disk-cleaner

Recursively scans ~/go/src for git repositories and deletes build artifact directories that are ignored by .gitignore. Also removes any linked git worktrees.

Target directories

Directory	Condition
dist	Deleted if ignored by .gitignore
bin	Deleted if ignored by .gitignore
.go	Deleted if ignored by .gitignore
node_modules	Deleted if ignored by .gitignore
vendor	Deleted if ignored by .gitignore
.cache	Deleted if ignored by .gitignore

Install

go install github.com/appscodelabs/disk-cleaner@latest

Or build locally:

go build -o disk-cleaner .

Usage

# Preview what would be deleted and total disk space savings
./disk-cleaner --dry-run

# Delete directories
./disk-cleaner

# Show detailed output
./disk-cleaner --verbose

Flags

Flag	Description
--dry-run	Preview deletions and show disk space that will be freed
--verbose	Print detailed output including skipped directories
-h, --help	Show help

How it works

1. Walks ~/go/src to find git repositories (at depth hosting/org/repo, e.g. github.com/user/repo)
2. For each repo, lists linked git worktrees (git worktree list) and removes them with git worktree remove --force
3. Recursively searches the repo for target directories
4. Uses git check-ignore to verify the directory is listed in .gitignore
5. Deletes matching directories and worktrees, and reports total disk space freed

Requirements

• Git must be installed and available on PATH