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      I would like to suggest an option to allow exclusions for git clean. Currently, when "Clean workspace" is selected, "git clean -fdx" is run, which is a great way of starting with a pristine build directory. However, if for Maven projects a "Local to the workspace" M2 repository is selected, the clean command will also clean away the repository, which will cause hundreds of artifacts to be re-downloaded. Even though a maven proxy makes this les worse, it would be nice if there was an option to allow exclusions from the clean (git clean -fdx -e <pattern>).

          [JENKINS-29893] Allow exclusions for git clean

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          Link New: This issue is related to JENKINS-22400 [ JENKINS-22400 ]

          Mark Waite added a comment -

          If we implement exclusions for clean, we should also include implementing timeout for clean, since it would change the same part of the user interface.

          Mark Waite added a comment - If we implement exclusions for clean, we should also include implementing timeout for clean, since it would change the same part of the user interface.
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          Link New: This issue is duplicated by JENKINS-45705 [ JENKINS-45705 ]
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          Link Original: This issue is duplicated by JENKINS-45705 [ JENKINS-45705 ]

          Peter McEvoy added a comment -

          Would be nice if a boolean could be passed in to conditionally control if clean should happen or not.  For fast incremental builds I don't want to clean, but occasionally I need to remove rogue binaries hanging around the workspace and I'd like a to let a build parameter control that

          Peter McEvoy added a comment - Would be nice if a boolean could be passed in to conditionally control if clean should happen or not.  For fast incremental builds I don't want to clean, but occasionally I need to remove rogue binaries hanging around the workspace and I'd like a to let a build parameter control that
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          Assignee Original: Nicolas De Loof [ ndeloof ] New: Mark Waite [ markewaite ]
          Mark Waite made changes -
          Assignee Original: Mark Waite [ markewaite ]

          Any news? I would like to see "Clean before checkout" behaviour to have an option to add an exclude pattern:

           

          https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clean

           

          Now I'm executing the command myself without using this behaviour as it does not support it. Example: 'git clean -fdx -e MyFolderToExclude'

          Borja Domínguez added a comment - Any news? I would like to see "Clean before checkout" behaviour to have an option to add an exclude pattern:   https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clean   Now I'm executing the command myself without using this behaviour as it does not support it. Example: 'git clean -fdx -e MyFolderToExclude'

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