Gradle Wiper

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Using this tool ​

Overview ​

The general way to use this tool is

bash
gradle-wiper <resource> <action> (-v | --verbose)

where:

  • resource: disk or ram
  • action: evaluate (dry-run), shallow (wipe) or deep (wipe)

For instance, to evaluate used disk space related to previous Gradle builds:

bash
gradle-wiper disk evaluate

You should see something like:

text
╭───────────────────────────────┬────────────╮
│ What                          ┆ Total Size │
╞═══════════════════════════════╪════════════╡
│ Gradle Build Caches           ┆ 4.41GiB    │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Gradle Daemon Logs            ┆ 343.67MiB  │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Gradle JDK toolchains         ┆ 307.02MiB  │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Gradle Distributions          ┆ 556.21MiB  │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Gradle Temporary Files        ┆ 124.47MiB  │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Gradle platform-native caches ┆ 2.09MiB    │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Gradle build-scans data       ┆ 3.53MiB    │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Maven local repository        ┆ 536.22MiB  │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Konan/KMP Caches              ┆ 0B         │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Build output files            ┆ 1.01GiB    │
╰───────────────────────────────┴────────────╯

Total resources (disk space) : 7.2GiB

Reclaiming resources ​

To wipe out all build-related Daemons (Gradle Workers, Kotin compiler, etc.) from you RAM memory:

bash
gradle-wiper ram shallow

To wipe out all JVM processes from your RAM memory (including running IDEs):

bash
gradle-wiper ram deep

To wipe out potentially corrupted build caches from disk, including:

  • $HOME/.gradle/caches
  • $HOME/.gradle/configuration-cache

along with

  • Maven dependency caches ($HOME/.m2)
  • Konan dependency caches ($HOME/.konan)
  • Logs from Gradle builds ($HOME/.gradle/daemon)
  • Gradle temporary files ($HOME/.gradle/.tmp)
  • All build output folders from any Gradle projects in your system
bash
gradle-wiper disk shallow

NOTE

This tool does not uninstall any existing software from your system, and it also preserves custom configuration hosted at $HOME/.gradle, like $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties file and $HOME/.gradle/init.d build scripts

To also scan your disk for Gradle/IDE metadata files per project, removing

  • all <my-project>/.gradle/* Gradle files/caches
  • all <my-project>/.idea/* IDE metadata files/caches
bash
gradle-wiper disk deep

Troubleshooting ​

All subcommands accept a verbose flag which outputs information about the current execution:

bash
gradle-wiper disk evaluate --verbose

In addition, you also have the --help flag:

bash
gradle-wiper --help

Reclaim machine resources (RAM, Disk) attached to Gradle builds

Usage: gradle-wiper <COMMAND>

Commands:
  disk
  ram
  help  Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version