[Feature] immich upload --delete should also delete duplicates that it decided to not upload

[nobodyinperson]

I have searched the existing feature requests, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate request.

• Yes

The feature

The --delete option to immich upload is very useful, e.g. to ingest a folder full of possible duplicates that you want to get rid of, but want to make sure you didn't miss anything. Also in combination with --watch it keeps an inbox-style directory clean.

BUT: --delete only deletes files that were actually uploaded. That's fine if there was an error such as an invalid file type or the server having another problem, but if the file was an actual duplicate, it's inconvenient that the file is not deleted. Also because immich upload seems to always exit with code 0 (no error), no matter what failures might appear.

A crude workaround is to parse immich upload's output, scan for error and failure lines and extract the files that didn't work and delete all other files manually, but that's pretty error-prone.

It would be great if --delete meant "delete files that are on the server after the command is done".

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

[nobodyinperson]

Meh, duplicate of #18931 and #12181 but more context and motivation provided here 🤓