Does Mercurial have an equivalent to git clean?

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Solution 1

There is no equivalent to git clean in the core Mercurial package.

However, the hg purge extension does what you are after.

There is an open issue to make this extension part of the core package.

Solution 2

The extension is already included in mercurial, but you still have to activate it.

It's as simple as creating a .hgrc file in your home directory (e.g. Win 7: C:\Users\«yourusername»\.hgrc) and adding the following content to that file:

[extensions] 
purge =

(Home directory is ~/.hgrc for most other desktop operating systems (Unix, Gnu/Linux, Mac osx, BSD, etc.)

Solution 3

I don't use git for my repository management. However, if I were to guess, I think hg purge might be what you are seeking.

Solution 4

If you are on a linux based system (or Windows cygwin) you can:

hg status | grep "^?" | xargs rm -rf

If this works you can put this in your ~/.hgrc:

[alias]
clean = !hg status | grep "^?" | xargs rm -rf

Then simply run:

hg clean

I tested this on windows using cygwin (should work on linux).

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Updated on February 23, 2020

Comments

Erik B over 4 years

hg clean does not seem to exist, which kinda bothers me. Is this a feature that Mercurial doesn't have or did they just name it differently?
Tim Post about 14 years

The extension wiki page says "This extension is currently being distributed along with Mercurial.". I've had it installed since it was published .. I'm not sure what version has or (will) introduce it.
Tim Henigan about 14 years

Based on the issue tracker, it sounds like the feature was removed in v1.1.2 because "people that play with hg purge can delete files that they need". The issue was last updated in May 2009, so it has gotten stale. I would certainly vote to put it back in.
Tim Post about 14 years

1.1.2 ships it, not sure about previous versions.
Anonigan about 14 years

Why not make -n the default, and require -f to actually delete files, like git clean does from some time?
Sharpie almost 14 years

And why not make it restricted to the current directory and below like git clean? I got a nasty surprise the first time I ran hg purge.
FelipeC over 11 years

That doesn't cover files that are not tracked; git clean -fxd.
MGP almost 11 years

No need for grep. clean = !hg status -un0 | xargs -0 rm
MIWMIB about 10 years

Even though this extension is included, you still have to activate it before using it. It's as simple as creating a .hgrc file in your home directory (e.g. Win 7: c:\Users(yourusername)\.hgrc ) and adding the following content: [extensions] purge =
Benjohn over 8 years

Just for a tiny bit of extra clarity on @FrankGorman's comment, add [extensions] purge = to your ~/.hgrc file.