GIT-CLEAR(1)

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version 7.5.0 · 7 versions
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💖 git-clear — okay bestie, we're doing a FULL reset 💖

So this is a page from the Git Extras manual set, and it's about git-clear, which is... a lot. Like, it means business. Buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

git-clear — rigorously clean up a repository 🧹💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

git-clear

That's it. No args, no flags required, just vibes and consequences ✨ (okay there are flags, scroll down, I got you)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so. git-clear resets your repository to a state where it looks like it was freshly cloned using the current HEAD. Yes. Freshly cloned. Like all your messy little edits never existed 😭

Basically? It's a git-reset --hard plus deletion of every single untracked file hanging out inside the working directory — and yes, that includes the ones in .gitignore. The ignored ones. The secret ones. All of them. Gone. Periodt 💀

lowkey this is the nuclear option, bestie. It does NOT ask nicely unless you make it ask nicely.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -f, --force — forces the clean and gives you zero warning, no heads-up, no "are you sure", nothing 🙈
  • -h, --help, ? — shows you the usage, which is the safe and beloved move 🫶

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

  • Clears the repo, and it does require your confirmation first ✨
$ git clear
  • Clears the repo with no confirmation whatsoever, straight to it, no cap 🔥
$ git clear -f

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Written by Daniel 'grindhold' Brendle <grindhold@gmx.net> — an icon, we thank them 👑

🌈 REPORTING BUGS 🌈

Found something cursed? Take it here:

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

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

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

and that's the whole page babes, this was Git Extras documentation, dated May 2026 — go forth and clear responsibly, mwah 💋🧚

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