Showing and cleaning ignored files
Ignoring files is useful for filtering noise from the output of git status. But sometimes, it's necessary to check which files are ignored. This example will show you how to do that.
Getting ready
We'll continue in the repository from the last example.
How to do it...
To show the files we have ignored, we can use the clean command. Normally, the clean command will remove the untracked files from the working directory, but it is possible to run this in dry-run mode, -n, which just shows what would happen:
$ git clean -XndWould remove bin/foobarWould remove test.testWould remove test.txt.bak
The options used in the preceding command specify the following:
-n,--dry-run: Only lists what will be removed-X: Removes only the files ignored by Git-d: Removes the untracked directories in addition to the untracked files
The ignored files can also be listed with the ls-files command:
$ git ls-files -o -i --exclude-standardbin/foobartest.testtest.txt.bak
Where the -o option...
