Additional Check to delete repo from disk while removing repo
See original GitHub issueDescription
Additional Checkbox can be provided while removing a repo. Asking the user to check/uncheck Delete permanently from disk
Version
GitHub Desktop version: 0.6.2
OS version: MacOS Sierra
Expected behaviour:
Provide additional checkbox allowing the user to permanently delete the repo from disk. This will be unchecked by default. If the user checks the checkbox before removing the repo can be deleted permanently from the disk.
Actual behaviour:
Removing a repository removes only from GitHub desktop. Each time to delete, the user has to navigate and delete that manually.
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 6 years ago
- Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)
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Top GitHub Comments
I don’t mind this being a preference, if there’s a modifier key to go along with it. That’s because it’s something I will need to decide many times, so I would not want it to be permanently one or the other. I’d like to choose just before I do the task.
Right click =
Remove
Right click + <kbd>Alt</kbd> =Remove and Move to Trash
On macOS it’s common to hold down <kbd>Alt</kbd> to get alternate versions of some menu commands. Example:
regular:
alt:
Sorry I was closing many of issues that was open for a long time and not answered. I was not aware when I closed this one 😕. Reopening this.
Thanks @j-f1.