Don't train users to by-pass deletion confirmation #13127

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T10:31:59-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 10:31:59 -06:00

Originally created by @jtran on GitHub (Jun 10, 2024).

Feature Description

The blog post How we lost 54k GitHub stars from HTTPie explains everything that I'm asking for. But the summary is that by having a confirmation to delete repositories that requires people to type something, even when the repository is empty, has no issues, no PRs, no stars, etc., it teaches and trains people to mindlessly by-pass the confirmation, which defeats the purpose of the confirmation, leading to permanent data loss.

I would like to see:

When you delete a repository, display what else is going away with it in the confirmation dialog, such as how many issues, PRs, stars, releases, etc.
If there's nothing else, don't require typing the repo name for extra confirmation in order to prevent training users to skip it without thinking on empty test repos, and save the tedious confirmation for when it really matters

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Originally created by @jtran on GitHub (Jun 10, 2024). ### Feature Description The blog post [How we lost 54k GitHub stars](https://httpie.io/blog/stardust) from HTTPie explains everything that I'm asking for. But the summary is that by having a confirmation to delete repositories that requires people to type something, even when the repository is empty, has no issues, no PRs, no stars, etc., it teaches and trains people to mindlessly by-pass the confirmation, which defeats the purpose of the confirmation, leading to permanent data loss. I would like to see: 1. When you delete a repository, display what else is going away with it in the confirmation dialog, such as how many issues, PRs, stars, releases, etc. 2. If there's nothing else, don't require typing the repo name for extra confirmation in order to prevent training users to skip it without thinking on empty test repos, and save the tedious confirmation for when it really matters ### Screenshots _No response_

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#13127