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bd delete

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bd delete​

Delete one or more issues and clean up all references to them. This command will:

  1. Remove all dependency links (any type, both directions) involving the issues
  2. Update text references to "[deleted:ID]" in directly connected issues
  3. Permanently delete the issues from the database

This is a destructive operation that cannot be undone. Use with caution.

BATCH DELETION: Delete multiple issues at once: bd delete bd-1 bd-2 bd-3 --force

Delete from file (one ID per line): bd delete --from-file deletions.txt --force

Preview before deleting: bd delete --from-file deletions.txt --dry-run

DEPENDENCY HANDLING: Default: Fails if any issue has dependents not in deletion set bd delete bd-1 bd-2

Cascade: Recursively delete all dependents bd delete bd-1 --cascade --force

Force: Delete and orphan dependents bd delete bd-1 --force

bd delete <issue-id> [issue-id...] [flags]

Flags:

      --cascade            Recursively delete all dependent issues
      --dry-run            Preview what would be deleted without making changes
  -f, --force              Actually delete (without this flag, shows preview)
      --from-file string   Read issue IDs from file (one per line)