Useful commands

CMD

appcmd list wp Lists all active IIS applicationPools with their corresponding Id. Useful when using Attach to Process (Ctrl+ALt+P) inside Visual Studio.

NuGet locals temp -clear Clears temporary NuGet packages, freeing disk space.

Bash

grep -rl "string" /path Find all files matching "string" recursively (-r) and only print filenames of matching files (-l), and not the matching lines.

rm -rf C:\Windows\Logs\CBS Clears a potentially disk heavy Windows log.

Git

git log -g --grep=stringToFindInCommitMessages Find all commits that contains stringToFindInCommitMessages

Git remove stale remote branches

git branch -r Lists all branches that exists on origin/remote

git remote prune origin Removes the stale branches

Git Delete Branches

Add (-e ”my-branch”) on all branches you want to keep.

git branch --merged | grep -v master Lists local merged branches, except for master.

git branch --merged | grep -v master | xargs git branch --delete Deletes merged local branches, except for master.

git branch | grep -v -e "master" -e "develop" -e "keep-this-branch" List local branches to be removed (this doesnt remove anything).

git branch | grep -v -e "master" -e "develop" -e "keep-this-branch" | xargs git branch --delete Deletes local branches.

git branch -r | grep origin | grep -v -e "master" -e "develop" -e "keep-this-branch" List remote branches to be removed (this does not remove anything).

git branch -r | grep origin | grep -v -e "master" -e "develop" -e "keep-this-branch" | xargs git push origin --delete Delete remote branches (sync with your team first!). Warning permanent!