git-clean − Remove untracked files from the working tree
git−clean [−d] [−f] [−n] [−q] [−x | −X] [−−] <paths>...
Removes files unknown to git. This allows to clean the working tree from files that are not under version control. If the −x option is specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing to remove all build products. When optional <paths>... arguments are given, the paths affected are further limited to those that match them.
−d
Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
−f
If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true, git−clean will refuse to run unless given −f or −n.
−n, −−dry−run
Don´t actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
−q, −−quiet
Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are successfully removed.
−x
Don´t use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with git-reset(1)) to create a pristine working directory to test a clean build.
−X
Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org[1]>
Part of the git(1) suite
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