git-clear-soft (1) Linux Manual Page

git-clear-soft – Soft clean up a repository

Synopsis

git-clear-soft

Description

Clears the repository to a state that it looks as if it was freshly cloned with the current HEAD, however, preserving all changes that are located in files and directories listed in .gitignore. It is a git-reset –hard together with deletion of all untracked files that reside inside the working directory, excluding those in .gitignore.

Examples

Clears the repo.

$ git clear-soft

Author

Modified version of script written by Daniel ‘grindhold’ Brendle <grindhold [at] gmx.net> by Matiss Treinis <mrtreinis [at] gmail.com>

Reporting Bugs

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

See Also

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>