Adding cleaner module to permit users to specify their own set of files to delete

ebin/rebar.app

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
               rebar_base_compiler,
               rebar_config,
               rebar_core,
+              rebar_cleaner,
               rebar_ct,
               rebar_deps,
               rebar_dialyzer,
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@
          {any_dir_modules, [
                             rebar_subdirs,
                             rebar_deps,
-                            rebar_templater
+                            rebar_templater,
+                            rebar_cleaner
                            ]},
 
          %% Dir specific processing modules

src/rebar_cleaner.erl

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+%% -*- tab-width: 4;erlang-indent-level: 4;indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+%% ex: ts=4 sw=4 et
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+%%
+%% rebar: Erlang Build Tools
+%%
+%% Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Smith (dizzyd@dizzyd.com)
+%%
+%% Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+%% of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+%% in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+%% to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+%% copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+%% furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+%%
+%% The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+%% all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+%%
+%% THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+%% IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+%% FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+%% AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+%% LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+%% OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+%% THE SOFTWARE.
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+-module(rebar_cleaner).
+
+-export([clean/2]).
+
+-include("rebar.hrl").
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% Public API
+%% ===================================================================
+clean(Config, _AppFile) ->
+    %% Get a list of files to delete from config and remove them
+    FilesToClean = rebar_config:get(Config, clean_files, []),
+    [rebar_file_utils:rm_rf(F) || F <- FilesToClean],
+    ok.