NAME
git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
SYNOPSIS
git clean\n [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] [<pathspec>...]DESCRIPTION
Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not under version control, starting from the current directory.
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 <pathspec>... arguments are given, only those paths that match the pathspec are affected.
OPTIONS
-d
-f, --force
-i, --interactive
-n, --dry-run
-q, --quiet
-e <pattern>, --exclude=<pattern>
-x
-X
INTERACTIVE MODE
When the command enters the interactive mode, it shows the files and directories to be cleaned, and goes into its interactive command loop.
The command loop shows the list of subcommands available, and gives a prompt "What now> ". In general, when the prompt ends with a single >, you can pick only one of the choices given and type return, like this:
\n
*** Commands ***
\n
1: clean 2: filter by pattern 3: select by numbers
\n
4: ask each 5: quit 6: help
\n
What now> 1You also could say c or clean above as long as the choice is unique.
The main command loop has 6 subcommands.
clean
filter by pattern
select by numbers
ask each
quit
help
CONFIGURATION
Everything below this line in this section is selectively included from the git-config(1) documentation. The content is the same as what’s found there:
clean.requireForce
SEE ALSO
gitignore(5)
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite