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# bregctl request-retention command reference

> Generated syntax and options for bregctl request-retention.

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Inspect and erase eligible change-request retention detail.

## Contract status

This page is generated from the public Clap command tree for Registry Stack source version `0.30.0` and catalog SHA-256 `2221f17eae216048d4cfaf7f66e3dcd68a250f6f6de4e24b177441819192b475`. Hidden implementation commands are omitted.

## Usage

```text
bregctl request-retention [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
```

## Commands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [`list`](./list/) | List bounded value-free change-request retention rows |
| [`dry-run`](./dry-run/) | Count exactly what one request retention erase would remove |
| [`erase`](./erase/) | Erase eligible payload detail for one exact request proposal version |
| [`cleanup-attachments`](./cleanup-attachments/) | Retry deletion of unreferenced external attachments without erasing request detail |

## Options

| Option | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--format <FORMAT>` | No | `human` | `human`, `json` | n/a | Emit the selected command's report in this format |
| `-h, --help` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Print help |

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