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Docs for conan remove *#!latest #3144

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Expand Up @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ conan remove

The ``conan remove`` command removes recipes and packages from the local cache or from a
specified remote. Depending on the patterns specified as argument, it is possible to
remove a complete package, or just remove the binaries, leaving still the recipe available.
remove a complete package, or just remove the binaries, leaving still the recipe
available. You can also use the keyword ``!latest`` in the revision part of the pattern to
avoid removing the latest recipe or package revision of a certain Conan package.

To remove recipes and their associated package binaries from the local cache:

Expand All @@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ To remove recipes and their associated package binaries from the local cache:
# Remove zlib/1.2.11, only its latest recipe revision and binaries of that revision
# Leave the other zlib/1.2.11 revisions intact

$ conan remove zlib/1.2.11#!latest
# Remove all the recipe revisions from zlib/1.2.11 but the latest one
# Leave the latest zlib/1.2.11 revision intact

$ conan remove zlib/1.2.11#<revision>
# Remove zlib/1.2.11, only its exact <revision> and binaries of that revision
# Leave the other zlib/1.2.11 revisions intact
Expand All @@ -75,6 +81,9 @@ pattern including the ``:`` separator of the ``package_id``:
$ conan remove zlib/1.2.11#latest:*
# Removes all the zlib/1.2.11 package binaries only from the latest zlib/1.2.11 recipe revision

$ conan remove zlib/1.2.11#!latest:*
# Removes all the zlib/1.2.11 package binaries from all the recipe revisions but the latest one

$ conan remove zlib/1.2.11:<package_id>
# Removes the package binary <package_id> from all the zlib/1.2.11 recipe revisions

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