cargo-sweep

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f Warning: `cargo-sweep` is currently unmaintained. \u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\n\nThe project has issues and is lacking a dedicated maintainer to contribute and/or review contributions from others.\n\nIf you\u0027re looking for an alternative, check [`cargo-clean-all`](https://github.com/dnlmlr/cargo-clean-all).\n\nIf you want to discuss the possibility of a handover, reach out to one of these two previous maintainers:\n\n1. @jyn514 (\"jyn\" in the Rust-Lang\u0027s Zulip)\n2. @marcospb19 (contact info [here](https://github.com/marcospb19#--contact-info))\n\nOr open an issue.\n\n---\n\n# cargo-sweep\n\n`cargo-sweep` is a Cargo subcommand for deleting old or unused build artifacts from `target/` without doing a full `cargo clean`.\n\nIt is useful when you want to:\n\n- shrink large `target/` directories\n- avoid bloated CI caches\n- clean many Rust projects at once\n\n## Why use it?\n\n`cargo clean` removes everything, `cargo-sweep` lets you clean more selectively.\n\nFor example, you can remove artifacts:\n\n- older than a number of days\n- not built by currently installed toolchains\n- until a `target/` directory drops below a size limit\n\n## Install\n\n```bash\ncargo install cargo-sweep\n```\n\nAfter installation, use it as a Cargo subcommand:\n\n```bash\ncargo sweep --help\n```\n\n## Quick examples\n\nClean artifacts older than 30 days in the current project:\n\n```bash\ncargo sweep --time 30\n```\n\nPreview what would be deleted:\n\n```bash\ncargo sweep --dry-run --time 30\n```\n\nClean artifacts not built by currently installed Rust toolchains:\n\n```bash\ncargo sweep --installed\n```\n\nKeep only artifacts for specific toolchains:\n\n```bash\ncargo sweep --toolchains stable,nightly\n```\n\nShrink `target/` until it is below 10 GiB:\n\n```bash\ncargo sweep --maxsize 10GiB\n```\n\nClean everything in a specific project:\n\n```bash\ncargo sweep --all path/to/project\n```\n\nRecursively sweep all Cargo projects under a directory:\n\n```bash\ncargo sweep --recursive --time 30 path/to/workspace-root\n```\n\n## Timestamp workflow\n\nIf you want to keep only artifacts used after a certain ",
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