Re: what should "git clean -n -f [-d] [-x] <pattern>" do?

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:49:08AM +0300, Sergey Organov wrote:

> > Please don't. I set it to "false", because I find the default behavior a
> > pointless roadblock if you are already aware that "git clean" can be
> > destructive. Surely I can't be the only one.
> 
> Well, provided there is at least one person who finds it useful to set
> it to 'false', I withdraw my suggestion.
> 
> That said, did you consider to:
> 
>   $ git config --global alias.cl 'clean -f'
> 
> instead of
> 
>   $ git config --global clean.requireForce false
> 
> I wonder?

Not really, as when I originally set the config in 2007, it was just
undoing the then-recent change to default clean.requireForce to true. I
already had muscle memory using "git clean" as it had worked
historically from 2005-2007.

I know that isn't necessarily relevant for new users today, but my point
is mostly that we have clean.requireForce already and people would
probably be annoyed if we took it away. :)

-Peff