Use Cases

📦 Copy a Node.js project without node_modules

clean-mount cp /path/to/node-project /tmp/node-source-only

Since node_modules is typically in .gitignore, it simply won’t exist in the mounted view.

🐍 Archive a Python project without venv / __pycache__

clean-mount tar /path/to/python-project /tmp/project-source.tar.gz

Virtual environments, cache directories, and other gitignored files disappear automatically.

🚀 Rsync only source files to a server

clean-mount exec /path/to/project -- rsync -avz . user@server:/deploy-path

Build artifacts, dependencies, and configs (if gitignored) are excluded from the transfer.

🤖 Feed a clean project tree to an AI coding agent

clean-mount mount /path/to/project /tmp/clean --hide-git --hide-gitignore
# Point your AI agent at /tmp/clean

The agent only sees what matters — your actual source code.