Add truncate history support for DROP FEATURE command #2045
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Description
The
DROP FEATURE
command allows to drop table features from Delta Tables. Dropping a reader+writer feature is performed in two steps:This PR adds the
TRUNCATE HISTORY
option inDROP FEATURE
command. The new option is automatically sets the history retention period to minimum and cleans up metadata. This operation occurs at the second time the user invokes the operation.How was this patch tested?
Added tests in DeltaProtocolVersionSuite and DeltaErrorsSuite.
Does this PR introduce any user-facing changes?
Introduces the TRUNCATE HISTORY option in ALTER TABLE ... DROP FEATURE command. This can be used as follows:
ALTER TABLE table_name DROP FEATURE feature_name [TRUNCATE HISTORY]
The new option allows to truncate history older than the minimum retention period when dropping a reader+writer feature.