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git_clean [2018/05/21 17:50] – [Overview] rpjdaygit_clean [2019/02/28 15:25] (current) – [Overriding standard ignore rules] rpjday
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-Config setting:+The single config setting for this command:
  
   * ''clean.requireForce''   * ''clean.requireForce''
  
-Prerequisites: ''gitignore''+Prerequisites: You should understand ''gitignore'' files.
  
 ===== DESCRIPTION ===== ===== DESCRIPTION =====
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-Note how both ignored files and new, //staged// files are not cleaned by default. Currently, there is some dissension as to what is meant by files "known to Git."+Note how both ignored files and new, //staged// files are not cleaned by default. Currently, there is some dissension regarding what is meant by files "known to Git."
  
 ===== Basic options ===== ===== Basic options =====
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 ===== Overriding standard ignore rules ===== ===== Overriding standard ignore rules =====
 +
 +The explanation below oddly does not mention the use of the configuration setting ''core.excludesFile''.
  
 <code> <code>
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     rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created     rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created
     files.     files.
 +</code>
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 +===== Getting a "pristine" working tree =====
 +
 +Create a shell alias:
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 +<code>
 +alias gpristine='git reset --hard && git clean -dfx'
 </code> </code>
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