Question: is it possible to remove or update a document from the index?

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Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
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rust
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Start by reviewing the existing document and index APIs to determine whether documents can be removed or replaced without rebuilding the index. Define how a unique document identifier would work and what completed update and deletion behavior should be, then add appropriate coverage if the feature is pursued.

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Description

Hi there,

Apparently there's no way to remove a document from the index. Also, it looks like if you "push" an updated version of your document, it's indexed along with the previous one... making some sort of a duplicate.

It's probably because there's no way to give a unique identifier to a document, which I assume is by design. So there's no way to say: "replace this record" for example.

But as a consequence, if I want to remove or update an entry of my "document database", the only way I see is to rebuild the index from scratch. Is there another way? If not, do you think it's worth trying to add this feature?

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