Git provides a simple command line option to remove local (untracked) files from the current working tree. Here is the process:
- First, you need to ensure that the files you want to remove are untracked by Git. You can do this by running the following command:
git statusThis command will display the current status of your Git working tree, including any untracked files.
- Once you have identified the untracked files you want to remove, you can use the following command to remove them:
git clean -f- This command will remove all untracked files from the current Git working tree, including any files in subdirectories. If you only want to remove untracked files in the current directory, you can add the
-dflag:
git clean -f -dThis command will only remove untracked files in the current directory and its subdirectories.
Note: Be cautious when using the git clean command, as it will permanently delete any untracked files that are not backed up in Git.
- Finally, you can use the
git statuscommand again to verify that the untracked files have been successfully removed from the working tree.
To remove local (untracked) files from the current Git working tree, you need to ensure that the files are untracked, use the
git cleancommand to remove them, and verify that they have been successfully removed usinggit status.