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Hertie School of Governance Introduction to Collaborative Social Science Data Analysis
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How to delete documents/datasets from the repository #39

Closed jasmincantzler closed 8 years ago

jasmincantzler commented 8 years ago

Dear all,

I accidentally uploaded an R.Data file, which I would like to delete from the repository. Does anyone know how to get rid of this aka how to delete files from the repository? (we have a similar problem with a csv. file)

Any help is much appreciated! Cheers, Jasmin

bctclc commented 8 years ago

You can delete it online. Just click the trash can bottom, if this is what you mean.

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Dear all,

I accidentally uploaded an R.Data file, which I would like to delete from the repository. Does anyone know how to get rid of this aka how to delete files from the repository? (we have a similar problem with a csv. file)

Any help is much appreciated! Cheers, Jasmin

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jasmincantzler commented 8 years ago

There is no delete button, which is why I ask

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bjoernboening commented 8 years ago

Hi Jasmin, yesterday I had the same issue and I found out you can manage it on your machine in your files as well. You should have a binder for your repository files on your machine. find and delete it there and sync with git. is that what you needed?

LisaKatharina commented 8 years ago

I think deleting it directly in your Explorer makes sense. The folder should be somewhere like "C:\Users\Username\Documents\GitHub" but depends on how you set it up. Do not forget to sync with the GitHub desktop app afterwards, though. Hope that helps.

christophergandrud commented 8 years ago

Thanks everyone for contributing. Yep, deleting it locally on your machine and then committing/syncing will remove it from GitHub as well.

A good idea in the future is to include *.RData in your .gitignore file. This will prevent git from tracking new .RData files.

Another good idea is to go into your RStudio preferences and have it Never save your workspace as an .RData file. Not only does this prevent you from creating extraneous files to begin with, it also is better for reproducibility as your code won't accidentally depend on a locally saved workspace.

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