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@@ -438,8 +438,7 @@ Commit these changes and push the branch.
 <h3>Use the release.sh script from xorg util-macros</h3>
 
 <p>
-Ensure that the mesa git tree is clean via <code>git clean -fXd</code> and
-start the release process.
+Start the release process.
 </p>
 <pre>
 	../relative/path/to/release.sh . # append --dist if you've already done distcheck above