[PR #80] [CLOSED] Add cleanup command to delete old files #703

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adam · 2025-12-29T01:28:33+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 01:28:33 +01:00

📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/dehydrated-io/dehydrated/pull/80
Author: @code28
Created: 1/9/2016
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: master ← Head: master

📝 Commits (1)

e501673 Add cleanup command to delete old files

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2 files changed (+32 additions, -0 deletions)

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📝 README.md (+1 -0)
📝 letsencrypt.sh (+31 -0)

📄 Description

Since the script keeps all the old certificates as a backup, the folders can get messy after a while. So I thought, a cleanup command would be useful. When there are a lot of different domains, there would be a lot of files to delete manually, so this command helps by checking, which certificates are used and deletes the other ones.

I was thinking about how to implement it, and I think an automated or implicit cleanup would be against the thought of having backups in case of trouble. So I came up with this extra command, so the cleanup can be started explicitly, when the certificates are working fine.

I was thinking about only deleting expired certificates, but first I wanted to start with this idea, so we can discuss on this basis.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/dehydrated-io/dehydrated/pull/80 **Author:** [@code28](https://github.com/code28) **Created:** 1/9/2016 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `master` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`e501673`](https://github.com/dehydrated-io/dehydrated/commit/e5016732e673047ea899b686b634040558b2ed76) Add cleanup command to delete old files ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+32 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+1 -0) 📝 `letsencrypt.sh` (+31 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description Since the script keeps all the old certificates as a backup, the folders can get messy after a while. So I thought, a cleanup command would be useful. When there are a lot of different domains, there would be a lot of files to delete manually, so this command helps by checking, which certificates are used and deletes the other ones. I was thinking about how to implement it, and I think an automated or implicit cleanup would be against the thought of having backups in case of trouble. So I came up with this extra command, so the cleanup can be started explicitly, when the certificates are working fine. I was thinking about only deleting expired certificates, but first I wanted to start with this idea, so we can discuss on this basis. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: starred/dehydrated#703