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beads/commands/delete.md
Steve Yegge 7658c4a8e8 Add command documentation and improve daemon UX
- Added human-readable uptime formatting (51m 59s vs 3119.4 seconds)
- Fixed daemon stop race condition with SIGKILL
- Added markdown docs for 19 commands: blocked, comments, compact, daemon,
  delete, dep, epic, export, import, label, list, quickstart, rename-prefix,
  renumber, reopen, repos, restore, stale, sync
- Closed: bd-159, bd-152, bd-168
- Deleted test issues: bd-144, bd-145

Amp-Thread-ID: https://ampcode.com/threads/T-9f7c3fed-62de-4bcd-a059-8c1b77cdb841
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description: Delete issues and clean up references argument-hint: [issue-ids...] [--force]

Delete one or more issues and clean up all references.

Safety Features

  • Preview mode: Default shows what would be deleted
  • --force: Required to actually delete
  • --dry-run: Preview collision detection
  • Dependency checks: Fails if issue has dependents (unless --cascade or --force)

Batch Deletion

  • Delete multiple: bd delete bd-1 bd-2 bd-3 --force
  • Delete from file: bd delete --from-file deletions.txt --force

Dependency Handling

  • Default: Fails if issue has dependents not in deletion set
  • --cascade: Recursively delete all dependent issues
  • --force: Delete and orphan dependents

What Gets Deleted

  1. All dependency links (any type, both directions)
  2. Text references updated to "[deleted:ID]" in connected issues
  3. Issue removed from database

This operation cannot be undone. Use with caution!