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Git - remove all files and directories that are not .git
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In this short article, we would like to show how in Bash remove all files and directories that are not .git directory.
The below command lets to remove ignored files and directories too.
Quick solution:
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rm -rf $(ls -al | awk 'NR>3 {if($9!=".git") print $9}')Or with sudo as superuser:
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sudo rm -rf $(ls -al | awk 'NR>3 {if($9!=".git") print $9}')Note: keep attention because the command is not undoable.
Run command in the git project directory.
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$ cd /path/to/my/project2
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$ ls -al4
total 245
drwxrwxr-x 5 john john 4096 lut 16 13:09 .6
drwxrwxr-x 5 john john 4096 lut 12 15:14 ..7
drwxrwxr-x 8 john john 4096 lut 16 12:14 .git8
drwxrwxr-x 2 john john 4096 lut 16 13:08 .node_modules9
-rw-rw-r-- 1 john john 216 lut 16 13:08 package.json10
drwxrwxr-x 2 john john 4096 lut 16 13:09 src11
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$ rm -rf $(ls -al | awk 'NR>3 {if($9!=".git") print $9}')13
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$ ls -al15
total 1216
drwxrwxr-x 3 ggorecki ggorecki 4096 lut 16 13:10 .17
drwxrwxr-x 5 ggorecki ggorecki 4096 lut 12 15:14 ..18
drwxrwxr-x 8 ggorecki ggorecki 4096 lut 16 12:14 .git