From 0b8630b99e0f2b977d3ad55667076c4ead26926e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Letellier-Duchesne <samuel.letellier-duchesne@polymtl.ca>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 20:25:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] New function to clear the cache (#437)

* Fixes an issue where passing a new attributes to IDF.simulate would fail to create a new cache

* reformat

* Added clear_cache method

- deletes the settings.cache_folder (files and sub-directories)
- Import from archetypal directly
---
 archetypal/utils.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/archetypal/utils.py b/archetypal/utils.py
index e4213eb2..0b9d8c58 100644
--- a/archetypal/utils.py
+++ b/archetypal/utils.py
@@ -775,3 +775,10 @@ def signif(x, digits=4):
         return x
     digits -= math.ceil(math.log10(abs(x)))
     return round(x, digits)
+
+
+def clear_cache():
+    """Clear the cache."""
+    import shutil
+
+    shutil.rmtree(settings.cache_folder)