> and you can also run "git submodule foreach" to clean every submodule for a > full clear out. OK. That will be useful in the Jenkins build script where I currently have a csh foreach loop doing that. However the reason Malcolm asked me to report the problem was the build issue. I wasn't aware that it was already a known problem. Best regards, Graham >> Sextractor always messes up because git clean does not go into submodules >>> and there is something wrong with the extractor makefile when things get >>> partially cleaned in that directory. git clean -fdx will work in the ast >>> directory. >>> >> >> and in any submodule. Just cd into them and run this command. Of course >> you need to know the submodules are there. >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Graham Bell <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> Just a note that removing the entire ast directory is overkill >>> >>> % cd libraries/ast >>> % git clean -fdx >>> >>> would do the same thing. >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I did "git clean -fdx" in my top level directory on Monday while trying >>> to solve the agi related build problems. But >>> that left my working copy in a state where it couldn't build extractor. >>> The git-clean hadn't descended into the >>> submodules inside applications/extractor and the build system didn't then >>> copy libextractor.a into that directory. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Graham