Pkg.obliterate() is a way to get rid of local packages

tknopp · Dec 6, 2012 · 975c7b1 · 975c7b1
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diff --git a/base/pkg.jl b/base/pkg.jl
@@ -486,6 +486,11 @@ to prepare METADATA with the details for your package."
  end
 end
 
+# Remove local traces of a package (broken due to a bad .new(), for instance)
+obliterate(package_name::String) = cd_pkgdir() do
+ run(`rm -rf $(package_name) $(file_path("METADATA", package_name))`)
+end
+
 # If a package contains data, make it easy to find its location
 function package_directory(package_name::String)
  if has(ENV, "JULIA_PKGDIR")