file"
+		$rm -rf -- "$file"
 		if [ -e "$file" -o -L "$file" ]; then
 			echo "Cannot remove $file"
 		fi
 	elif [ -e "$file" -o -L "$file" ]; then
 		[ "$quiet" ] || echo "Removing $file"
-		"$rm" -f "$file"
+		"$rm" -f -- "$file"
 		# rm would complain itself on failure
 	else
 		echo "File $file has disappeared!"
-- 
1.3.3+git20060528-dest1

```