<# .SYNTAX clean-repo.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION cleans a Git repository from untracked files (including submodules, e.g. for a fresh build) .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($RepoDir = "$PWD") try { $RepoDir = resolve-path "$RepoDir" if (-not(test-path "$RepoDir" -pathType container)) { throw "Can't access directory: $RepoDir" } set-location "$RepoDir" "⏳ Cleaning Git repository 📂$RepoDir from untracked files..." $Null = (git --version) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'git' - make sure Git is installed and available" } & git clean -fdx # force + recurse into dirs + don't use the standard ignore rules if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git clean -fdx' failed" } & git submodule foreach --recursive git clean -fdx if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git clean -fdx' in submodules failed" } "✔️ cleaned Git repository 📂$RepoDir" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }