1GIT-CLEAN(1)                      Git Manual                      GIT-CLEAN(1)
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NAME

6       git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
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SYNOPSIS

9       git clean [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
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DESCRIPTION

13       Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
14       under version control, starting from the current directory.
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16       Normally, only files unknown to Git are removed, but if the -x option
17       is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for example, be
18       useful to remove all build products.
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20       If any optional <path>... arguments are given, only those paths are
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OPTIONS

24       -d
25           Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files. If an
26           untracked directory is managed by a different Git repository, it is
27           not removed by default. Use -f option twice if you really want to
28           remove such a directory.
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30       -f, --force
31           If the Git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set to
32           false, git clean will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
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42           In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and
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47           Don’t use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per
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49           rules given with -e options. This allows removing all untracked
50           files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
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52           to test a clean build.
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SEE ALSO

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GIT

62       Part of the git(1) suite
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66Git 1.8.3.1                       11/19/2018                      GIT-CLEAN(1)