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Recursively Delete .Orig Files After Failed Git Merge
# recursively delete original files after a git merge failure
find . -name *.orig -delete
@seanbehan
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or

git clean -f

@greveritt
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Well, seanbehan, that will delete ALL untracked files in that directory, not just .orig files.

@PriteshJain
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git clean -f */*.orig

or create a alias

git config alias.cleanall "clean -f */*.orig"

then just call

git cleanall

@ganeshjung
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recurse deeper: git clean -f */.orig

@radium-v
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radium-v commented Aug 8, 2014

We must go deeper

$ git clean -f ./**/*.orig

@masellfoodpanda
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Git clean is recursive. Just do:

git clean *.orig

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