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:package: for using large(r) data files on GitHub
https://docs.ropensci.org/piggyback
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[feature] add functions to update/delete releases? #81

Closed tanho63 closed 2 years ago

tanho63 commented 2 years ago

It might be a good idea to fully flesh out release management (we have "create" already, it could be useful to have "update" to update the details etc and "delete" to prune them)

cboettig commented 2 years ago

yeah, interesting idea. I'm reluctant to duplicate gh wrapping granular functions of the GitHub API, but it does make sense that users could do the necessary piggyback things within piggyback. It's definitely natural to have inverse functions though.

Actually realizing I wasn't good about sticking with verb names in the current API (pb_new_release() isn't a verb with an obvious inverse like create() / delete(), similarly it's not always obvious from the fn name what fns list information and what perform actual PUT/POST changes.... Could overload some of the existing API with additional functionality, though that's usually a poor choice. Anyway, I'm open for ideas. For now I think something like pb_delete_release() might be the natural inverse of pb_new_release() ?

tanho63 commented 2 years ago

Yeah, pb_delete_release() could make sense, as could renaming the functions to pb_release_create and pb_release_delete (and aliasing pb_new_release to call pb_release_create)

I can start fleshing out some of the delete code anyway and happy to defer to opinions on naming