How to remove untracked and ignored files?
git clean -f -x
To remove untracked and ignored files use git clean -f -x
.
Since git clean
removes files it's recommended to start with a dry-run using parameter -n. A dry-run will show what is going to be removed without actually removing them.
The -f parameter tells git to remove the files when git clean
is used. The usage of parameter -f is required unless clean.requireForce is configured to false.
The -x parameter tells git to remove both the untracked and the ignored files.
Git clean -f -x
won't remove ignored directories. Add parameter -d to remove directories as well.
cat .gitignore
ignoredFile.txt
git clean -n -x
Would remove ignoredFile.txt
Would remove untrackedFile.txt
git clean -f -x
Removing ignoredFile.txt
Removing untrackedFile.txt
See git clean to learn more about it.