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] [--] <path>...
13 DESCRIPTION
14 -----------
16 This allows cleaning the working tree by removing files that are not
17 under version control.
19 Normally, only files unknown to git are removed, but if the '-x'
20 option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for
21 example, be useful to remove all build products.
23 If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths
24 are affected.
26 OPTIONS
27 -------
28 -d::
29 Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
31 -f::
32 If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true,
33 'git-clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
35 -n::
36 --dry-run::
37 Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
39 -q::
40 --quiet::
41 Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
42 successfully removed.
44 -x::
45 Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked
46 files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
47 conjunction with 'git-reset') to create a pristine
48 working directory to test a clean build.
50 -X::
51 Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
52 everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
55 Author
56 ------
57 Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
60 GIT
61 ---
62 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite