bob-clean

Name

bob-clean - Delete unused workspace and attic directories

Synopsis

bob clean [-h] [--develop | --release | --attic] [-c CONFIGFILE]
          [-D DEFINES] [--dry-run] [-f] [-s] [--sandbox | --no-sandbox]
          [-v]

Description

The bob clean command removes workspace directories from previous bob-dev and bob-build invocations that are not referenced anymore by the current recipes. It can also remove attic directories that are wasting precious disk space.

The command has three modes of operation. By default develop mode related workspaces are garbage collected. In release mode (--release) workspaces that were created by bob build are cleaned. Lastly the --attic option removes attic directories that were created by bob dev.

The identification of the unreferenced workspace directories is based on the current recipes, user configuration files and environment definitions. You should therefore pass the same options to bob clean (-c, -D) that you would also pass to bob build resp. bob dev. If in doubt use --dry-run to see what would be deleted.

Workspaces that hold source code are never deleted by default. Add the -s option to consider these workspace directories too. Bob will still check each SCM in an unreferenced workspace for mdoifications. If the SCM checkout has been modified in any way (e.g. changed or untracked files, unpushed commits) then the workspace is kept. Use -f to also delete such workspaces too.

Options

--develop

Clean develop mode (bob dev) directories. This is the default.

--release

Clean release mode (bob build) directores.

--attic

Remove attic directories.

-c CONFIGFILE

Use additional user configuration file. May be given more than once.

The configuration files have the same syntax as default.yaml. Their settings have higher precedence than default.yaml, with the last given configuration file being the highest.

-D VAR[=VALUE]

Override default environment variable. May be given more than once. If the optional VALUE is not supplied the variable will be defined to an empty string.

--dry-run

Don’t delete, just print what would be deleted.

-f, --force

Remove source workspaces that have unsaved changes in their SCM(s).

Warning

Using this option will result in data loss if there are unsaved changes in checkout workspace directories. Use with great care.

-s, --src

Clean source workspaces too. By default only build and package workspaces are considered.

Attention

You should double check with --dry-run that no unintended workspaces are actually deleted. While Bob can check SCMs that it knows it cannot detect all modifications, e.g. changes to extracted tar files.

-v, --verbose

Print what is done.