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Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?
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Tim Cross |
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Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory? |
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Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:28:43 +1000 |
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Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:
> Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Marco> Please recall that only empty attachment directories would be
>> Marco> removed, so removal of a directory--and in particular one
>> Marco> that existed before its interpretation as Org
>> Marco> attachment--wouldn't be a big deal AFAICS.
>>
>> Tim> Not as confident here. I can imagine workflows and other
>> Tim> external scripts which might expect a specific directory
>> Tim> structure that could be broken if a directory was removed (even
>> Tim> when empty). Hence my suggestion it needs to be something you
>> Tim> can turn off.
>>
>> Tim> Likely this is something which should be controllable via a
>> Tim> custom setting?
>>
>> Marco> To be honest I'd rather not make another customizable thing
>> Marco> out of it to keep the overall complexity low.
>> Marco>
>> Marco> OTOH we could easily introduce e.g. customizable
>> Marco> org-attach-delete-empty-dirs-on-sync.
>>
>> Tim> Appreciate the problem with far too many customization options,
>> Tim> but when it comes to software 'automatically' doing something,
>> Tim> like removal of an empty directory, especially when it might
>> Tim> not have been responsible for creation of the directory, it is
>> Tim> better to provide some way to allow the user to turn off the
>> Tim> behaviour. I would default to having it enabled though.
>>
>> Colin> I'm afraid I for one often have empty attach directories
>> Colin> which I leave alone knowing that one day soon - sometimes
>> Colin> very soon - they will be used again. Cannot the user be asked
>> Colin> if he wants the directory removed?
>>
>> Thanks Tim and Colin.
>>
>> We could introduce multiple possibilities to choose from.
>>
>> 1. Ask in case of an empty directory if it should be deleted.
>> 2. Don't ask. Don't touch an empty directory. (The state now.)
>> 3. Don't ask. Delete empty directory.
>>
>> We could also make 3. the default setting.
>
> I made a mistake here.
>
> If we do this I vote for option 1. (not 3.) as default (following the
> suggestion by Colin) since it is the most interactive variant. If the
> question gets annoying the user can switch to one of the other options.
>
That seems quite resonable to me.
--
Tim Cross
- [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Marco Wahl, 2021/07/07
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Tim Cross, 2021/07/07
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Marco Wahl, 2021/07/08
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Tim Cross, 2021/07/08
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Colin Baxter, 2021/07/08
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Marco Wahl, 2021/07/08
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Marco Wahl, 2021/07/08
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?,
Tim Cross <=
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Colin Baxter, 2021/07/09
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Marco Wahl, 2021/07/09
- Re: [WDYT] org-attach-sync better remove an empty attachment directory?, Colin Baxter, 2021/07/10