dh_clean - clean up package build directories

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

13.24.1ubuntu2                                     2025-02-11                                        DH_CLEAN(1)

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).

       dh_clean - clean up package build directories

-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=item
           Exclude 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.

       path ...
           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.

debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

dh_clean [debhelperoptions] [-k] [-d] [-Xitem] [path ...]