2023/11/07 - Coenraad Stijne
git clean -fdx
Add -n for dryrun.
This will retain only the tracked & unmodified files.
-f, --force
If the Git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set to false, git clean
will refuse to delete files or directories unless given -f or -i. Git will refuse to
modify untracked nested git repositories (directories with a .git subdirectory) unless
a second -f is given.
-d
Normally, when no <path> is specified, git clean will not recurse into untracked
directories to avoid removing too much. Specify -d to have it recurse into such
directories as well. If any paths are specified, -d is irrelevant; all untracked files
matching the specified paths (with exceptions for nested git directories mentioned
under --force) will be removed.
-x
Don’t use the standard ignore rules, but still use the ignore rules
given with -e options from the command line. This allows removing all untracked files,
including build products. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with git restore
or git reset) to create a pristine working directory to test a clean build.