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From: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] Re: Documentation: Clarify which paths git-clean will
	affect
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 13:17:07 +0200
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The 05/05/09, Fredrik Skolmli wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 11:55:17AM +0200, Thomas Rast wrote:
> > Fredrik Skolmli wrote:
> > > --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
> > > @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ example, be useful to remove all build products.
> > >  If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths
> > >  are affected.
> > >  
> > > +If no arguments are given, the cleaning is recursive, starting at the current
> > > +path.
> > 
> > That makes it sound as if the <path> case was not recursive, but it
> > is!
> 
> Auch, good point. Any suggestions on how to formulate it?

Maybe:

If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths are
affected. If no arguments are given, the cleaning starts at the current
path.

The cleaning are recursive.

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht