The build command now deletes all contents of the output directory before generating the site. This prevents stale artifacts from previous builds lingering in the output.

Changes

• Version: Bumped to 0.14.0 to reflect behavioral change
• Build process: Added ClearOutputDirectory() method that runs before content processing
  • Recursively deletes all files and subdirectories in the configured output path
  • Clears read-only attributes when needed
  • Logs warnings on individual failures but continues build
  • Gracefully handles missing directories
• Documentation: Updated CLI docs to note the clearing behavior

Example

$ chloroplast build
Clearing output directory: /path/to/out
Output directory cleared successfully
Using build version for cache busting: 20251215221702
Processing area: source
...

Before this change, artifacts like renamed files, deleted pages, or temporary files would persist across builds. Now each build starts with a clean slate.

• Fixes Build Subcommand should clear the out folder of any non-standard pieces of content #74

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