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This reintroduces aggressive pruning on model deletion as a temporary measure until a more controlled garbage collection (GC) mechanism is implemented. Issues with the current approach: 1. Users may accidentally delete a model (`ollama rm llama3.3` instead of `ollama rm llama3.2`), requiring a full re-download unless another model references the same blobs. 2. Users may assume a deleted model is still referenced elsewhere, but due to prior updates or deletions, the references no longer exist, leading to unnecessary re-downloads. Soon, we should implement a structured GC mechanism to retain unreferenced blobs for a configurable period before removal, which will run on "ollama rm" and other commands we deem appropriate. Users that want to immediately remove unreferenced blobs can use a new prune command that will allow them to specify the age and class of blobs to remove. Example usage: # Run basic blob GC $ ollama prune # Remove unreferenced blobs older than 7 days $ ollama prune --age 7d # Remove all blobs, referenced or not, older than 7 days (and their manifests?) $ ollama prune --age 7d --all # Remove all unreferenced blobs immediately $ ollama prune --age 0 --all # Remove all blobs $ ollama prune --age 0 --all This should provide a safer and more predictable cleanup process.