RDIFF-BACKUP-DELETE(1)

💖 RDIFF-BACKUP-DELETE 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Rdiff-Backup-Delete Manual, version 2.2.6 — yes this is the <pink>rdiff-backup-delete</pink> page, and she is here to help you yeet a file out of existence (from your repo, anyway). ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

rdiff-backup-delete — deletes a file and its whole history from a repository 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

rdiff-backup-delete [--dry-run] [--help] repository-sub-path

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so basically rdiff-backup-delete removes a file or directory from a repository that was created by rdiff-backup, and it takes its complete history with it. like, the whole glow-up AND the whole backstory. gone. 💀

the required argument is the pathname of the sub-directory or file within an rdiff-backup repository. that's the <lavender>*repository-sub-path*</lavender> in the synopsis, she's mandatory, no skipping her. 🙈

for example, after a backup with rdiff-backup backup source repo — and yes, you might've called that multiple times, it happens — you can remove a file and its whole history with:

rdiff-backup-delete repo/somefile

the way this utility is best used is to remove too big or secret files that got erroneously backed-up. we've all been there. no judgement. 💜

⚠️ beware bestie: no trace of the file will remain in the repository after its deletion. like, none. zero. not even a lil ghost. it's giving permanent, because it is permanent. 👑

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🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• --dry-run — only show what would happen, but don't actually delete anything. a little dress rehearsal, a lil preview, the vibe check before the main event. 🦋
• -h, --help — outputs a short usage description and exits. iconic behaviour, honestly. ⭐

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😭 BUGS 😭

None known. (we love a bug-free era fr fr 💅)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Patrik Dufresne info@patrikdufresne.com — thank you for your service, king 🫡✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

rdiff-backup(1), python(1). and if you wanna vibe with the whole project, the rdiff-backup web page is at https://rdiff-backup.net/ 💖

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this lil slice of documentation came from rdiff-backup-delete, dated September 2023, under the manual name RDIFF-BACKUP-DELETE(1) 🎀 mwah, go delete responsibly 💜✨