Sitecore Version Pruner Command

Sitecore Version Pruner Command:

It is just a scheduled task that you can configure to remove old/unused versions from your content tree.

• Install the appropriate Sitecore package
• In Content Editor, navigate to: /sitecore/System/Tasks/Commands/Run Version Pruner
• Set the "Root" field to the item from which to start pruning versions. Change other fields as required.
• In Content Editor, navigate to: /sitecore/System/Tasks/Schedules/Version Pruner Schedule
• Modify the "Schedule" field to your desired run scheduled. 

 

How to override Sitecore Version Pruner Command –

 

[Serializable]

    public class VersionPrunerCommand : Sitecore.SharedSource.VersionPruner.Tasks.VersionPrunerCommand

    {

        protected override void ProcessItemTree(Item item)

        {

            if (Sitecore.Context.Job != null)

            {

                Sitecore.Context.Job.Status.Processed++;

            }

            // Get the item in all languages

            foreach (var itemLanguage in item.Languages)

            {

                var languageItem = item.Database.GetItem(item.ID, itemLanguage);

                if (languageItem.Versions.Count > 0)

                {

                    Sitecore.Context.Job.Status.Messages.Add("processing: " + item.Paths.Path + ", " + item.Language.Name);

                    // Run item against the Item Filter rule(s)

                    var ruleContext = new RuleContext();

                    ruleContext.Item = languageItem;

                    this.ItemFilterRules.Run(ruleContext);

                    if (ruleContext.Parameters.ContainsKey("ItemValidForVersionRemoval"))

                    {

                        // Rule was passed, so this item's versions should be trimmed..

                        TrimItemVersions(languageItem);

                    }

                }

            }

            // Process all descendant items

            foreach (Item child in item.Children)

            {

                ProcessItemTree(child);

            }

        }

    }

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