https://github.com/cfsamson/tools-cargocleaner

Tool that walks through all directories from the base and runs "cargo clean" on all Cargo projects
https://github.com/cfsamson/tools-cargocleaner

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Tool that walks through all directories from the base and runs "cargo clean" on all Cargo projects

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cfsamson/tools-cargocleaner
• Owner: cfsamson
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-09-25T22:46:42.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-12-08T03:02:13.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-28T05:56:26.388Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Rust
• Size: 1.52 MB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# Cargo clean for all subdirectories

`cargocleaner` simply walks all subdirectories from the current path it's called

from and if it finds a `Cargo.toml` document it runs the command `cargo clean`.

It's the same as if you manually went through each folder and ran `cargo clean`

manually.

This can save huge amounts of space if you have many projects. One one of my

folders it went from 20 GB to 800 MB.

![cargo cleaner example](assets/cargocleaner_example.gif)

## Install

### Cargo install

`cargo install cargocleaner`

To update the program

`cargo install --force cargocleaner`

### Manually

Clone this repository.

Run `cargo install --path ./`.

You should now be able to simply call `./cargocleaner` in a directory that 

contains one or more Cargo projects and let it run.

## Limitations

Right now this is just a very simple tool but since we don't go through sub folders

if we find a `Cargo.toml` in the root. This should work fine with `workspaces` but

if for some reason you have a file called `Cargo.toml` which is not in the root of

a crate it might not continue down any subdirectories.

## Tip

This program will invoke commands on your system. `cargo clean` does delete files,

but there is no logic in this code can delete anything besides what `cargo clean`

does. The source is very short so look through it before running it on your system

if you're in doubt.