Review and select files to remove interactively.
Section: Clean and Temporary File Management
Interactive clean
bash
bash
git clean -iExplanation
Safer than force-cleaning when you want more control over what gets removed.
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Delete untracked files and directories
Remove untracked files and directories.
Delete ignored files too
Remove ignored and untracked files and directories.