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Angela Schreiber commented on SLING-10136: ------------------------------------------ [~karlpauls], it seems a bit arbitrary to avoid adding a delete path statement, if there is a corresponding remove/delete operation for almost all other adding/creation statement (users, groups, policies, individual access control entries). and removing a node that doesn't exist can equally be a noop as the create counter part. > Sling Repo Init: Add option to delete paths > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: SLING-10136 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-10136 > Project: Sling > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Repoinit > Affects Versions: Repoinit Parser 1.6.4, Repoinit JCR 1.1.30 > Reporter: Henry Kuijpers > Priority: Major > Time Spent: 2h > Remaining Estimate: 0h > > Given that we are able to create paths, it would also be beneficial to be > able to delete paths as well. > In our case, we're migrating a legacy setup to Sling Repo Init, where there > are some "leftover" nodes in the instances. Given that Sling Repo Init is an > "admin" way to initialize a repo, it would be very nice if delete statements > could be supported. > In our case, we would want to delete /apps/foundation, for example, because > historically there seem to have been modifications made there. > This mandates for a simple syntax like "delete path /apps/foundation" being > supported. > Another case is that we would like to cleanup /apps/cq, however, there are > some nodes that are maintained by the product (in our case AEM), such as > /apps/cq/xssprotection and also /apps/cq/core/content/nav/tools. > This mandates for a slightly more complicated syntax such as "delete path > /apps/cq (!/xssprotection,!/core/content/nav/tools,*)", however, I would be > fine with multiple delete path statements as well, for that usecase. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)