diff --git a/.fontfoldercleanup/git_reset_and_clean.sh b/.fontfoldercleanup/git_reset_and_clean.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7898bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.fontfoldercleanup/git_reset_and_clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+# go to the root of the repository
+cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+# reset the repository to the main branch and clean it
+git reset --hard main
+git clean -fdx -e .env/ -e .idea/
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diff --git a/.fontfoldercleanup/remove_ds_and_clean_empty_folders.py b/.fontfoldercleanup/remove_ds_and_clean_empty_folders.py
index f01f9a4..a82da61 100644
--- a/.fontfoldercleanup/remove_ds_and_clean_empty_folders.py
+++ b/.fontfoldercleanup/remove_ds_and_clean_empty_folders.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Clean up git repository
-    os.system(f"cd {cleanup.repo_location} && git reset --hard main && git clean -fdX")  # Change to repo location, reset the repository, and clean untracked files except those in .gitignore
+    os.system("./git_reset_and_clean.sh")  # Change to repo location, reset the repository, and clean untracked files except those in .gitignore
     cleanup.remove_ds_store_files()  # Remove .DS_Store files from the repository
     cleanup.remove_setup_complete_files()  # Remove setup complete files from the repository
     cleanup.remove_empty_folders()  # Remove empty folders from the repository
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