gcc prepare git clean possible issue about mingw-packages HOT 4 CLOSED

There are occasional patches in plain diff format instead of mbox format, which are applied with git apply -3 or patch --merge, which does not commit the changes and may leave untracked files behind. The x in lowercase ensures a clean work tree is prepared for the other patches.

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There are occasional patches in plain diff format instead of mbox format, which are applied with git apply -3 or patch --merge, which does not commit the changes and may leave untracked files behind. The x in lowercase ensures a clean work tree is prepared for the other patches.

Per git docs the lower x requires the e option; the directions implies it does nothing if no e option is used.
Note: I have not confirmed the directions is correct.

Tim S.

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Per git docs the lower x requires the e option; the directions implies it does nothing if no e option is used. Note: I have not confirmed the directions is correct.

Actually I have been using git clean -fdx for many years and have not been aware of -e. The Git manual says

-e , --exclude=
Use the given exclude pattern in addition to the standard ignore rules (see gitignore(5)).

Since we are not adding ignore rules, it doesn't seem to be necessary.

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Per git docs the lower x requires the e option; the directions implies it does nothing if no e option is used. Note: I have not confirmed the directions is correct.

Actually I have been using git clean -fdx for many years and have not been aware of -e. The Git manual says

-e , --exclude=
Use the given exclude pattern in addition to the standard ignore rules (see gitignore(5)).

Since we are not adding ignore rules, it doesn't seem to be necessary.

-x Don’t use the standard ignore rules, but still use the ignore rules given with -e options from the command line. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with git restore or git reset) to create a pristine working directory to test a clean build.

I hope you are right.

Tim S.

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