Add docs for the deletion of incremental backups

Adds some explanation in the docs about how dependent Postgres incremental backups are going to be deleted along with their parent as they become useless for recovery in such cases. References: BAR-251 Signed-off-by: Gustavo William <[email protected]>
EnterpriseDB · Aug 19, 2024 · e42b7b2 · e42b7b2
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@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ barman delete <server_name> <backup_id>
 
 The `delete` command accepts any [shortcut](#backup-id-shortcuts) to identify backups.
 
+> **IMPORTANT:**
+> If the specified backup has dependent block-level incremental backups,
+> those backups and all their dependents will also be deleted during this operation
+> as they would effectively become unsuable for recovery with a missing parent in its chain.
+
 ## `keep`
 
 If you have a backup which you wish to keep beyond the retention policy of