Commits

March 2026:

• Merge pull request #82 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.26.0
  6c20231 · 2 March · +8, −8
• Bump tempfile from 3.25.0 to 3.26.0
  76849e4 · 2 March · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +8, −8

February 2026:

• Merge pull request #81 from alexwlchan/cli-tests
  6ad6f39 · 26 February · +248, −17
• cli: allow running emptydir . to delete current dir
  e0c24bf · 26 February · Alex Chan <alexc@tailscale.com> · +248, −5
• emptydir: remove a now-redundant test
  11a6595 · 26 February · Alex Chan <alexc@tailscale.com> · −12
• Merge pull request #80 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.60
  6702fdf · 26 February · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.56 to 4.5.60
  902756f · 23 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #79 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.25.0
  8de3363 · 26 February · +2, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.24.0 to 3.25.0
  048f8af · 16 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #76 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.56
  56ec34d · 2 February · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.54 to 4.5.56
  1639881 · 2 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7

January 2026:

• Merge pull request #75 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/colored-3.1.1
  64f7fcd · 19 January · +3, −3
• Bump colored from 3.0.0 to 3.1.1
  bfc9e9e · 19 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +3, −3
• Merge pull request #74 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.54
  1af8323 · 5 January · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.53 to 4.5.54
  7c564b4 · 5 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

December 2025:

• Merge pull request #73 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.24.0
  4471f1c · 29 December · +8, −8
• Bump tempfile from 3.23.0 to 3.24.0
  8859d61 · 29 December · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +8, −8
• Merge pull request #72 from alexwlchan/explain-why-not-deleting
  7317c84 · 16 December · +158, −59
• Explain why a directory can’t be deleted
  9f4c718 · 16 December · +158, −59

November 2025:

• Merge pull request #70 from alexwlchan/dependabot/github_actions/actions/checkout-6
  549b6e3 · 24 November · +3, −3
• Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6
  431344f · 24 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +3, −3
• Merge pull request #71 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.53
  253589e · 24 November · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.51 to 4.5.53
  17cf3db · 24 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #69 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.51
  cf29ae3 · 10 November · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.50 to 4.5.51
  1f6e206 · 10 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

October 2025:

• Merge pull request #68 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.50
  c9a6d13 · 27 October · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.49 to 4.5.50
  718fdf0 · 27 October · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #67 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.49
  3b6d00b · 20 October · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.48 to 4.5.49
  cf2a948 · 20 October · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7

September 2025:

• Merge pull request #66 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.23.0
  2c6ea37 · 29 September · +3, −2
• Add rustfmt explicitly as a component
  49f5f52 · 29 September · +1
• Bump tempfile from 3.22.0 to 3.23.0
  2a0e0a2 · 29 September · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #65 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.48
  e86398b · 22 September · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.47 to 4.5.48
  8b4514d · 22 September · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #64 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.22.0
  9872516 · 16 September · +2, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.21.0 to 3.22.0
  6d64f53 · 15 September · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #63 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.47
  23bd0ab · 8 September · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.45 to 4.5.47
  b5242d5 · 8 September · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7

August 2025:

• Merge pull request #62 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.21.0
  09558e2 · 25 August · +2, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.20.0 to 3.21.0
  a277446 · 25 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #60 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.45
  c19ce77 · 18 August · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.43 to 4.5.45
  b989636 · 18 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #61 from alexwlchan/dependabot/github_actions/actions/checkout-5
  6d9a9fc · 18 August · +3, −3
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5
  0f3446c · 18 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +3, −3
• Merge pull request #59 from alexwlchan/debug
  c6519d8 · 16 August · +102, −30
• Print explicit errors when a directory cannot be deleted
  2411b27 · 16 August · +100, −28
• Rename this function for clarity
  8e0e5d5 · 16 August · +2, −2
• This function doesn’t need to be public
  93da18e · 16 August · +1, −1
• Merge pull request #58 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.43
  8d95306 · 11 August · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.42 to 4.5.43
  70f9c73 · 11 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #57 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.42
  809b0d7 · 4 August · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.41 to 4.5.42
  940872c · 4 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

July 2025:

• Merge pull request #56 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.41
  95161d8 · 14 July · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.40 to 4.5.41
  8b4d5c1 · 14 July · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7

June 2025:

• Merge pull request #55 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.40
  d025c66 · 16 June · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.39 to 4.5.40
  725a0a1 · 16 June · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #54 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.39
  9137954 · 2 June · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.38 to 4.5.39
  19917d4 · 2 June · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

May 2025:

• Merge pull request #52 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.20.0
  b274e99 · 13 May · +2, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.19.1 to 3.20.0
  a08631b · 13 May · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #53 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.38
  7bf654a · 13 May · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.37 to 4.5.38
  7c3c333 · 12 May · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

April 2025:

• Merge pull request #51 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.37
  6d8e5ea · 21 April · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.36 to 4.5.37
  77542e9 · 21 April · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #50 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.36
  8ee0fb0 · 14 April · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.35 to 4.5.36
  70f1b41 · 14 April · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #49 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.35
  821648d · 7 April · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.34 to 4.5.35
  ae1f48a · 7 April · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

March 2025:

• Merge pull request #48 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.34
  299a19f · 31 March · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.32 to 4.5.34
  d37f850 · 31 March · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #47 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.19.1
  23a517c · 26 March · +2, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.19.0 to 3.19.1
  ec15d17 · 24 March · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #45 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.19.0
  e667c84 · 17 March · +12, −13
• Bump tempfile from 3.17.1 to 3.19.0
  e960851 · 17 March · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +12, −13
• Merge pull request #46 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.32
  272a29e · 17 March · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.31 to 4.5.32
  592b213 · 17 March · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #43 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.31
  0e1bcaa · 3 March · +6, −6
• Bump clap from 4.5.30 to 4.5.31
  3a55c64 · 3 March · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +6, −6

February 2025:

• Merge pull request #40 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.17.1
  56311c3 · 19 February · +2, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.17.0 to 3.17.1
  6b6ca6d · 18 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #41 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.30
  b6be09c · 19 February · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.29 to 4.5.30
  c1cb889 · 18 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Add an explicit time for Dependabot updates
  7bd4ddd · 18 February · +2
• Merge pull request #39 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.17.0
  04b5e5f · 17 February · +2, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.16.0 to 3.17.0
  6d1e866 · 17 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Switch to weekly updates for Dependabot
  38652d3 · 13 February · +4, −2
• Merge pull request #38 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.29
  076f9d6 · 13 February · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.28 to 4.5.29
  adf0756 · 12 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #37 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.28
  c378f0a · 4 February · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.27 to 4.5.28
  a5915bb · 4 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

January 2025:

• Merge pull request #36 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.16.0
  8226ab6 · 29 January · +19, −6
• Bump tempfile from 3.15.0 to 3.16.0
  e7efe92 · 29 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +19, −6
• Merge pull request #35 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.27
  32a2fb9 · 21 January · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.26 to 4.5.27
  90cca89 · 21 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #34 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.26
  d72b0a1 · 10 January · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.24 to 4.5.26
  ea0e045 · 10 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #32 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/colored-3.0.0
  74601e0 · 8 January · +3, −10
• Bump colored from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0
  371722b · 8 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +3, −10
• Merge pull request #33 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.24
  dd2a284 · 8 January · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.23 to 4.5.24
  ec935d6 · 8 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #31 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.15.0
  27e23cc · 3 January · +20, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.14.0 to 3.15.0
  0b2ed24 · 3 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +20, −2

December 2024:

• Merge pull request #30 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/colored-2.2.0
  d8829d4 · 16 December · +13, −79
• Bump colored from 2.1.0 to 2.2.0
  c3a9268 · 16 December · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +13, −79
• Merge pull request #29 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.23
  7f60545 · 6 December · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.22 to 4.5.23
  82d76c1 · 6 December · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #28 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.22
  4a55c22 · 4 December · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.21 to 4.5.22
  0097c5a · 4 December · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #27 from alexwlchan/ignore-dot-git-directory
  3ff4e69 · 1 December · +66, −6
• Don’t delete the .git directory or any subdirectories
  ae450d5 · 1 December · +53, −2
• Update the list of files I consider safe to delete
  9cf1631 · 1 December · +12, −3
• Remove a trailing space
  1539210 · 1 December · +1, −1

November 2024:

• Merge pull request #26 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.21
  9bdfafa · 15 November · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.20 to 4.5.21
  4cb83d7 · 14 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #25 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.14.0
  39a572f · 8 November · +6, −6
• Bump tempfile from 3.13.0 to 3.14.0
  b2e3e92 · 8 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +6, −6

October 2024:

• Merge pull request #24 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.20
  1e58857 · 9 October · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.19 to 4.5.20
  5096b53 · 9 October · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #23 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.19
  3166b35 · 3 October · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.18 to 4.5.19
  1b4980c · 2 October · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

September 2024:

• Merge pull request #22 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.13.0
  7e6c4c1 · 30 September · +2, −2
• Bump tempfile from 3.12.0 to 3.13.0
  2de3808 · 30 September · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #21 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/tempfile-3.12.0
  2365d9f · 26 September · +38, −29
• Bump tempfile from 3.11.0 to 3.12.0
  7db47b6 · 26 September · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +38, −29
• Merge pull request #20 from alexwlchan/tempfile
  574b853 · 25 September · +58, −76
• Replace tempdir with tempfile
f3016eb · 25 September · +58, −76
• Merge pull request #18 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.18
  5b2243b · 23 September · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.17 to 4.5.18
  c66ec63 · 23 September · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #16 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.17
  773c25a · 8 September · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.16 to 4.5.17
  2994906 · 5 September · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5

August 2024:

• Merge pull request #15 from alexwlchan/also-delete-parents
  dd08671 · 21 August · +43, −15
• Delete empty parent directories
  bb97012 · 21 August · +28, −2
• Add a couple of extra assertions to the tests
  3915f6a · 21 August · +3, −1
• Only borrow the path of created files; don’t own it
  df48217 · 21 August · +12, −12
• Merge pull request #14 from alexwlchan/jekyll-cache
  626aff8 · 21 August · +10, −2
• Delete empty folders which only contain a .jekyll-cache folder
  e2c25ba · 21 August · +10, −2
• Merge pull request #13 from alexwlchan/ipynb-checkpoints
  f9b696a · 16 August · +16, −3
• Delete empty folders which only contain an .ipynb_checkpoints folder
  aa233a1 · 16 August · +16, −3
• Merge pull request #12 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.16
  7daaf05 · 16 August · +3, −3
• Bump clap from 4.5.15 to 4.5.16
  74dd27f · 16 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +3, −3
• Merge pull request #11 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.15
  604e517 · 12 August · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.14 to 4.5.15
  698d14d · 12 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #10 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.14
  efcf44e · 9 August · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.13 to 4.5.14
  4c2f383 · 9 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #9 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.13
  88dce65 · 1 August · +8, −8
• Bump clap from 4.5.11 to 4.5.13
  aef0710 · 1 August · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +8, −8

July 2024:

• Delete empty folders which only contain a desktop.ini file
  a9b3c99 · 26 July · +6, −1
• Merge pull request #8 from alexwlchan/thumbs-db
  2f300a5 · 26 July · +11, −5
• Delete empty folders which only contain a Thumbs.db file
  cd1c0f3 · 26 July · +11, −5
• Merge pull request #7 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.11
  7137587 · 26 July · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.10 to 4.5.11
  b87cc06 · 26 July · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7
• Merge pull request #6 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.10
  ba225f7 · 24 July · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.9 to 4.5.10
  900ccbb · 24 July · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #5 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.9
  0ab57bf · 9 July · +5, −5
• Bump clap from 4.5.8 to 4.5.9
  3da7472 · 9 July · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +5, −5
• Merge pull request #4 from alexwlchan/dependabot/cargo/clap-4.5.8
  42804ef · 2 July · +7, −7
• Bump clap from 4.5.7 to 4.5.8
  905a889 · 1 July · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +7, −7

June 2024:

• Link to the accompanying article
  361adee · 25 June · +4
• Make this code a little clearer
  5f9944b · 24 June · +1
• Better variable naming; tidy up the code
  daefd24 · 20 June · +25, −24
• Merge pull request #2 from alexwlchan/better-tests
  a7779a5 · 19 June · +2, −2
• We can use super::* here rather than naming the crate
  c6b5a51 · 19 June · +2, −2
• Tweak this heading
  499550b · 19 June · +8, −2
• Add a note about when these files are deleted
  84167fb · 19 June · +3
• Add a note about which files/folders are safe to delete?
  da15bdc · 19 June · +16
• Make the test names consistent
  91de11e · 19 June · +2, −2
• Remove the old Python implementation
  0f31a08 · 19 June · −70
• Add a note about find . -type d -empty
8581c03 · 19 June · +20, −1
• Try adding write permissions to the ‘upload assets’ task
  8192182 · 18 June · +2
• Add console formatting for this code block
  5497d9b · 18 June · +1, −1
• Bump the version to 1.0.0
  1f8bf23 · 18 June · +7, −2
• Format numbers as comma-separated strings
  5c7ac2a · 18 June · +29, −1
• Add some basic documentation
  93160b6 · 18 June · +94, −26
• Add some more performance metrics
  93b5c3f · 18 June · +17, −1
• Add a basic CLI interface
  9dda008 · 18 June · +169, −1
• Add some tests for the emptydir function
  2ece504 · 18 June · +136
• Now pull emptydir out into its own file
  3e99134 · 18 June · +33, −30
• Pull the bulk of the logic out into a standalone function
  3776780 · 18 June · +14, −3
• Actually delete some directories
  c53d37b · 18 June · +19, −2
• Add colour printing
  90cd9c9 · 18 June · +106, −9
• Add logic to filter out directories which can be deleted
  720a78e · 18 June · +363, −2
• Copy across the original Python script
  efc16b5 · 18 June · +70
• Initial commit
  cefeb06 · 18 June · +95