#saferm delete

Move files to the saferm archive with metadata tracking

Effect: mutating

#Flags

Flags
Name	Short	Type	Presence	Description
`--recursive`, `--no-recursive`	`-r`	bool	optional	Allow recursive deletion of directories and all their contents; omitted, a directory is refused
`--ignore-missing`, `--no-ignore-missing`	`-f`	bool	optional	Silently skip files that do not exist instead of erroring; omitted, a missing path is an error
`--interactive`, `--no-interactive`	`-i`	bool	optional	Prompt for confirmation before archiving each file; omitted, nothing is asked
`--description`		str	required	Mandatory explanation of why this deletion is happening
`--command`		str	optional	Record the original rm command being replaced by saferm; omitted, no command is recorded
`--meta`		list[str]	optional	Attach additional metadata as key=value pairs (repeatable); omitted, no custom metadata is attached
`--update-git-index`, `--no-update-git-index`		bool	optional	Run git rm --cached to stage removal in the git index; omitted, the index is updated
`--on-error`		str	required	What to do when a path cannot be archived. Mandatory: there is no default Values: `abort` (stop at the first path that cannot be archived, leaving the remaining paths untouched), `continue` (archive the remaining paths, report every failure, and exit with the first failure's code at the end).

#Arguments

Arguments
Name	Type	Presence	Description
`files`	list[str] (variadic)	required	One or more files or directories to move into the archive

#Grants

Grants
Kind	Name	Reason
proc_mutate	`git-index`	a tracked file that moved into the archive must leave the git index too, or the next commit resurrects it

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