gitgit-clean

git clean does nothing

I am trying to clean my working tree, however, when I enter git clean --force nothing happens.

$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        packages/Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.2.0.30506.0/
        packages/Microsoft.Data.Edm.5.2.0/
        packages/Microsoft.Data.OData.5.2.0/
        packages/Microsoft.Net.Http.2.0.20710.0/
        packages/Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.1.0.0.0/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

$ git clean  --force

$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        packages/Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.2.0.30506.0/
        packages/Microsoft.Data.Edm.5.2.0/
        packages/Microsoft.Data.OData.5.2.0/
        packages/Microsoft.Net.Http.2.0.20710.0/
        packages/Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.1.0.0.0/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Likewise, git clean -i has no effects either.

Solution

  • These are all directories, in order to remove directories you need to use the command :

    git clean -f -d

    Thanks to this answer.