Add argument to dbt clean for logs

Describe the feature

What are the circumstances in which someone runs dbt clean? Usually when troubleshooting or trying to understand what is going on that doesn’t look right. When troubleshooting you often want to see your logs to match what you’re looking for. You might look at logs, then run clean, then want run the thing, then look at your logs again. If you forgot to clear or cycle your logs, though, now you might have to dig to find the info you’re looking for.

My proposal: add an argument to dbt clean that also wipes your logs, e.g. dbt clean --include logs or something similar.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered

This tip from @clrcrl on cycling logs is what I use: https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/tips-and-tricks-about-working-with-dbt/287/4 but sometimes I forget to run it.

Additional context

Is this feature database-specific? Which database(s) is/are relevant? Please include any other relevant context here.

I don’t think so.

Who will this benefit?

What kind of use case will this feature be useful for? Please be specific and provide examples, this will help us prioritize properly.

Anyone who is troubleshooting dbt models.

Are you interested in contributing this feature?

Let us know if you want to write some code, and how we can help.

👶 🍼 in theory yes, but unlikely

I guess my first question would be: is this something that other people think would be useful in dbt?

[emilieschario]

oh, interesting. That could work too. Do you see more demand for this?

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 7:41 AM, Jeremy Cohen @.***> wrote:

@emilieschario https://github.com/emilieschario I like the idea of an optional flag to dbt clean that cycles the files instead! Perhaps –cycle-path?

This could be useful for things like --state, too.

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[emilieschario]

oh, thanks stale bot for resurfacing this on my radar.