<# .SYNOPSIS Cleans a Git repository from untracked files (including submodules) .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script cleans a Git repository from untracked files (including submodules). .PARAMETER RepoDir Specifies the path to the Git repository .EXAMPLE PS> ./clean-repo C:\MyRepo 🧹 Cleaning from untracked files... ✔️ cleaned Git repository 📂C:\MyRepo in 0 sec .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param([string]$RepoDir = "$PWD") try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() if (-not(test-path "$RepoDir" -pathType container)) { throw "Can't access directory: $RepoDir" } $RepoDirName = (get-item "$RepoDir").Name "🧹 Cleaning from untracked files..." $Null = (git --version) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'git' - make sure Git is installed and available" } & git -C "$RepoDir" clean -xfd -f # force + recurse into dirs + don't use the standard ignore rules if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git clean -xfd -f' failed" } & git -C "$RepoDir" submodule foreach --recursive git clean -xfd -f if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git clean -xfd -f' in submodules failed" } [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ cleaned Git repository 📂$RepoDirName in $Elapsed sec" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }