What scrubctl Does

scrubctl helps move from live cluster output to clean, reviewable manifests.

It has three main responsibilities:

Responsibility	What it means
Classify	Decide whether a resource belongs in include, cleanup, review, or exclude
Sanitize	Remove server-assigned metadata, status, runtime annotations, and other noisy fields
Export	Write sanitized manifests and supporting files in a GitOps-ready archive

The CLI supports two operating styles:

Mode	Use it when
Direct scrub	You have one manifest from a file, stdin, oc get, or kubectl get
Curated namespace scan/export	You want a repeatable namespace-level export for known Kubernetes and OpenShift kinds

The direct scrub path accepts any Kubernetes kind. Namespace scan and export use a curated set so the archive is predictable and focused on application resources.