Hi,
I am sure this was discussed in the past, I could not find any
explicit discussion.
The `git clean` is a handy command, it can clean directories,
including ignore files and also handle nested git repositories if a
second -f is given.
git clean -dxff
However, as far as I understand, it is not possible to clean ignored
files in nested repositories, the `x` is applied only to the local
repository.
As workaround following command may be used:
git clean -dxff && git submodule foreach git clean -dxff
However, I expect the double `f` to take into account the `x` and also
clean ignored files from the nested repository.
I am unsure if this is a bug or intentional.
If this is intentional, maybe a patch to have a second -x would be
acceptable? so that we could have something like:
git clean -dxxff
Any other suggestions? It would be nice to be able to clean the entire
tree with a simple git clean command consistently in all scenarios.
Regards,
Alon
