Git Clean

git clean -xfd is a command used in Git to remove untracked files from the working directory.

Here's what each flag means:

-x: This flag instructs Git to also remove files ignored by Git. By default, Git only removes files that are not ignored. -f: This flag stands for "force" and tells Git to remove the files without prompting for confirmation. -d: This flag tells Git to remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.

Examples

Remove all untracked files

git clean -xfd

This command will remove all untracked files and directories from the working directory.

Remove all untracked files except for a specific file

git clean -xfd --exclude=filename.txt

This command will remove all untracked files and directories from the working directory except for the file filename.txt.

Remove all untracked files except for a specific directory

git clean -xfd --exclude=directoryname

This command will remove all untracked files and directories from the working directory except for the directory directoryname.

Remove all untracked files except for a specific file extension

git clean -xfd --exclude=*.txt

This command will remove all untracked files and directories from the working directory except for files with the .txt extension.

Remove all untracked files except for a specific file extension in a specific directory

git clean -xfd --exclude=directoryname/*.txt

This command will remove all untracked files and directories from the working directory except for files with the .txt extension in the directoryname directory.

Remove all untracked files except for a specific file extension in a specific directory and all subdirectories

git clean -xfd --exclude=directoryname/**/*.txt

This command will remove all untracked files and directories from the working directory except for files with the .txt extension in the directoryname directory and all subdirectories.