When user tries to run oc-mirror delete command with --generate after a (M2D + D2M) it fails with error below
2024/08/02 12:18:03  [ERROR]  : [OperatorImageCollector] pinging container registry localhost:55000: Get "https://localhost:55000/v2/": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client
2024/08/02 12:18:03  [ERROR]  : [OperatorImageCollector] pinging container registry localhost:55000: Get "https://localhost:55000/v2/": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client
2024/08/02 12:18:03  [ERROR]  :  pinging container registry localhost:55000: Get "https://localhost:55000/v2/": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client
    

    WARNING: This version information is deprecated and will be replaced with the output from --short. Use --output=yaml|json to get the full version.
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"", Minor:"", GitVersion:"4.17.0-202407302009.p0.gdbf115f.assembly.stream.el9-dbf115f", GitCommit:"dbf115f547a19f12ab72e7b326be219a47d460a0", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2024-07-31T00:37:18Z", GoVersion:"go1.22.5 (Red Hat 1.22.5-1.el9) X:strictfipsruntime", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}

    

     Always
    

    1. Download latest oc-mirror binary
    2. Use the ImageSetCofig below and perform (M2D + D2M)
    3. oc-mirror -c config.yaml file://CLID-136 --v2
    4. oc-mirror -c config.yaml --from file://CLID-136 --v2 docker://localhost:5000 --dest-tls-verify=false
    5. Now create deleteImageSetConfig as shown below and run delete command with --generate
     6. oc-mirror delete -c delete-config.yaml --generate --workspace file://CLID-136-delete docker://localhost:5000 --v2
    

    Below errors are seen
    2024/08/02 12:18:03  [ERROR]  : [OperatorImageCollector] pinging container registry localhost:55000: Get "https://localhost:55000/v2/": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client
2024/08/02 12:18:03  [ERROR]  : [OperatorImageCollector] pinging container registry localhost:55000: Get "https://localhost:55000/v2/": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client
2024/08/02 12:18:03  [ERROR]  :  pinging container registry localhost:55000: Get "https://localhost:55000/v2/": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client
    

    No errors should be seen
    

    This error is resolved upon using  --src-tls-verify=false with the oc-mirror delete --generate command
   More details in the slack thread here https://redhat-internal.slack.com/archives/C050P27C71S/p1722601331671649?thread_ts=1722597021.825099&cid=C050P27C71S