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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-08-25 11:29:57 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-08-28 23:47:55 -0700
commitb6194678b0eebdaf36d41e894b484206810f8221 (patch)
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parentccef6048cd697063967e5e02937911fd8125b364 (diff)
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Documentation: clarify "git clean -e <pattern>"
The current explanation of -e can be misread as allowing the user to say I know 'git clean -XYZ' (substitute -XYZ with any option and/or parameter) will remove paths A, B, and C, and I want them all removed except for paths matching this pattern by adding '-e C' to the same command line, i.e. 'git clean -e C -XYZ'. But that is not what this option does. It augments the set of ignore rules from the command line, just like the same "-e <pattern>" argument does with the "ls-files" command (the user could probably pass "-e \!C" to tell the command to clean everything the command would normally remove, except for C). Also error out when both -x and -e are given with an explanation of what -e means---it is a symptom of misunderstanding what -e does. It also fixes small style nit in the parameter to add_exclude() call. The current code only works because EXC_CMDL happens to be defined as 0. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/clean.c')
-rw-r--r--builtin/clean.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index 75697f711..0c7b3d0f4 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &remove_directories,
"remove whole directories"),
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'e', "exclude", &exclude_list, "pattern",
- "exclude <pattern>", PARSE_OPT_NONEG, exclude_cb },
+ "add <pattern> to ignore rules", PARSE_OPT_NONEG, exclude_cb },
OPT_BOOLEAN('x', NULL, &ignored, "remove ignored files, too"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('X', NULL, &ignored_only,
"remove only ignored files"),
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
setup_standard_excludes(&dir);
for (i = 0; i < exclude_list.nr; i++)
- add_exclude(exclude_list.items[i].string, "", 0, dir.exclude_list);
+ add_exclude(exclude_list.items[i].string, "", 0,
+ &dir.exclude_list[EXC_CMDL]);
pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);