after deleting the branch in your local repository.
+** Clean out your working directory
+
+To list files that will be removed (a dry run), use:
+
+ : git clean -dxn
+
+Then remove the files with
+
+ : git clean -dxf
+
+ |--------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
+ | Option | Meaning |
+ |--------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
+ | =-d= | Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files |
+ |--------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
+ | =-x= | Don’t use the ignore rules (remove all untracked files) |
+ |--------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
+ | =-n= | Dry run |
+ |--------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
+ | =-f= | Force |
+ |--------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
+
* Troubleshooting
** Git commit hangs with no output