git safe clean

git-sclean

#!/bin/bash

# Place this script under /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
# and make it executable with sudo chmod +x /path/to/the/script/git-sclean
# 
# Run git sclean from terminal and be happy!

# Dry-run git clean
git clean -n
CLEARFILES=$(git clean -n | wc -l | sed 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]*\)[^0-9]*/\1/')

echo -n "Clean $CLEARFILES files (y/n)? "
read yesOrNo

if [ "$yesOrNo" = "y" ]; then
	git clean -f
else
	echo "Aborting cleanup..."
fi