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 --dry-run::
34 Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
36 -q::
37 --quiet::
38 Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
39 successfully removed.
41 -x::
42 Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked
43 files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
44 conjunction with `git-reset`) to create a pristine
45 working directory to test a clean build.
47 -X::
48 Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
49 everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
52 Author
53 ------
54 Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
57 GIT
58 ---
59 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite