hg purge - removes files not tracked by Mercurial
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Aliases
clean
HG(PURGE)
Description
Delete files not known to Mercurial. This is useful to test local and uncommitted changes in an
otherwise-clean source tree.
This means that purge will delete the following by default:
• Unknown files: files marked with "?" by hgstatus
• Empty directories: in fact Mercurial ignores directories unless they contain files under source control
management
But it will leave untouched:
• Modified and unmodified tracked files
• Ignored files (unless -i or --all is specified)
• New files added to the repository (with hgadd)
The --files and --dirs options can be used to direct purge to delete only files, only directories, or
both. If neither option is given, both will be deleted.
If directories are given on the command line, only files in these directories are considered.
Be careful with purge, as you could irreversibly delete some files you forgot to add to the repository.
If you only want to print the list of files that this program would delete, use the --print option.
Name
hg purge - removes files not tracked by Mercurial
Options
-a,--abort-on-err
abort if an error occurs
--all purge ignored files too
-i,--ignored
purge only ignored files
--dirs purge empty directories
--files
purge files
-p,--print
print filenames instead of deleting them
-0,--print0
end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs (implies -p/--print)
--confirm
ask before permanently deleting files
-I,--include<PATTERN[+]>
include names matching the given patterns
-X,--exclude<PATTERN[+]>
exclude names matching the given patterns
[+] marked option can be specified multiple times
Synopsis
hg purge [OPTION]... [DIR]...
