Merge git://repo.or.cz/git-gui

[git.git] / Documentation / git-clean.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index 9d291bdd266b49fe01b017dfce8e73dd288ad785..60e38e6e275f5cf90a1ccba36dd3930cafa1b630 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
+'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-       If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true,
-       'git-clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
+       If the git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set
+       to false, 'git clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
 
 -n::
 --dry-run::
@@ -45,10 +45,16 @@ OPTIONS
        Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
        successfully removed.
 
+-e <pattern>::
+--exclude=<pattern>::
+       Specify special exceptions to not be cleaned.  Each <pattern> is
+       the same form as in $GIT_DIR/info/excludes and this option can be
+       given multiple times.
+
 -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') to create a pristine
+       conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine
        working directory to test a clean build.
 
 -X::