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[apidoc] Add --remove-old option (#12448)
A common "gotcha" of re-running `sphinx-apidoc`, is that if the modules API changes it will not remove old files, leading to build errors for files not in a `toctree`

This commit introduces a `--remove-old` option to remove these files.

Note, a key detail here is that we don't want to simply clear the directory before running `sphinx-apidoc`,
since this would lead to all files having a new `mtime`,
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So we must first collect the list of all correct files, then remove any not in the list.

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========
 Sphinx
========

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   :alt: Package on PyPI

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   :target: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
   :alt: Documentation Status

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   :target: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
   :alt: BSD 2 Clause

**Sphinx makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation.**

Sphinx uses reStructuredText as its markup language, and many of its strengths
come from the power and straightforwardness of reStructuredText and its parsing
and translating suite, the Docutils.

Features
========

* **Output formats**: HTML, PDF, plain text, EPUB, TeX, manual pages, and more
* **Extensive cross-references**: semantic markup and automatic links
  for functions, classes, glossary terms and similar pieces of information
* **Hierarchical structure**: easy definition of a document tree, with automatic
  links to siblings, parents and children
* **Automatic indices**: general index as well as a module index
* **Code highlighting**: automatic highlighting using the Pygments highlighter
* **Templating**: Flexible HTML output using the Jinja 2 templating engine
* **Extension ecosystem**: Many extensions are available, for example for
  automatic function documentation or working with Jupyter notebooks.
* **Language Support**: Python, C, C++, JavaScript, mathematics, and many other
  languages through extensions.

For more information, refer to `the documentation`_.

Installation
============

The following command installs Sphinx from the `Python Package Index`_. You will
need a working installation of Python and pip.

.. code-block:: sh

   pip install -U sphinx

Contributing
============

We appreciate all contributions! Refer to `the contributors guide`_ for
information.

.. _the documentation: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
.. _the contributors guide: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/internals/contributing.html
.. _Python Package Index: https://pypi.org/project/Sphinx/