bd compact

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bd compact

Squash Dolt commits older than N days into a single commit.

Recent commits (within the retention window) are preserved via cherry-pick. This reduces Dolt storage overhead from auto-commit history while keeping recent change tracking intact.

For semantic issue compaction (summarizing closed issues), use 'bd admin compact'. For full history squash, use 'bd flatten'.

How it works:

1. Identifies commits older than --days threshold
2. Creates a squashed base commit from all old history
3. Cherry-picks recent commits on top
4. Swaps main branch to the compacted version
5. Runs Dolt GC to reclaim space

Examples: bd compact --dry-run # Preview: show commit breakdown bd compact --force # Squash commits older than 30 days bd compact --days 7 --force # Keep only last 7 days of history bd compact --days 90 --force # Conservative: squash 90+ day old commits

bd compact [flags]

Flags:

      --days int   Keep commits newer than N days (default 30)
      --dry-run    Preview without making changes
  -f, --force      Confirm commit squash