diff --git a/scripts/dbgbmap.py b/scripts/dbgbmap.py
index 8f31ff98..116369dd 100755
--- a/scripts/dbgbmap.py
+++ b/scripts/dbgbmap.py
@@ -792,85 +792,6 @@ class Rbyd:
 
             yield rid, tag, w, j, d, data
 
-    # create tree representation for debugging
-    def tree(self):
-        trunks = co.defaultdict(lambda: (-1, 0))
-        alts = co.defaultdict(lambda: {})
-
-        rid, tag = -1, 0
-        while True:
-            done, rid, tag, w, j, d, data, path = self.lookup(rid, tag+0x1)
-            # found end of tree?
-            if done:
-                break
-
-            # keep track of trunks/alts
-            trunks[j] = (rid, tag)
-
-            for j_, j__, followed, c in path:
-                if followed:
-                    alts[j_] |= {'f': j__, 'c': c}
-                else:
-                    alts[j_] |= {'nf': j__, 'c': c}
-
-        # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
-        for j_, alt in alts.items():
-            if 'f' not in alt:
-                alt['f'] = alt['nf']
-            elif 'nf' not in alt:
-                alt['nf'] = alt['f']
-
-        # find the trunk and depth of each alt
-        def rec_trunk(j_):
-            if j_ not in alts:
-                return trunks[j_]
-            else:
-                if 'nft' not in alts[j_]:
-                    alts[j_]['nft'] = rec_trunk(alts[j_]['nf'])
-                return alts[j_]['nft']
-
-        for j_ in alts.keys():
-            rec_trunk(j_)
-        for j_, alt in alts.items():
-            if alt['f'] in alts:
-                alt['ft'] = alts[alt['f']]['nft']
-            else:
-                alt['ft'] = trunks[alt['f']]
-
-        def rec_height(j_):
-            if j_ not in alts:
-                return 0
-            else:
-                if 'h' not in alts[j_]:
-                    alts[j_]['h'] = max(
-                        rec_height(alts[j_]['f']),
-                        rec_height(alts[j_]['nf'])) + 1
-                return alts[j_]['h']
-
-        for j_ in alts.keys():
-            rec_height(j_)
-
-        t_depth = max((alt['h']+1 for alt in alts.values()), default=0)
-
-        # convert to more general tree representation
-        tree = set()
-        for j, alt in alts.items():
-            # note all non-trunk edges should be black
-            tree.add(TBranch(
-                a=alt['nft'],
-                b=alt['nft'],
-                d=t_depth-1 - alt['h'],
-                c=alt['c'],
-            ))
-            tree.add(TBranch(
-                a=alt['nft'],
-                b=alt['ft'],
-                d=t_depth-1 - alt['h'],
-                c='b',
-            ))
-
-        return tree, t_depth
-
     # btree lookup with this rbyd as the root
     def btree_lookup(self, f, block_size, bid, *,
             depth=None):
@@ -927,201 +848,6 @@ class Rbyd:
             else:
                 return not tags, bid + (rid_-rid), w, rbyd, rid_, tags, path
 
-    # btree rbyd-tree generation for debugging
-    def btree_tree(self, f, block_size, *,
-            depth=None,
-            inner=False):
-        # find the max depth of each layer to nicely align trees
-        bdepths = {}
-        bid = -1
-        while True:
-            done, bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
-                f, block_size, bid+1, depth=depth)
-            if done:
-                break
-
-            for d, (bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
-                _, rdepth = rbyd.tree()
-                bdepths[d] = max(bdepths.get(d, 0), rdepth)
-
-        # find all branches
-        tree = set()
-        root = None
-        branches = {}
-        bid = -1
-        while True:
-            done, bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
-                f, block_size, bid+1, depth=depth)
-            if done:
-                break
-
-            d_ = 0
-            leaf = None
-            for d, (bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
-                if not tags:
-                    continue
-
-                # map rbyd tree into B-tree space
-                rtree, rdepth = rbyd.tree()
-
-                # note we adjust our bid/rids to be left-leaning,
-                # this allows a global order and make tree rendering quite
-                # a bit easier
-                rtree_ = set()
-                for branch in rtree:
-                    a_rid, a_tag = branch.a
-                    b_rid, b_tag = branch.b
-                    _, _, _, a_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd.lookup(a_rid, 0)
-                    _, _, _, b_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd.lookup(b_rid, 0)
-                    rtree_.add(TBranch(
-                        a=(a_rid-(a_w-1), a_tag),
-                        b=(b_rid-(b_w-1), b_tag),
-                        d=branch.d,
-                        c=branch.c,
-                    ))
-                rtree = rtree_
-
-                # connect our branch to the rbyd's root
-                if leaf is not None:
-                    root = min(rtree,
-                        key=lambda branch: branch.d,
-                        default=None)
-
-                    if root is not None:
-                        r_rid, r_tag = root.a
-                    else:
-                        r_rid, r_tag = rid-(w-1), tags[0][0]
-                    tree.add(TBranch(
-                        a=leaf,
-                        b=(bid-rid+r_rid, d, r_rid, r_tag),
-                        d=d_-1,
-                        c='b',
-                    ))
-
-                for branch in rtree:
-                    # map rbyd branches into our btree space
-                    a_rid, a_tag = branch.a
-                    b_rid, b_tag = branch.b
-                    tree.add(TBranch(
-                        a=(bid-rid+a_rid, d, a_rid, a_tag),
-                        b=(bid-rid+b_rid, d, b_rid, b_tag),
-                        d=branch.d + d_ + bdepths.get(d, 0)-rdepth,
-                        c=branch.c,
-                    ))
-
-                d_ += max(bdepths.get(d, 0), 1)
-                leaf = (bid-(w-1), d, rid-(w-1),
-                    next((tag for tag, _, _, _ in tags
-                            if tag & 0xfff == TAG_BRANCH),
-                        TAG_BRANCH))
-
-        # remap branches to leaves if we aren't showing inner branches
-        if not inner:
-            # step through each layer backwards
-            b_depth = max((branch.a[1]+1 for branch in tree), default=0)
-
-            # keep track of the original bids, unfortunately because we
-            # store the bids in the branches we overwrite these
-            tree = {(branch.b[0] - branch.b[2], branch) for branch in tree}
-
-            for bd in reversed(range(b_depth-1)):
-                # find leaf-roots at this level
-                roots = {}
-                for bid, branch in tree:
-                    # choose the highest node as the root
-                    if (branch.b[1] == b_depth-1
-                            and (bid not in roots
-                                or branch.d < roots[bid].d)):
-                        roots[bid] = branch
-
-                # remap branches to leaf-roots
-                tree_ = set()
-                for bid, branch in tree:
-                    if branch.a[1] == bd and branch.a[0] in roots:
-                        branch = TBranch(
-                            a=roots[branch.a[0]].b,
-                            b=branch.b,
-                            d=branch.d,
-                            c=branch.c,
-                        )
-                    if branch.b[1] == bd and branch.b[0] in roots:
-                        branch = TBranch(
-                            a=branch.a,
-                            b=roots[branch.b[0]].b,
-                            d=branch.d,
-                            c=branch.c,
-                        )
-                    tree_.add((bid, branch))
-                tree = tree_
-
-            # strip out bids
-            tree = {branch for _, branch in tree}
-
-        return tree, max((branch.d+1 for branch in tree), default=0)
-
-    # btree B-tree generation for debugging
-    def btree_btree(self, f, block_size, *,
-            depth=None,
-            inner=False):
-        # find all branches
-        tree = set()
-        root = None
-        branches = {}
-        bid = -1
-        while True:
-            done, bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
-                f, block_size, bid+1, depth=depth)
-            if done:
-                break
-
-            # if we're not showing inner nodes, prefer names higher in
-            # the tree since this avoids showing vestigial names
-            name = None
-            if not inner:
-                name = None
-                for bid_, w_, rbyd_, rid_, tags_ in reversed(path):
-                    for tag_, j_, d_, data_ in tags_:
-                        if tag_ & 0x7f00 == TAG_NAME:
-                            name = (tag_, j_, d_, data_)
-
-                    if rid_-(w_-1) != 0:
-                        break
-
-            a = root
-            for d, (bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
-                if not tags:
-                    continue
-
-                b = (bid-(w-1), d, rid-(w-1),
-                    (name if name else tags[0])[0])
-
-                # remap branches to leaves if we aren't showing
-                # inner branches
-                if not inner:
-                    if b not in branches:
-                        bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags = path[-1]
-                        if not tags:
-                            continue
-                        branches[b] = (
-                            bid-(w-1), len(path)-1, rid-(w-1),
-                            (name if name else tags[0])[0])
-                    b = branches[b]
-
-                # found entry point?
-                if root is None:
-                    root = b
-                    a = root
-
-                tree.add(TBranch(
-                    a=a,
-                    b=b,
-                    d=d,
-                    c='b',
-                ))
-                a = b
-
-        return tree, max((branch.d+1 for branch in tree), default=0)
-
     # mtree lookup with this rbyd as the mroot
     def mtree_lookup(self, f, block_size, mbid):
         # have mtree?
diff --git a/scripts/dbgbtree.py b/scripts/dbgbtree.py
index bc7685ba..21278a34 100755
--- a/scripts/dbgbtree.py
+++ b/scripts/dbgbtree.py
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ class Rbyd:
             yield rid, tag, w, j, d, data
 
     # create tree representation for debugging
-    def tree(self):
+    def tree(self, *,
+            rbyd=False):
         trunks = co.defaultdict(lambda: (-1, 0))
         alts = co.defaultdict(lambda: {})
 
@@ -476,12 +477,30 @@ class Rbyd:
                 else:
                     alts[j_] |= {'nf': j__, 'c': c}
 
-        # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
-        for j_, alt in alts.items():
-            if 'f' not in alt:
-                alt['f'] = alt['nf']
-            elif 'nf' not in alt:
-                alt['nf'] = alt['f']
+        if rbyd:
+            # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                if 'f' not in alt:
+                    alt['f'] = alt['nf']
+                elif 'nf' not in alt:
+                    alt['nf'] = alt['f']
+
+        else:
+            # prune any alts with unreachable edges
+            pruned = {}
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                if 'f' not in alt:
+                    pruned[j_] = alt['nf']
+                elif 'nf' not in alt:
+                    pruned[j_] = alt['f']
+            for j_ in pruned.keys():
+                del alts[j_]
+
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                while alt['f'] in pruned:
+                    alt['f'] = pruned[alt['f']]
+                while alt['nf'] in pruned:
+                    alt['nf'] = pruned[alt['nf']]
 
         # find the trunk and depth of each alt
         def rec_trunk(j_):
@@ -630,7 +649,7 @@ def main(disk, roots=None, *,
 
         # precompute rbyd-trees if requested
         t_width = 0
-        if args.get('tree'):
+        if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd'):
             # find the max depth of each layer to nicely align trees
             bdepths = {}
             bid = -1
@@ -641,7 +660,7 @@ def main(disk, roots=None, *,
                     break
 
                 for d, (bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
-                    _, rdepth = rbyd.tree()
+                    _, rdepth = rbyd.tree(rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
                     bdepths[d] = max(bdepths.get(d, 0), rdepth)
 
             # find all branches
@@ -662,7 +681,7 @@ def main(disk, roots=None, *,
                         continue
 
                     # map rbyd tree into B-tree space
-                    rtree, rdepth = rbyd.tree()
+                    rtree, rdepth = rbyd.tree(rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
 
                     # note we adjust our bid/rids to be left-leaning,
                     # this allows a global order and make tree rendering quite
@@ -817,7 +836,7 @@ def main(disk, roots=None, *,
                     a = b
 
         # common tree renderer
-        if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree'):
+        if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd') or args.get('btree'):
             # find the max depth from the tree
             t_depth = max((branch.d+1 for branch in tree), default=0)
             if t_depth > 0:
@@ -888,7 +907,9 @@ def main(disk, roots=None, *,
                         if prbyd is None or rbyd != prbyd
                         else '',
                     treerepr(bid, w, bd, rid, tag)
-                        if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree') else '',
+                        if args.get('tree')
+                            or args.get('rbyd')
+                            or args.get('btree') else '',
                     2*w_width+1, '' if i != 0
                         else '%d-%d' % (bid-(w-1), bid) if w > 1
                         else bid if w > 0
@@ -1039,7 +1060,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument(
         '-B', '--btree',
         action='store_true',
-        help="Show the underlying B-tree.")
+        help="Show the B-tree.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-R', '--rbyd',
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Show the full underlying rbyd trees.")
     parser.add_argument(
         '-i', '--inner',
         action='store_true',
diff --git a/scripts/dbglfs.py b/scripts/dbglfs.py
index 2c725dcc..16ea5c02 100755
--- a/scripts/dbglfs.py
+++ b/scripts/dbglfs.py
@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@ class Rbyd:
             yield rid, tag, w, j, d, data
 
     # create tree representation for debugging
-    def tree(self):
+    def tree(self, *,
+            rbyd=False):
         trunks = co.defaultdict(lambda: (-1, 0))
         alts = co.defaultdict(lambda: {})
 
@@ -507,12 +508,30 @@ class Rbyd:
                 else:
                     alts[j_] |= {'nf': j__, 'c': c}
 
-        # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
-        for j_, alt in alts.items():
-            if 'f' not in alt:
-                alt['f'] = alt['nf']
-            elif 'nf' not in alt:
-                alt['nf'] = alt['f']
+        if rbyd:
+            # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                if 'f' not in alt:
+                    alt['f'] = alt['nf']
+                elif 'nf' not in alt:
+                    alt['nf'] = alt['f']
+
+        else:
+            # prune any alts with unreachable edges
+            pruned = {}
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                if 'f' not in alt:
+                    pruned[j_] = alt['nf']
+                elif 'nf' not in alt:
+                    pruned[j_] = alt['f']
+            for j_ in pruned.keys():
+                del alts[j_]
+
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                while alt['f'] in pruned:
+                    alt['f'] = pruned[alt['f']]
+                while alt['nf'] in pruned:
+                    alt['nf'] = pruned[alt['nf']]
 
         # find the trunk and depth of each alt
         def rec_trunk(j_):
@@ -624,18 +643,19 @@ class Rbyd:
     # btree rbyd-tree generation for debugging
     def btree_tree(self, f, block_size, *,
             depth=None,
-            inner=False):
+            inner=False,
+            rbyd=False):
         # find the max depth of each layer to nicely align trees
         bdepths = {}
         bid = -1
         while True:
-            done, bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
+            done, bid, w, rbyd_, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
                 f, block_size, bid+1, depth=depth)
             if done:
                 break
 
-            for d, (bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
-                _, rdepth = rbyd.tree()
+            for d, (bid, w, rbyd_, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
+                _, rdepth = rbyd_.tree(rbyd=rbyd)
                 bdepths[d] = max(bdepths.get(d, 0), rdepth)
 
         # find all branches
@@ -644,19 +664,19 @@ class Rbyd:
         branches = {}
         bid = -1
         while True:
-            done, bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
+            done, bid, w, rbyd_, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
                 f, block_size, bid+1, depth=depth)
             if done:
                 break
 
             d_ = 0
             leaf = None
-            for d, (bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
+            for d, (bid, w, rbyd_, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
                 if not tags:
                     continue
 
                 # map rbyd tree into B-tree space
-                rtree, rdepth = rbyd.tree()
+                rtree, rdepth = rbyd_.tree(rbyd=rbyd)
 
                 # note we adjust our bid/rids to be left-leaning,
                 # this allows a global order and make tree rendering quite
@@ -665,8 +685,8 @@ class Rbyd:
                 for branch in rtree:
                     a_rid, a_tag = branch.a
                     b_rid, b_tag = branch.b
-                    _, _, _, a_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd.lookup(a_rid, 0)
-                    _, _, _, b_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd.lookup(b_rid, 0)
+                    _, _, _, a_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd_.lookup(a_rid, 0)
+                    _, _, _, b_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd_.lookup(b_rid, 0)
                     rtree_.add(TBranch(
                         a=(a_rid-(a_w-1), a_tag),
                         b=(b_rid-(b_w-1), b_tag),
@@ -1257,11 +1277,12 @@ def dbg_fstruct(f, block_size, mdir, rid, tag, j, d, data, *,
 
     # precompute rbyd-trees if requested
     t_width = 0
-    if args.get('tree'):
+    if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd'):
         tree, tdepth = btree.btree_tree(
             f, block_size,
             depth=args.get('struct_depth'),
-            inner=args.get('inner'))
+            inner=args.get('inner'),
+            rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
 
     # precompute B-trees if requested
     elif args.get('btree'):
@@ -1270,7 +1291,7 @@ def dbg_fstruct(f, block_size, mdir, rid, tag, j, d, data, *,
             depth=args.get('struct_depth'),
             inner=args.get('inner'))
 
-    if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree'):
+    if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd') or args.get('btree'):
         # map the tree into our block space
         tree_ = set()
         for branch in tree:
@@ -1348,7 +1369,7 @@ def dbg_fstruct(f, block_size, mdir, rid, tag, j, d, data, *,
             tree = tree_
 
     # common tree renderer
-    if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree'):
+    if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd') or args.get('btree'):
         # find the max depth from the tree
         t_depth = max((branch.d+1 for branch in tree), default=0)
         if t_depth > 0:
@@ -1420,7 +1441,9 @@ def dbg_fstruct(f, block_size, mdir, rid, tag, j, d, data, *,
                     else '',
                 m_width, '',
                 treerepr(bid, w, bd, rid, False, tag)
-                    if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree') else '',
+                    if args.get('tree')
+                        or args.get('rbyd')
+                        or args.get('btree') else '',
                 '%*s ' % (2*w_width+1, '' if i != 0
                     else '%d-%d' % (bid-(w-1), bid) if w > 1
                     else bid if w > 0
@@ -1474,7 +1497,9 @@ def dbg_fstruct(f, block_size, mdir, rid, tag, j, d, data, *,
             '\x1b[0m' if color and notes else '',
             m_width, '',
             treerepr(bid, w, bd, rid, True, tag)
-                if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree') else '',
+                if args.get('tree')
+                    or args.get('rbyd')
+                    or args.get('btree') else '',
             '\x1b[31m' if color and notes else '',
             '%*s ' % (2*w_width+1, '%d-%d' % (bid-(w-1), bid) if w > 1
                 else bid if w > 0
@@ -2231,7 +2256,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument(
         '-B', '--btree',
         action='store_true',
-        help="Show the underlying B-tree.")
+        help="Show the underlying B-trees.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-R', '--rbyd',
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Show the full underlying rbyd trees.")
     parser.add_argument(
         '-i', '--inner',
         action='store_true',
diff --git a/scripts/dbgmtree.py b/scripts/dbgmtree.py
index cce4a8aa..0a967ab5 100755
--- a/scripts/dbgmtree.py
+++ b/scripts/dbgmtree.py
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ class Rbyd:
             yield rid, tag, w, j, d, data
 
     # create tree representation for debugging
-    def tree(self):
+    def tree(self, *,
+            rbyd=False):
         trunks = co.defaultdict(lambda: (-1, 0))
         alts = co.defaultdict(lambda: {})
 
@@ -491,12 +492,30 @@ class Rbyd:
                 else:
                     alts[j_] |= {'nf': j__, 'c': c}
 
-        # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
-        for j_, alt in alts.items():
-            if 'f' not in alt:
-                alt['f'] = alt['nf']
-            elif 'nf' not in alt:
-                alt['nf'] = alt['f']
+        if rbyd:
+            # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                if 'f' not in alt:
+                    alt['f'] = alt['nf']
+                elif 'nf' not in alt:
+                    alt['nf'] = alt['f']
+
+        else:
+            # prune any alts with unreachable edges
+            pruned = {}
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                if 'f' not in alt:
+                    pruned[j_] = alt['nf']
+                elif 'nf' not in alt:
+                    pruned[j_] = alt['f']
+            for j_ in pruned.keys():
+                del alts[j_]
+
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                while alt['f'] in pruned:
+                    alt['f'] = pruned[alt['f']]
+                while alt['nf'] in pruned:
+                    alt['nf'] = pruned[alt['nf']]
 
         # find the trunk and depth of each alt
         def rec_trunk(j_):
@@ -608,18 +627,19 @@ class Rbyd:
     # btree rbyd-tree generation for debugging
     def btree_tree(self, f, block_size, *,
             depth=None,
-            inner=False):
+            inner=False,
+            rbyd=False):
         # find the max depth of each layer to nicely align trees
         bdepths = {}
         bid = -1
         while True:
-            done, bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
+            done, bid, w, rbyd_, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
                 f, block_size, bid+1, depth=depth)
             if done:
                 break
 
-            for d, (bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
-                _, rdepth = rbyd.tree()
+            for d, (bid, w, rbyd_, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
+                _, rdepth = rbyd_.tree(rbyd=rbyd)
                 bdepths[d] = max(bdepths.get(d, 0), rdepth)
 
         # find all branches
@@ -628,19 +648,19 @@ class Rbyd:
         branches = {}
         bid = -1
         while True:
-            done, bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
+            done, bid, w, rbyd_, rid, tags, path = self.btree_lookup(
                 f, block_size, bid+1, depth=depth)
             if done:
                 break
 
             d_ = 0
             leaf = None
-            for d, (bid, w, rbyd, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
+            for d, (bid, w, rbyd_, rid, tags) in enumerate(path):
                 if not tags:
                     continue
 
                 # map rbyd tree into B-tree space
-                rtree, rdepth = rbyd.tree()
+                rtree, rdepth = rbyd_.tree(rbyd=rbyd)
 
                 # note we adjust our bid/rids to be left-leaning,
                 # this allows a global order and make tree rendering quite
@@ -649,8 +669,8 @@ class Rbyd:
                 for branch in rtree:
                     a_rid, a_tag = branch.a
                     b_rid, b_tag = branch.b
-                    _, _, _, a_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd.lookup(a_rid, 0)
-                    _, _, _, b_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd.lookup(b_rid, 0)
+                    _, _, _, a_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd_.lookup(a_rid, 0)
+                    _, _, _, b_w, _, _, _, _ = rbyd_.lookup(b_rid, 0)
                     rtree_.add(TBranch(
                         a=(a_rid-(a_w-1), a_tag),
                         b=(b_rid-(b_w-1), b_tag),
@@ -919,7 +939,7 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
 
         # precompute rbyd-tree if requested
         t_width = 0
-        if args.get('tree'):
+        if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd'):
             # compute mroot chain "tree", prefix our actual mtree with this
             tree = set()
             d_ = 0
@@ -931,7 +951,7 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
                     break
 
                 # compute the mroots rbyd-tree
-                rtree, rdepth = mroot_.tree()
+                rtree, rdepth = mroot_.tree(rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
 
                 # connect branch to our root
                 if d > 0:
@@ -977,7 +997,7 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
 
             # compute mdir's rbyd-tree if there is one
             if mdir:
-                rtree, rdepth = mdir.tree()
+                rtree, rdepth = mdir.tree(rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
 
                 # connect branch to our root
                 root = min(rtree,
@@ -1011,7 +1031,8 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
                 tree_, tdepth = mtree.btree_tree(
                     f, block_size,
                     depth=args.get('depth', mdepth)-mdepth,
-                    inner=args.get('inner'))
+                    inner=args.get('inner'),
+                    rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
 
                 # connect a branch to the root of the tree
                 root = min(tree_, key=lambda branch: branch.d, default=None)
@@ -1063,7 +1084,7 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
                         blocks = frommdir(data)
                         mdir_ = Rbyd.fetch(f, block_size, blocks)
 
-                        rtree, rdepth = mdir_.tree()
+                        rtree, rdepth = mdir_.tree(rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
                         mdepth_ = max(mdepth_, rdepth)
 
                 # compute the rbyd-tree for each mdir
@@ -1093,7 +1114,7 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
                         blocks = frommdir(data)
                         mdir_ = Rbyd.fetch(f, block_size, blocks)
 
-                        rtree, rdepth = mdir_.tree()
+                        rtree, rdepth = mdir_.tree(rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
 
                         # connect the root to the mtree
                         branch = max(
@@ -1230,7 +1251,8 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
                 tree_, tdepth = mtree.btree_btree(
                     f, block_size,
                     depth=args.get('depth', mdepth)-mdepth,
-                    inner=args.get('inner'))
+                    inner=args.get('inner'),
+                    rbyd=args.get('rbyd'))
 
                 # connect a branch to the root of the tree
                 root = min(tree_, key=lambda branch: branch.d, default=None)
@@ -1310,7 +1332,7 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
                             tree = tree_
 
         # common tree renderer
-        if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree'):
+        if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd') or args.get('btree'):
             # find the max depth from the tree
             t_depth = max((branch.d+1 for branch in tree), default=0)
             if t_depth > 0:
@@ -1375,7 +1397,9 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
                             mdir.redund_blocks))
                         if i == 0 else '',
                     treerepr(mbid-max(mw-1, 0), 0, md, 0, rid, tag)
-                        if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree') else '',
+                        if args.get('tree')
+                            or args.get('rbyd')
+                            or args.get('btree') else '',
                     '%*s %-*s%s' % (
                         2*w_width+1, '%d.%d-%d' % (
                                 mbid//mleaf_weight, rid-(w-1), rid)
@@ -1425,7 +1449,9 @@ def main(disk, mroots=None, *,
                         if prbyd is None or rbyd != prbyd
                         else '',
                     treerepr(bid, w, bd, rid, 0, tag)
-                        if args.get('tree') or args.get('btree') else '',
+                        if args.get('tree')
+                            or args.get('rbyd')
+                            or args.get('btree') else '',
                     2*w_width+1, '' if i != 0
                         else '%d-%d' % (
                                 (bid-(w-1))//mleaf_weight,
@@ -1685,7 +1711,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument(
         '-B', '--btree',
         action='store_true',
-        help="Show the underlying B-tree.")
+        help="Show the underlying B-trees.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-R', '--rbyd',
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Show the full underlying rbyd trees.")
     parser.add_argument(
         '-i', '--inner',
         action='store_true',
diff --git a/scripts/dbgrbyd.py b/scripts/dbgrbyd.py
index c210ece1..f2e10f8f 100755
--- a/scripts/dbgrbyd.py
+++ b/scripts/dbgrbyd.py
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ def dbg_tree(data, block_size, rev, trunk, weight, *,
 
     # precompute tree
     t_width = 0
-    if args.get('tree'):
+    if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd'):
         trunks = co.defaultdict(lambda: (-1, 0))
         alts = co.defaultdict(lambda: {})
 
@@ -696,12 +696,30 @@ def dbg_tree(data, block_size, rev, trunk, weight, *,
                 else:
                     alts[j_] |= {'nf': j__, 'c': c}
 
-        # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
-        for j_, alt in alts.items():
-            if 'f' not in alt:
-                alt['f'] = alt['nf']
-            elif 'nf' not in alt:
-                alt['nf'] = alt['f']
+        if args.get('rbyd'):
+            # treat unreachable alts as converging paths
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                if 'f' not in alt:
+                    alt['f'] = alt['nf']
+                elif 'nf' not in alt:
+                    alt['nf'] = alt['f']
+
+        else:
+            # prune any alts with unreachable edges
+            pruned = {}
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                if 'f' not in alt:
+                    pruned[j_] = alt['nf']
+                elif 'nf' not in alt:
+                    pruned[j_] = alt['f']
+            for j_ in pruned.keys():
+                del alts[j_]
+
+            for j_, alt in alts.items():
+                while alt['f'] in pruned:
+                    alt['f'] = pruned[alt['f']]
+                while alt['nf'] in pruned:
+                    alt['nf'] = pruned[alt['nf']]
 
         # find the trunk and depth of each alt
         def rec_trunk(j_):
@@ -819,7 +837,8 @@ def dbg_tree(data, block_size, rev, trunk, weight, *,
         # show human-readable tag representation
         print('%08x: %s%*s %-*s  %s' % (
             j,
-            treerepr(rid, tag) if args.get('tree') else '',
+            treerepr(rid, tag)
+                if args.get('tree') or args.get('rbyd') else '',
             2*w_width+1, '%d-%d' % (rid-(w-1), rid)
                 if w > 1 else rid
                 if w > 0 or i == 0 else '',
@@ -1070,6 +1089,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         '-t', '--tree',
         action='store_true',
         help="Show the rbyd tree.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-R', '--rbyd',
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Show the full rbyd tree.")
     parser.add_argument(
         '-j', '--jumps',
         action='store_true',