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Disconnect Project & Delete Repository Issue [message #1732730]

Thu, 19 May 2016 16:11

Markus Walther

Messages: 4
Registered: May 2016

Junior Member

Hi,

So I just tried to push my project onto my repo.
Since I had some issues with it I figured I probably made a mistake when setting up the repo.

Then I decided to try it all again and disconnected the project via Team > Disconnect. After that i proceeded to delete the local repo via eclipse and checked all the checkboxes:
-Delete Git repository data and history
-Also delete working directory
-Remove the project in the repository from the workspace

Since I had already disconnected the project I just expected the repository to be deleted - instead the project was delete as well.

Can someone explain why EGit does this?
Considering that the project is moved from the workspace location to the local repo when 'Sharing' it, i naturally expected it to be moved back once I disconnected it.

Because my backup somehow didn't run and this was my only copy, I lost the whole project due to this unexpected behaviour, which is kind of a bummer.

Thanks for any insights on this

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Re: Disconnect Project & Delete Repository Issue [message #1733037 is a reply to message #1732730]

Mon, 23 May 2016 22:43

Matthias Sohn

Messages: 1268
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

EGit asked you if you want to
- delete the repository
- delete the repository's working directory (that's the folder above the .git directory)
- delete contained projects
and you confirmed this

Hence EGit
- deleted the repository
- deleted the working tree (containing whatever files were checked out from the repository)
- deleted the projects (which are stored in the Eclipse workspace)

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Re: Disconnect Project & Delete Repository Issue [message #1745555 is a reply to message #1733037]

Wed, 12 October 2016 13:07

Markus Walther

Messages: 4
Registered: May 2016

Junior Member

I kinda forgot about this issue but what you wrote does not explain it to me at all. Well, I get what is happening and why, but here is my reasoning why it's unexpected.

If I explicitly disconnect the project from GIT and only delete the repository _afterwards_ it seems to me this should not affect the already _disconnected_ project.

My expected behaviour:
* I create a project
* I share it via Team > Share
* It is moved to the repository working directory (eg. from C:\Users\UserX\workspace\project to C:\Users\UserX\git\repo\project)

So far this is exactly what happens, then:

* I disconnect it via Team > Disconnect
* It is moved back to the workspace (eg. from C:\Users\UserX\git\repo\project to C:\Users\UserX\workspace\project) - This does not happen
* I delete the repository (C:\Users\UserX\git\repo)
* Project still exists in C:\Users\UserX\workspace\project - Obviously not as it was never there

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