Automatically remove *.pyc files and otherwise-empty directories when I check out a new branch

Question

So here\'s an interesting situation when using git and python, and I\'m sure it happens for other situations as well.

Let\'s say I make a git repo with a folder /foo

Answer 1

Just copying and updating a good solution by Apreche that was buried in the comments:

Save this shell script to the file /path/to/repo/.git/hooks/post-checkout, and make it executable.

#! /bin/sh

# Start from the repository root.
cd ./$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)

# Delete .pyc files and empty directories.
find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
find . -type d -empty -delete