# Sweep

Sweep (swp) finds old projects that haven't been changed in more than a month. It will clean up and remove unnecessary directories containing libraries, dependencies, builds, etc. These files can easily be re-generated at any time by running install or build commands, and if you haven't worked on the project in a while you probably don't need them taking up space right now.

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This project used to be named Project Cleanup, but got renamed because swp is a much easier command to run than project-cleanup.

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# Getting started

Install swp with npm

npm install --global swp

See installation for alternative ways to install.

# Basic usage

Simply run swp and it will start searching the current directory and all subdirectories (recursively) for code projects it recognises.

swp

You can also pass a path to search

swp ./dev

See usage for more options

# Discovering projects

At this time, the list of built-in discovery rules is relatively short. It will recognise basic Node.js, Rust and Java projects, but nothing beyond that. If you have more sofisticated needs, you can use a .swpfile.

# Built-in rules

  • Node.js (will remove the node_modules and .cache directories)
  • Rust (will remove the target directory)
  • Java (will remove the .gradle and build directories)

These languages are based on my own experience and use patterns.

# Adding more rules

Contributions are welcome! Add the necessary checks in detect_cleanable_project.rs and submit a pull request. See contributing for more details on how to contribute to the project.

# License

Sweep is published under the MIT license. See the license file for details.