Clean up package build directories
dh_clean [debhelper
options]
[-k]
[-d]
[-Xitem]
[path ...]
dh_clean is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up. It should be the last step of the clean target and other debhelper commands generally assume that dh_clean will clean up after them.
It removes the package build directories, and removes some other files including debian/files, and any detritus left behind by other debhelper commands. It also removes common files and directories that should not appear in a Debian diff:
#*# *~ DEADJOE *.orig *.rej *.SUMS __pycache__ TAGS .deps/* *.P *-stamp
It does not run "make clean" to clean up after the build process. Use dh_auto_clean(1) to do things like that.
debian/clean
Can list other paths to be removed.
Note that directories listed in this file must end with a trailing slash. Any content in these directories will be removed as well.
Supports substitution variables in compat 13 and later as documented in debhelper(7).
-k, --keep
This is deprecated, use dh_prep(1) instead.
The option is removed in compat 12.
-d, --dirs-only
Only clean the package build directories, do not clean up any other files at all.
-Xitem --exclude=itemExclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being deleted, even if they would normally be deleted. You may use this option multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude.
Delete these paths too.
Note that directories passed as arguments must end with a trailing slash. Any content in these directories will be removed as well.
15 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 14 times.
--dirs-only since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-d since Debian 2.2 (Potato).
--arch until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
--indep until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
--no-act until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
--package until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
--tmpdir until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
--verbose until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-Ptmpdir until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-a until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-i until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-ppackage until Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-v until Debian 2.0 (Hamm).