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6 git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
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9 git clean [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <path>...
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13 Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
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16 Normally, only files unknown to git are removed, but if the -x option
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20 If any optional <path>... arguments are given, only those paths are
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25 Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files. If an
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48 Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
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52 Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org[1]>
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55 Part of the git(1) suite
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