`%` is a special address range that means "do this for all lines in the buffer". So `:%retab` means "retab the entire buffer". For `:retab` in particular, though, the default is to act on the entire buffer, so the `%` is redundant. Many commands only operate on a single line by default, so it would make more sense in those cases.
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