@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 eclass/git-2.eclass |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
--- a/eclass/git-2.eclass	
+++ a/eclass/git-2.eclass	
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ git-2_update_repo() {
 	if [[ ${EGIT_LOCAL_NONBARE} ]]; then
 		# checkout master branch and drop all other local branches
 		git checkout ${EGIT_MASTER} || die "${FUNCNAME}: can't checkout master branch ${EGIT_MASTER}"
+		git clean -d -f -x || die "${FUNCNAME}: failed to clean checkout dir"
+
 		for x in $(git branch | grep -v "* ${EGIT_MASTER}" | tr '\n' ' '); do
 			debug-print "${FUNCNAME}: git branch -D ${x}"
 			git branch -D ${x} > /dev/null
--