Remove directory from web interface. #225

Closed cirosantilli closed 3 years ago

Edit: done 6 years later: https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/225#issuecomment-760402810 | https://github.blog/changelog/2021-01-11-delete-directory-from-the-web/

It is currently possible to remove individual files from the web interface, but not entire directories at once.

Proposed UI implementation: add a delete button on the line of each directory on the tree view.

Extension 1: add such buttons for the files for greater uniformity and convenience (no need to click on the file first to delete it).

Extension 2: allow to delete any combination of files. Add select checkboxes next to each filename on the tree view and a delete button.

GitLab: http://feedback.gitlab.com/forums/176466-general/suggestions/5590176-remove-directory-via-git-rm-rf-from-web-interface

Goal: allow people to use GitHub without installing Git or anything else locally.

James Dennes replied:

Thanks for the suggestion. That's on the our internal Feature Request List for consideration.

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Yes, please. +1

Find it odd that this doesn't exist. Big +1

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This. I always have to delete every file individually to get rid of a directory.

I only just found that this isn't possible currently. Another +1

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Thanks for the suggestion. That's on the our internal Feature Request List for consideration.

@jdennes, why doesn't @GitHub open source this list so that users can vote on what actually has to be implemented next? Everyone reading this: Please make sure to sign the dear GitHub petition!

Hah, been searching this since a few hours of using IntelliJ/Github as a system directory got added to Github. Good to know it is not possible the easy way at the moment and I am super close to just removing the project altogether and rebuild.

Good to know it is not possible the easy way at the moment and I am super close to just removing the project altogether and rebuild.

@keetron, this Issue listed here is about removing directories via the GitHub web interface. If you use a GIT client like my beloved SmartGit, everything is possible. No need to remove your whole project.

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Again, sign the dear GitHub petition (where @GitHub even replied)! They'll listen.

Signed, thanks

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@GitHub, how about replying here like you did at the dear Github petition? All those +1 are ticking me off. Action is better than talking. Please code it!

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@isaacs, are you collecting +1s or ":+1:" here? This Issue begins to really annoy me!

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Remove directory from web interface. #225