DotNetMate

A .NET developer CLI tool for keeping your workspace clean and organized.

Installation

dotnet tool install -g DotNetMateTool

Requires .NET 10 runtime.

Commands

mate clean

Recursively scans and removes build artifacts, temporary directories, and generated files. Displays cleanup statistics with total size reclaimed.

Directories removed:

Pattern	Description
bin/	Build output
obj/	Intermediate build files
.vs/	Visual Studio local settings
.tmp/	Temporary directories
TestResults/	Test result output
*Installer-cache/	Installer cache directories
.nuke/temp/	NUKE build system temp files

Files removed:

Pattern	Description
*.binlog	MSBuild binary logs
*_wpftmp.csproj	WPF temporary project files

After deletion, empty directories left behind are automatically cleaned up.

When a file cannot be deleted because another process holds it open, mate clean reports the locking process (PID and name). Pass --kill (-k) to terminate those processes and retry the deletion. This is Windows-only (uses the Restart Manager) and fully non-interactive - without the flag it only reports the lock.

mate clean                     # clean current directory
mate clean --folder C:\repos   # clean a specific directory
mate clean --include-worktrees # also clean bin/obj inside linked git worktrees
mate clean --kill              # terminate processes locking files, then retry (Windows)

mate removeEmpty

Recursively removes empty directories. Directories containing only system/metadata files are treated as empty and removed along with those files.

System files considered as empty content: desktop.ini, .DS_Store, Thumbs.db, metadata.opf, cover.jpg

.git directories are always protected and never deleted.

mate removeEmpty                    # current directory
mate removeEmpty --folder C:\repos  # specific directory

mate gitlog

Aggregates git commit logs across multiple repositories into a single report. Useful for timesheets and activity reports.

mate gitlog --from 2025-01-01                          # scan current directory
mate gitlog --root C:\repos --from 2025-01-01          # scan specific root
mate gitlog --from 2025-01-01 --exclude repo1,repo2   # exclude repos
mate gitlog --from 2025-01-01 --json                   # export to JSON
mate gitlog --from 2025-01-01 --csv                    # export to CSV
mate gitlog --from 2025-01-01 --with previous.json     # merge with existing data

mate resharper clean

Cleans ReSharper/Rider SolutionCaches directories under %LOCALAPPDATA%\JetBrains.

mate resharper clean

mate resharper config

Sorts entries in ReSharper .DotSettings files alphabetically by XAML key.

mate resharper config --sort MySettings.DotSettings

License

MIT