: GitBench
Remove all untracked and ignored files
Tests ability to remove both untracked and ignored files with git clean -fx. Evaluates comprehensive cleanup flags.

These commands set up the repo before the model sees the prompt. They define the starting file structure, staged changes, and Git history.

  1. 01 git init
  2. 02 git config user.email 'test@test.com'
  3. 03 git config user.name 'Test User'
  4. 04 echo '*.log' > .gitignore
  5. 05 echo 'tracked' > tracked.txt
  6. 06 git add .gitignore tracked.txt
  7. 07 git commit -m 'Initial commit'
  8. 08 echo 'data' > debug.log
  9. 09 echo 'untracked' > notes.txt
Prompt
Remove all untracked and ignored files (but not directories). Output ONLY the git command, nothing else.
Expected
git clean -f -x
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deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:high PASS 100% 47 in → 758 out (731 reasoning)
git clean -f -x
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:high PASS 100% 59 in → 8,761 out (8,988 reasoning)
git clean -fxx
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:high__json_schema PASS 100% 59 in → 854 out (931 reasoning)
git clean -x -f
JSON Schema Structured Output
(raw) { "command": "git clean -x -f" }
poolside/laguna-xs.2:high PASS 100% 95 in → 288 out (281 reasoning)
git clean -fx
poolside/laguna-xs.2:high__json_schema PASS 100% 95 in → 231 out (215 reasoning)
git clean -xf
JSON Schema Structured Output
(raw) { "command": "git clean -xf" }
poolside/laguna-xs.2:none PASS 100% 95 in → 8 out (0 reasoning)
git clean -f -x
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:none FAIL 75% 47 in → 7 out (0 reasoning)
git clean -f -X
Failure: Failed assertions: [{'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'notes.txt'}]
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:none__json_schema FAIL 75% 47 in → 19 out (0 reasoning)
git clean -f -X notes.txt debug.log
JSON Schema Structured Output
(raw) { "command": "git clean -f -X notes.txt debug.log" }
Failure: Failed assertions: [{'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'notes.txt'}]
mistralai/devstral-2512__json_schema FAIL 75% 46 in → 12 out
git clean -f -X
JSON Schema Structured Output
(raw) {"command": "git clean -f -X"}
Failure: Failed assertions: [{'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'notes.txt'}]
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:none__json_schema FAIL 75% 59 in → 20 out (0 reasoning)
git clean -Xfd --force
JSON Schema Structured Output
(raw) { "command": "git clean -Xfd --force" }
Failure: Failed assertions: [{'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'notes.txt'}]
poolside/laguna-xs.2:none__json_schema FAIL 75% 95 in → 12 out (0 reasoning)
git clean -f -X
JSON Schema Structured Output
(raw) {"command": "git clean -f -X"}
Failure: Failed assertions: [{'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'notes.txt'}]
mistralai/devstral-2512 FAIL 50% 46 in → 10 out
```bash git clean -f ```
Failure: Failed assertions: [{'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'debug.log'}, {'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'notes.txt'}]
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:none FAIL 50% 59 in → 1,884 out (0 reasoning)
git clean -fdn --exclude-from=.gitignore --dry-run But they want remove all untracked and ignored files (but not directories). Git clean can remove files (not dirs). To remove untracked and also ignored (but ignore patterns typically are for untracked files). Actually git clean -e .gitignore removes patterns from .gitignore. Option -x will also remove ignored files. The question: "Remove all untracked and ignored files (but not directories)." So need to delete untracked files that are not ignored and also ignored files as well? Wait they want remove untracked and ignored files. Untracked files include ignored ones? In git status output they have "Untracked files:" list and also "Ignored files:" separate. So they want to remove both untracked and ignored files, but not directories. So command: git clean -fdX --dry-run? Actually -X removes ignored files only (nothing else). -x removes both untracked and ignored. But they want to remove both. So git clean -fdXx? -x includes -X? Let's recall: git clean [-n] [-f] [-i] [-e <pattern>] [--] [<path>...] Options: -f, --force: actually remove files. -X, --ignored: remove only ignored files. -x, --all: remove ignored and untracked files. So to remove both untracked and ignored, use -x. Also need to remove only files, not directories: -f is enough; directories not removed unless -d is given. The --d flag removes directories as well; but they explicitly said not directories, so we shouldn't use -d. So command: git clean -fX? That would remove only ignored files, not untracked ones. But they want remove untracked and ignored. So using -x removes both untracked and ignored. But does -x also remove directories? No, -d is needed for directories. So we can use git clean -fXx? Actually -x already includes -X? No. They are separate flags. -x means "remove ignored files as if they were not ignored". So it removes both ignored and untracked. So command: git clean -fX? Wait need both? Actually we can just use -x (or -X?). The combination is: -x (or --all) removes ignored and untracked; -X removes only ignored. So to remove both we need -x. So command: git clean -fXx? That's redundant. Actually we can just use git clean -fX? No. -X removes ignored only. So to remove untracked also, we need -x. But -x also removes untracked and ignored; but we also need to remove ignored files; that's fine. So just git clean -fX? Not correct. Use git clean -fX? That removes only ignored. To remove untracked too, need -x flag. But -x also removes ignored; so we can just use git clean -fX? Actually -x overrides -X? Let's check: -x implies remove ignored files as well as untracked, while -X only removes ignored. So we can just use git clean -fX? No. Use git clean -fX? It only removes ignored. To also remove untracked, use -x. So combine: git clean -fX? Actually -x already includes removal of ignored; so we don't need -X separately. So use git clean -fX? No. Use git clean -fXx? That seems wrong. Probably they want: git clean -fdX --dry-run? Let's think: -f to force, -d to remove directories? They said not directories, so don't include -d. -X only removes ignored. But they also want untracked. So maybe they want to remove ignored files as well as untracked, but not directories. That is exactly what -x does (includes both categories). So command: git clean -fX? Actually -x is the flag. So command: git clean -fX? Wait -x is separate from -X. So the short option is -x. So command: git clean -fX? No. Thus answer: git clean -fX? No. It should be: git clean -fX? Actually they want to remove untracked and ignored files. That's what -x does (including ignored). So just: git clean -fX? No. The correct command: git clean -fX? Hmm. Better: git clean -fX? Not correct. Probably they want: git clean -fdX --dry-run? The -d includes directories; they said not directories. So we shouldn't use -d. Thus: git clean -fX --dry-run? That removes only ignored files, not untracked. Thus to remove both untracked and ignored, we need -x. So combine: git clean -fX? Actually -x already includes removal of ignored, but you can also use -f to force. So command: git clean -fX? No -x is the flag; so just git clean -fX? Not. Thus answer: git clean -fX? I think they want: git clean -fX? Let's check documentation: git clean [-n] [-f] [-i] [-e <pattern>] [--] [<path>...] Options: -X : Remove only files that are ignored by git. -x : Remove files ignored by git as well as all untracked files. So the command to remove all untracked and ignored files is: git clean -fX? Actually to remove untracked and ignored, you can use -x. Without -X, -x will remove both untracked and ignored. So just git clean -fXx? No. Simplify: git clean -fX? Actually we can use git clean -fX? Wait, -X is a flag that says "remove only ignored". That's not what we want. So we need -x. So command: git clean -fX? No. It should be: git clean -fX? I'm confused. The simplest: git clean -fX? But they also want to remove untracked, so use -x. So the combined flag is -x, which removes ignored and untracked. So just: git clean -fX? Actually the flag is -x, not -X. So command: git clean -fX? Let's just output: git clean -fX? That seems wrong. I'll output: git clean -fX? Wait. Better: git clean -fX? Hmm. I think safest answer: git clean -fdX --dry-run? But they said only command, nothing else, probably they want something like: git clean -fdX --dry-run But that includes -d which removes directories, which they said not directories. So maybe they want just git clean -fX? Actually -X removes ignored, but they also need untracked; so maybe they want to first remove untracked (default) and then ignored? Actually they want to remove both untracked and ignored. The -x flag does that. So command: git clean -fX? No. Thus answer: git clean -fX? No. I'll output: git clean -fX? Wait maybe they want: git clean -fX? Not sure. I'll produce: git clean -fX? but I'm uncertain. Given instruction: Output ONLY the git command, nothing else. So I will output: git clean -fX --dry-run But that only removes ignored. Hmm. Maybe they want to use -X to remove ignored, and also remove untracked (default). The default behavior of git clean is to remove untracked files, but not ignored. But we want to remove ignored as well, so use -X? Actually -X will remove ignored files, and default removes untracked. So combine -X with default behavior? Wait: By default, git clean removes untracked files. Adding -X will also remove ignored. So just git clean -fX will remove untracked (default) and ignored (due to -X). It does not need -x. Indeed, git clean defaults to removing untracked files; adding -X will also remove ignored ones. So the command: git clean -fX does remove untracked and ignored files, but not directories (unless -d). So answer: git clean -fX --dry-run maybe they want actual remove? They just want command to remove, not dry-run. They want to remove all untracked and ignored files but not directories. So command: git clean -fX Thus output that. git clean -fX
Failure: Failed assertions: [{'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'debug.log'}, {'type': 'file_not_exists', 'path': 'notes.txt'}]
Invalid JSON. Output: git clean -f -x
JSON Schema Structured Output
Structured Output Error
Failed to parse structured JSON response: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Failure: Failed to parse structured JSON response: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)