1 git-clean(1)
2 ============
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
8 SYNOPSIS
9 --------
10 [verse]
11 'git-clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>...
13 DESCRIPTION
14 -----------
15 Removes files unknown to git. This allows to clean the working tree
16 from files that are not under version control. If the '-x' option is
17 specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing to remove all
18 build products.
19 When optional `<paths>...` arguments are given, the paths
20 affected are further limited to those that match them.
23 OPTIONS
24 -------
25 -d::
26 Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
28 -f::
29 If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true,
30 git-clean will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
32 -n::
33 Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
35 -q::
36 Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
37 successfully removed.
39 -x::
40 Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked
41 files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
42 conjunction with linkgit:git-reset[1]) to create a pristine
43 working directory to test a clean build.
45 -X::
46 Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
47 everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
50 Author
51 ------
52 Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
55 GIT
56 ---
57 Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite