Project Maintenance Tools

This repository includes several tools to help maintain a clean workspace and prepare packages for publishing.

Cleanup Scripts

Interactive Cleanup

Run the interactive cleanup script to remove temporary files and build artifacts:

# Using npm script
npm run cleanup:interactive

# Or directly
./tools/cleanup.sh

This script will:

• Remove TypeScript build info files (*.tsbuildinfo)
• Remove source map files (*.map)
• Remove VS Code extension packages (*.vsix)
• Clean .nx cache (optional)
• Remove dist folders (optional)
• Remove system files (.DS_Store, Thumbs.db)
• Remove tmp directories
• Clean benchmark results (optional)
• Clean coverage reports (optional)

Quick Cleanup Commands

For quick cleanup of specific file types:

# Clean up only build artifacts
npm run cleanup:artifacts

# Full cleanup including nx cache
npm run cleanup:full

# Reset nx cache and remove dist folders
npm run clean

Publish Preparation

Before publishing packages, run the publish preparation script:

npm run prepare:publish

This will clean up unnecessary files in each package directory and verify that build artifacts exist.

Periodic Cleanup

For automated maintenance, you can set up a cron job to run the periodic cleanup script:

# Example crontab entry (runs weekly on Sunday at midnight)
0 0 * * 0 /path/to/old-fashioned/tools/periodic-cleanup.sh

The periodic cleanup script:

• Removes common temporary files
• Cleans benchmark results older than 7 days
• Cleans the Nx cache if it exceeds 500MB
• Maintains a log of cleanup activities

Update .gitignore

The following patterns are included in .gitignore to prevent committing temporary files:

# Build artifacts
dist/
*.tsbuildinfo
*.map
*.vsix

# Benchmark results
benchmark/results/**/*.json
benchmark/results/reports/
benchmark/results/reports-before/

# Cache and temporary files
.nx/cache
.nx/workspace-data
tmp/