git cleaner

Clean a working tree using more powerful options

Git alias:

cleaner = clean -dff

Example:

git cleaner

This will remove untracked files from the working tree.

Documentation of git clean flags

-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.

-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.