git-clean [Was: Linux 2.6.28-rc1]

[Björn Steinbrink]

On 2008.10.24 17:13:40 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 01:52:45PM +0100, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> > git reset --hard v2.6.27 ; git clean -d -f
> > git status ("Nothing to commit")
> > 
> > cp /path/to/config .config
> > make oldconfig prepare
> > git clean -d -f ; git reset --hard
> > git status ("Nothing to commit")
> > 
> > Observe at this point that include/asm is valid and points to
> > include/asm-x86, despite the clean and reset (I guess this file is
> > being ignored).
> 
> Use this script for super-clean project-agnostic clean:
> 
> 	$ cat ~/bin/git-mrproper
> 	#!/bin/sh
> 	git-ls-files -o --directory -z | xargs -0 rm -rf

JFYI, that should be the same as:
git clean -xdf

The -x makes it wipe out ignored files as well.

Björn
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