GIT-CLEAR-SOFT(1)

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version 7.5.0 · 7 versions
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💖 git-clear-soft — bestie's guide to the soft reset 💖

okay so picture this: you're in the git-extras manual, section GIT-CLEAR-SOFT(1), and this lil command is about to give your repo a glow-up without nuking the stuff you actually care about. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

git-clear-soft — soft clean up a repository 🧹💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

git-clear-soft

that's it. no flags, no arguments, no drama. she's low maintenance fr fr ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the vibe: git-clear-soft clears your repository into a state that looks like it was freshly cloned with the current HEAD. brand new. iconic. main character energy. 💫

BUT — and this is the important part bestie — it preserves all changes that are located in files and directories listed in .gitignore. so everything you ghosted via .gitignore? still there. still thriving. untouched. 🌈

mechanically, it's a git-reset --hard together with deletion of all untracked files that reside inside the working directory — excluding those in .gitignore. 🎀

so like:

  • <rainbow>git-reset --hard</rainbow> — yes, she goes hard 💀
  • delete all the untracked files chillin in your working directory 🗑️
  • BUT skip anything in .gitignore — those are protected, no cap 🛡️✨

it's giving "spring cleaning but I'm keeping my emotional support .env file" 😭💖

💅 EXAMPLES 💅

clears the repo. that's the whole thing. go off 👑

$ git clear-soft
⚠️ real talk bestie: this deletes untracked files in your working directory. not a drill. the .gitignore ones are safe, everything else is on its own. vibe check your repo before you hit enter fr fr 😭

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this lil script was written by Daniel 'grindhold' Brendle <grindhold@gmx.net>, and it's a modified version of that script, modified by Matiss Treinis <mrtreinis@gmail.com>. legends only 🫶✨

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? not the vibe. tell the people here:

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

they will handle it. slay. 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

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

that's the whole page bestie, you ate this one 🎀💫

Git Extras · May 2026 · GIT-CLEAR-SOFT(1) — ok bye love u, go clean that repo responsibly 💜🌸🦋

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