Simple and easy to use command line application written in Go for cleaning unnecessary XCode files.

Last update: Dec 16, 2022

Comments: 5

xcclear

Say hello to a few extra gigabytes of space on your Mac with xcclear, a simple and easy to use command line application written in Go for cleaning unnecessary XCode files.

Installation

brew install lajosdeme/utils/xcclear

Screenshots

Run xcclear -d to diagnose your storage:

Run xcclear -p to purge all unwanted files from your storage:

Options

flag	type	description
`-d/--diagnose`	`bool`	Diagnose the total space occupied by derived data, caches and other XCode related files.
`-p/--purge`	`bool`	Clean all caches/unnecessary files.
`-c/--clear`	`string`	Clean only the specified directories. Options can be: - `derived`: Derived Data. - `device`: iOS DeviceSupport (The latest iOS version will be kept.) - `watch`: watchOS DeviceSupport - `simulator`: 'CoreSimulator' - `cache`: Xcode caches located at `~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode` - `archives`: Archives
`-v/--version`	`bool`	Get the current version.

Development

Compiling from source

go get github.com/lajosdeme/xcclear

If $GOPATH/bin is on your $PATH run xcclear -h to see usage options.

Contributing

If you have any suggestions or questions feel free to raise an issue or reach out to me directly via [email protected].

If this tool made your life easier you can thank me by buying me a coffee.

Owner

https://github.com/lajosdeme/xcclear

Comments

brew install returns error..

Hi @lajosdeme , is this project still in development? I get the following errors when I try to install with brew:

==> Tapping lajosdeme/utils
Cloning into '/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/lajosdeme/homebrew-utils'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 25, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (25/25), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (21/21), done.
remote: Total 25 (delta 7), reused 14 (delta 4), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (25/25), 4.82 KiB | 2.41 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (7/7), done.
Tapped 1 formula (13 files, 10.4KB).
Error: lajosdeme/utils/xcclear: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 0)

Invalid formula

➜  Developer brew install lajosdeme/utils/xcclear
Running `brew update --auto-update`...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated Homebrew from 492ac6f77 to 4484068de.
Updated 3 taps (homebrew/core, homebrew/cask and homebrew/cask-fonts).

You have 37 outdated formulae installed.
You can upgrade them with brew upgrade
or list them with brew outdated.

==> Tapping lajosdeme/utils
Cloning into '/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/lajosdeme/homebrew-utils'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 25, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (25/25), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (21/21), done.
remote: Total 25 (delta 7), reused 14 (delta 4), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (25/25), 4.82 KiB | 705.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (7/7), done.
Error: Invalid formula: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/lajosdeme/homebrew-utils/xcclear.rb
xcclear: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 0)
Error: Cannot tap lajosdeme/utils: invalid syntax in tap!

Error: Invalid formula: /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/lajosdeme/homebrew-utils/xcclear.rb

brew install lajosdeme/utils/xcclear

==> Tapping lajosdeme/utils Cloning into '/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/lajosdeme/homebrew-utils'... remote: Enumerating objects: 25, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (25/25), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (21/21), done. remote: Total 25 (delta 7), reused 14 (delta 4), pack-reused 0 Receiving objects: 100% (25/25), 4.82 KiB | 4.82 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (7/7), done. Error: Invalid formula: /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/lajosdeme/homebrew-utils/xcclear.rb xcclear: Calling bottle :unneeded is disabled! There is no replacement. Please report this issue to the lajosdeme/utils tap (not Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/core): /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/lajosdeme/homebrew-utils/xcclear.rb:7

Error: Cannot tap lajosdeme/utils: invalid syntax in tap!

Remove (purge) output only if data exists

Hi, thanks for your utility, I found it searching through stackoverflow. About purging data, what if the output only displays what's being deleted after analysis?

After diagnose, the output is reasonable:

└─[$]> xcclear -d
DerivedData: ----------------------------- 0.0 MB 
Archives: - directory doesn't exist.
iOS DeviceSupport: - directory doesn't exist.
watchOS DeviceSupport: - directory doesn't exist.
CoreSimulator: --------------------------- 9.55 GB 
XCode Cache: - directory doesn't exist.

Total: ---------------------------------- 9.55 GB 

Type xcclear -p or xcclear --purge to clear everything. Archives and the last installed iOS version in iOS DeviceSupport won't be deleted.%

But the output from purge is really polluted:

2021/04/01 11:20:26 Purging started...
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Archives and the last installed iOS version in iOS DeviceSupport won't be deleted.
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Purging  DerivedData
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Error cleaning /Users/ppizarror/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport
2021/04/01 11:20:26 open /Users/ppizarror/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport: no such file or directory
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Error cleaning /Users/ppizarror/Library/Developer/Xcode/watchOS DeviceSupport
2021/04/01 11:20:26 open /Users/ppizarror/Library/Developer/Xcode/watchOS DeviceSupport: no such file or directory
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Purging  CoreSimulator
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Error cleaning /Users/ppizarror/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode
2021/04/01 11:20:26 open /Users/ppizarror/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode: no such file or directory
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Successfully freed up 9.55 GB.

I think that the output should be (for user experience) this:

2021/04/01 11:20:26 Purging started...
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Archives and the last installed iOS version in iOS DeviceSupport won't be deleted.
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Purging DerivedData ..... 0.0 MB
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Purging CoreSimulator .... 9.55 GB
2021/04/01 11:20:26 Successfully freed up 9.55 GB.

That is, remove only what's being displayed in xcclear -d

Warning after updating brew

Hello, I was updating my brew packages, and the following warning caught my attention:

Warning: Calling bottle :unneeded is deprecated! There is no replacement.
Please report this issue to the lajosdeme/utils tap (not Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/core):
  /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/lajosdeme/homebrew-utils/xcclear.rb:7

My OS: MacOS Big Sur v11.6.1 Brew: v3.3.3

Thanks

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