case of versioned deletes a.k.a permanent delete of a version by doing a `mc rm --version-id` on a object, replication implementation marks a object version permanently deleted as `PENDING` purge and deletes the version from source after syncing to the target and ensuring target version is deleted. The delete marker being deleted or object version being deleted will still be visible on listing with `mc ls --versions` until the sync is completed. Objects marked as deleted will not be accessible via `GET`...

```
mc replicate edit alias/bucket --id xyz.id --replicate "delete,delete-marker"
```

To re-enable replica metadata modification syncing,

```
mc replicate edit alias/bucket --id xyz.id --replicate "delete,delete-marker,replica-metadata-sync"
```

## MinIO Extension

### Replicating Deletes

    }
  }

  /**
   * Deletes all files within the directory at the given {@code path} {@linkplain #deleteRecursively
   * recursively}. Does not delete the directory itself. Deletes symbolic links, not their targets
   * (subject to the caveat below). If {@code path} itself is a symbolic link to a directory, that
   * link is followed and the contents of the directory it targets are deleted.
   *

    }
  }

  /**
   * Deletes all files within the directory at the given {@code path} {@linkplain #deleteRecursively
   * recursively}. Does not delete the directory itself. Deletes symbolic links, not their targets
   * (subject to the caveat below). If {@code path} itself is a symbolic link to a directory, that
   * link is followed and the contents of the directory it targets are deleted.
   *

    }
    return false
  }

  /**
   * Closes the cache and deletes all of its stored values. This will delete all files in the cache
   * directory including files that weren't created by the cache.
   */
  @Throws(IOException::class)
  fun delete() {
    close()
    fileSystem.deleteContents(directory)
  }

  /**
   * Deletes all stored values from the cache. In-flight edits will complete normally but their

	DeleteRestoredAction
	// DeleteRestoredVersionAction deletes a particular version that was temporarily restored
	DeleteRestoredVersionAction
	// DeleteAllVersionsAction deletes all versions when an object expires
	DeleteAllVersionsAction
	// DelMarkerDeleteAllVersionsAction deletes all versions when an object with delete marker as latest version expires
	DelMarkerDeleteAllVersionsAction

        Path dir = fs.getPath("dir");
        assertEquals(6, MoreFiles.listFiles(dir).size());

        method.delete(dir);
        method.assertDeleteSucceeded(dir);

        assertEquals(
            "contents of /dontdelete deleted by delete method " + method,
            3,
            MoreFiles.listFiles(fs.getPath("/dontdelete")).size());
      }
    }
  }

To permanently delete an object you need to specify the version you want to delete, only the user with appropriate permissions can permanently delete a version.  As shown below DELETE request called with a specific version id permanently deletes an object from a bucket. Delete marker is not added for DELETE requests with version id.

	// Version of the file.
	VersionID string `msg:"vid,omitempty"`

	// Indicates if the version is the latest
	IsLatest bool `msg:"is"`

	// Deleted is set when this FileInfo represents
	// a deleted marker for a versioned bucket.
	Deleted bool `msg:"del"`

	// TransitionStatus is set to Pending/Complete for transitioned
	// entries based on state of transition
	TransitionStatus string `msg:"ts"`

        Path dir = fs.getPath("dir");
        assertEquals(6, MoreFiles.listFiles(dir).size());

        method.delete(dir);
        method.assertDeleteSucceeded(dir);

        assertEquals(
            "contents of /dontdelete deleted by delete method " + method,
            3,
            MoreFiles.listFiles(fs.getPath("/dontdelete")).size());
      }
    }
  }