Why doesn't Git remove some files when I switch a branch?

Question

I have had this happen to me often. I am working on a master branch and I need to test a plugin, so I create a new branch and check it out. I download the plugin into the pr

Answer 1

If you are switching back and forth between branches where the directory structures are different, and you find that there are some artifacts left over, you might need to run:

git clean -df

This will "delete" "force". You will loose ALL untracked files, I think this might be one step away from:

git reset --hard