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doc: add 'git clean -xfd' to backport guide
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When changing from a recent version, e.g. 8.x to an older branch like 6.x
test artifacts sometimes hang around and cause failures. Using `git clean`
will prevent that from happening.

PR-URL: #15715
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
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lance authored and MylesBorins committed Oct 25, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ cd $NODE_DIR
git fetch upstream v6.x-staging:v6.x-staging -f
# Assume we want to backport PR #10157
git checkout -b backport-10157-to-v6.x v6.x-staging
# Ensure there are no test artifacts from previous builds
# Note that this command deletes all files and directories
# not under revision control below the ./test directory.
# It is optional and should be used with caution.
git clean -xfd ./test/
```

4. After creating the branch, apply the changes to the branch. The cherry-pick
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