# git clean -fdx deletes tracked files 4 messages from 2017-08-15 to 2017-08-17. Participants: Kim Birkelund, Kevin Daudt, Andrew Ardill. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/46594 ## Kim Birkelund, 2017-08-15 18:45 Subject: git clean -fdx deletes tracked files Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOCG%3D_p--J5PKGrQTdquMvcBNQs67MNaN3vM8Tbwn2nZNwVR%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi I hope this is gonna sound as weird to you as it does to me. The link below is a zip of a small git repository that I can reproduce the bug in on 2 machines. Repo: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fz4d0i5ko7s7ktr/test.zip?dl=0 It contains 2 folders: helpers and b, each of which is an empty npm module. b\package.json refers to the helpers module. The following reproduces the bug: 1) in terminal cd to the b folder 2) run npm install 3) run git reset HEAD --hard 4) run git clean -fdx At this point both files in the helpers folder has been deleted and running git status confirms this. Tool version: git --version => git version 2.10.2.windows.1 node -v => v6.11.2 npm -v => 5.3.0 I have no idea what is going. Very much hope you can explain :-) ``` ## Kevin Daudt, 2017-08-15 19:25 Subject: Re: git clean -fdx deletes tracked files Message-ID: <20170815192543.GB3839@alpha.vpn.ikke.info> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170815192543.GB3839%40alpha.vpn.ikke.info In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 08:45:20PM +0200, Kim Birkelund wrote: > Hi > > I hope this is gonna sound as weird to you as it does to me. > > The link below is a zip of a small git repository that I can reproduce > the bug in on 2 machines. > > Repo: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fz4d0i5ko7s7ktr/test.zip?dl=0 > > It contains 2 folders: helpers and b, each of which is an empty npm > module. b\package.json refers to the helpers module. > > The following reproduces the bug: > > 1) in terminal cd to the b folder > 2) run npm install > 3) run git reset HEAD --hard > 4) run git clean -fdx > > At this point both files in the helpers folder has been deleted and > running git status confirms this. > > Tool version: > > git --version => git version 2.10.2.windows.1 > node -v => v6.11.2 > npm -v => 5.3.0 > > > I have no idea what is going. Very much hope you can explain :-) I cannot reproduce it on linux. git clean -fdx output: Removing node_modules/ Removing package-lock.json These are all untracked, and nothing in the helpers dir is being removed. ``` ## Kim Birkelund, 2017-08-16 06:47 Subject: Re: git clean -fdx deletes tracked files Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOCG%3D_pKCXbsRtxNN3%2Bqn%2B28i_1ZXZJ4Nyf2LLSF78irbyoqFA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20170815192543.GB3839@alpha.vpn.ikke.info> ``` Apologies. I should obviously have mentioned which OSes the machines I tested on ran. One Windows 10 (fully updated) and one Windows Server 2016 (also updated). I've also seen it in a real repository on our build server which is Windows Server 2012 R2. After my first mail I updated git to latest and could still reproduce. On Aug 15, 2017 21:25, "Kevin Daudt" wrote: On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 08:45:20PM +0200, Kim Birkelund wrote: > Hi > > I hope this is gonna sound as weird to you as it does to me. > > The link below is a zip of a small git repository that I can reproduce > the bug in on 2 machines. > > Repo: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fz4d0i5ko7s7ktr/test.zip?dl=0 > > It contains 2 folders: helpers and b, each of which is an empty npm > module. b\package.json refers to the helpers module. > > The following reproduces the bug: > > 1) in terminal cd to the b folder > 2) run npm install > 3) run git reset HEAD --hard > 4) run git clean -fdx > > At this point both files in the helpers folder has been deleted and > running git status confirms this. > > Tool version: > > git --version => git version 2.10.2.windows.1 > node -v => v6.11.2 > npm -v => 5.3.0 > > > I have no idea what is going. Very much hope you can explain :-) I cannot reproduce it on linux. git clean -fdx output: Removing node_modules/ Removing package-lock.json These are all untracked, and nothing in the helpers dir is being removed. ``` ## Andrew Ardill, 2017-08-17 00:12 Subject: Re: git clean -fdx deletes tracked files Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAH5451%3D%3DkzQxbmVmbVT5JeTDSJGY05B0hzFyvnBMndv-iGg7Xw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi Kim, I have cc'd the git for windows mailing list, but doing a quick search on the bug tracker shows this issue which looks related: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/607 Hope that helps, seems like it may be an issue with how junctions on windows are handled by git. Regards, Andrew Ardill On 16 August 2017 at 16:47, Kim Birkelund wrote: > Apologies. I should obviously have mentioned which OSes the machines I > tested on ran. > > One Windows 10 (fully updated) and one Windows Server 2016 (also > updated). I've also seen it in a real repository on our build server > which is Windows Server 2012 R2. > > After my first mail I updated git to latest and could still reproduce. > > > > On Aug 15, 2017 21:25, "Kevin Daudt" wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 08:45:20PM +0200, Kim Birkelund wrote: >> Hi >> >> I hope this is gonna sound as weird to you as it does to me. >> >> The link below is a zip of a small git repository that I can reproduce >> the bug in on 2 machines. >> >> Repo: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fz4d0i5ko7s7ktr/test.zip?dl=0 >> >> It contains 2 folders: helpers and b, each of which is an empty npm >> module. b\package.json refers to the helpers module. >> >> The following reproduces the bug: >> >> 1) in terminal cd to the b folder >> 2) run npm install >> 3) run git reset HEAD --hard >> 4) run git clean -fdx >> >> At this point both files in the helpers folder has been deleted and >> running git status confirms this. >> >> Tool version: >> >> git --version => git version 2.10.2.windows.1 >> node -v => v6.11.2 >> npm -v => 5.3.0 >> >> >> I have no idea what is going. Very much hope you can explain :-) > > I cannot reproduce it on linux. > > git clean -fdx output: > > Removing node_modules/ > Removing package-lock.json > > These are all untracked, and nothing in the helpers dir is being > removed. ```