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authorWesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net>2009-04-25 09:13:41 -0600
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-04-25 09:29:38 -0700
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parent926337fe89f99c690b721f00239e298f8b7cad28 (diff)
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Documentation: git-clean: make description more readable
The existing text is a little bit awkward. This rewrites the description section to be more readable and friendly. Signed-off-by: Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -12,14 +12,17 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Removes files unknown to git. This allows cleaning the working tree
-of files that are not under version control. If the '-x' option is
-specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing the removal of all
-build products.
+
+This allows cleaning the working tree by removing files that are not
+under version control.
+
+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.
-
OPTIONS
-------
-d::