Accidentially deleted directory, bug in git clean -d?

[Robin Pedersen <robinp@snap.tv>]

I accidentially deleted a directory using git clean. I would think
this is a bug, but I'm not sure. Was using 1.8.1, but upgraded to
1.9.0 just to see if it was still reproducable, and it was.

Here's a minimal way to reproduce:

$ git init
$ mkdir foo foobar
$ git clean -df foobar
Removing foo/
Removing foobar/
$ ls
$

I expected only "foobar" to be deleted, but "foo" was also deleted.

The same thing happens in the opposite case:

$ git init
$ mkdir foo foobar
$ git clean -df foo
Removing foo/
Removing foobar/
$ ls
$

However, it only happens when there is a common prefix in the names:

$ git init
$ mkdir foo bar
$ git clean -df foo
Removing foo/
$ ls
bar
$

In this case, "bar" was not deleted.

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Best regards,

Robin Pedersen
Software Engineer

SnapTV AS
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N-9519 Kviby.
Norway

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