aptly snapshot drop

Drop removes information about snapshot. If snapshot is published, it can’t be dropped (first remove publishing for snapshot). If snapshot is used as source for other snapshots (using merge or pull), aptly would refuse to drop such snapshot, use flag -force to override this check.

Usage:

$ aptly snapshot drop <name>

Params:

• name is snapshot name which has been given during snapshot creation

Flags:

• -force: drop snapshot even if it used as source in other snapshots

Dropping snapshot only removes metadata, in order to cleanup the disk space occupied by package files you might need to run aptly db cleanup command (package files would be removed only if they’re not referenced by mirrors and other snapshots anymore).

Example:

$ aptly snapshot drop snap-wheezy
Snapshot `snap-wheezy` has been dropped.