> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:55:14 -0700 > From: Matt Birkholz <m...@birchwood-abbey.net> > > I still like to build in a dirtree of symlinks e.g. created by > lndir(1). Even git clean -xf does not get me sparkly clean. > There's just nothing like lndiring a fresh build tree. But this ran > afoul of find with -type f (in src/etc/Tags.sh) so it would seem I > am alone in this. > > Y'all just trying to make do with make maintainer-clean? git clean > -xf? git clone --shared?! idiotic (idiosyncratic) maintenance > script? Your GUI cc app magics it? Your AI patiently humors you, > maintaining a therapeutic illusion that you are still a programmer?
I use `git clean -dxf'. Always found the make clean targets clumsy and unreliable, particularly since some of them only partially clean and then delete the makefile itself.