Git Clean

Git clean will hell you to remove all untracked files in the working directory, this post will show the basic usage.

Step 1

Review what will be deleted by using the -n option:

git clean -n

Step 2

Delete the files

git clean -f

• To remove directories, run git clean -f -d or git clean -fd
• To remove ignored files, run git clean -f -X or git clean -fX
• To remove ignored and non-ignored files, run git clean -f -x or git clean -fx

Note the case difference on the X for the two latter commands.

If clean.requireForce is set to “true” (the default) in your configuration, one needs to specify -fotherwise nothing will actually happen.

See the git-clean docs for more information.