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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 91742633fa..69331e3f05 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <path>... +'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ 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 `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths -are affected. +If any optional `<pathspec>...` arguments are given, only those paths +that match the pathspec are affected. OPTIONS ------- -d:: - Normally, when no <path> is specified, git clean will not + Normally, when no <pathspec> is specified, git clean will not recurse into untracked directories to avoid removing too much. Specify -d to have it recurse into such directories as well. - If any paths are specified, -d is irrelevant; all untracked + If a <pathspec> is specified, -d is irrelevant; all untracked files matching the specified paths (with exceptions for nested git directories mentioned under `--force`) will be removed. @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ filter by pattern:: This shows the files and directories to be deleted and issues an "Input ignore patterns>>" prompt. You can input space-separated patterns to exclude files and directories from deletion. - E.g. "*.c *.h" will excludes files end with ".c" and ".h" from + E.g. "*.c *.h" will exclude files ending with ".c" and ".h" from deletion. When you are satisfied with the filtered result, press ENTER (empty) back to the main menu. @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ ask each:: quit:: - This lets you quit without do cleaning. + This lets you quit without doing any cleaning. help:: |