Ever just open up your local repository to commit and push some updates you forgot about, and you notice your working directory is full of .DS_Store files?
I'm writing this short article on an early morning because I have had just about enough of them! They pop out of nowhere and seriously, what are they even useful for?🙄
Because I never remember the commands to remove them and need to look it up every time, I'm putting this up as a quick personal resource.
Call it a sticky note if you will.
Steps to Take
If you're currently in a directory with un-staged changes and you spot DS_Store files with different directories, this is a quick reminder to navigate outside to the main parent directory so you can get rid of them at once.
Yeah, that happened to me and I was too frustrated to realise quickly 😬.
Commands You Can Use
1) Delete only files, exclude directories
find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete
2) Delete all
find . -name '.DS_Store' -delete
Again,
- Ensure you're in the parent directory.
- It's handy for other types of files, replace the name, or type, that you want to delete.
P.S If you know a way to permanently stop its creation and you come across this post, kindly spare someone the wasted hours of scouring the internet and share.
Thanks in advance!
