Useful terminal commands to keep workspace clean

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1. Find and delete all empty folders in the directory

find . -empty -type d -delete

Source: https://askubuntu.com/a/73711

2. Find and delete all the branches, that no longer has tracked a remote branch

git fetch -p && for branch in `git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | awk '{print $1}'`; do git branch -D $branch; done

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33548037/4213708

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Olena Sovyn
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