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git clean

Remove files not tracked by Git from the working tree. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clean.

  • Delete untracked files:

git clean

  • Interactively delete untracked files:

git clean {{-i|--interactive}}

  • Show which files would be deleted without actually deleting them:

git clean --dry-run

  • Forcefully delete untracked files:

git clean {{-f|--force}}

  • Forcefully delete untracked [d]irectories:

git clean {{-f|--force}} -d

  • Delete untracked files, including e[x]cluded files (files ignored in .gitignore and .git/info/exclude):

git clean -x