compact

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description: Compact old closed issues using semantic summarization argument-hint: "[--all] [--id issue-id] [--dry-run]"

Reduce database size by summarizing closed issues no longer actively referenced.

Compaction Tiers

• Tier 1: Semantic compression (30+ days closed, ~70% size reduction)
• Tier 2: Ultra compression (90+ days closed) — planned, not yet implemented

Usage

• Preview candidates: bd admin compact --dry-run
• Compact all eligible: bd admin compact --all
• Compact specific issue: bd admin compact --id bd-42
• Force compact: bd admin compact --id bd-42 --force (bypass age checks)
• View statistics: bd admin compact --stats

Options

• --tier: Choose compaction tier (1 or 2, default: 1)
• --workers: Parallel workers (default: 5)
• --batch-size: Issues per batch (default: 10)

Important

This is permanent graceful decay - original content is discarded. Use bd restore <id> to view full history from git if needed.

Useful for long-running projects to keep database size manageable.