Deleting repository from scm-manager deletes repository on disk!

[Eric Rose]

Hi all,

I'm new to the scm-manager application, and have been working to install and configure it in our environment.

We use Mercurial, and I'm having issues importing my repositories into the scm-manager due to permission problems.

I was able to import one repo, and as part of my debugging process, I tried to delete the repo and re-import it.

I was quite surprised to find out that deleting the repo from the scm-manager actually deletes the repo from the disk!

I was expecting the scm-manager to act as a layer on top of my repos, sitting there to make the repo available to remote computers.

There was no warning from the UI that this was a highly destructive operation! 

Is there a way to remove the repo from the scm-manager via the UI, without actually deleting it from the disk?

I have backups of everything, so no harm was done, and I'll certainly be more careful in the future.

The scm-manager seems really cool, and I appreciate that its right there, available for all to use!

(I'll be happy to log an improvement suggestion, if that's something that users can do...)

thanks,

-Eric

[Sebastian Sdorra]

SCM-Manager is a complete repository manager not only a layer between your repositories. But i will update the text of the delete confirmation and add a warning that this operation will delete the repository from the disk. 

You could enable the archive mode (Config->General->Enable repository archive). In the archive mode, only archived repositories could be deleted. If you archive an repository, it is no longer visible in the overview.

Sebastian

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[Eric Rose]

Thanks Sebastian,

I will check out the Archive mode options!

-Eric