Deleting untracked files in Git
Sometimes you may want to remove useless untracked files, such as a log file created by a particular application. You may want to delete it because it is untracked and may not have any use. Following are the possible scenarios when you delete untracked files using Git.
git cleanRemove untracked files from your working tree
using
git cleanThe -i command cleans up by removing files that git doesn't track. It removes all files recursively and starts removing files from the current active directory. Under normal circumstances, it just removes files that are unknown to Git. But with -xthe -i flag, it can remove ignored files as well.
So, first, you can check the status of untracked files,
git status
The above command will show any files that may be untracked. If you want to track some files, you can use the following command,
git add <file_name>
Now that you know which files to trace, you can use the various flags to get the results you want.
Deleting untracked files interactively in Git
git cleanIn order to list all the files and directories which will be removed
using , you can use the following command.
git clean -n -d
Here, -nthe flag ( --dry-run) displays a list of files, while -dthe flag is used to display the directory, if any.
More Flags for Git Clean Command
You can use git cleanvarious other flags with the command, below are the most notable ones.
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-XCan be used to remove files that Git ignores. Might be helpful in some cases, such as when building a product. -
-fdCan be used to delete directories and files. -
-fx(note the lower case in this casex) can be used to remove both ignored and non-ignored files.
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