attic_delete_objects.py

import sys
from attic.remote import RemoteRepository
from attic.repository import Repository
from attic.helpers import Location, Manifest, unhexlify


if __name__ == '__main__':
    location = Location(sys.argv[1])
    if location.proto == 'ssh':
        repository = RemoteRepository(location)
    else:
        repository = Repository(location.path)
    manifest, key = Manifest.load(repository)
    for key in sys.argv[2:]:
        print('Deleting', key)
        repository.delete(unhexlify(key))
    repository.commit()
    print('Done')