From: Wesley J. Landaker Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:13:41 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Documentation: git-clean: make description more readable X-Git-Tag: v1.6.3-rc3~3 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=911198f6c09e2a60451cf1a295ce4532ff11781c;p=git.git Documentation: git-clean: make description more readable The existing text is a little bit awkward. This rewrites the description section to be more readable and friendly. Signed-off-by: Wesley J. Landaker Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 932d44daf..43b2de7db 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -12,14 +12,17 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Removes files unknown to git. This allows cleaning the working tree -of files that are not under version control. If the '-x' option is -specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing the removal of all -build products. + +This allows cleaning the working tree by removing files that are not +under version control. + +Normally, only files unknown to git are removed, but if the '-x' +option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for +example, be useful to remove all build products. + If any optional `...` arguments are given, only those paths are affected. - OPTIONS ------- -d::