Add option to delete repo if it is broken #7889

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T07:40:27-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:40:27 -06:00

Originally created by @6543 on GitHub (Sep 23, 2021).

If a repo is broken somehow. you will just see a 500 page without the option to delete it.

you can manually add /settings to go to repo settlings page to delete it, but most people don't know.

So I propose a button to directly delete it.

Originally created by @6543 on GitHub (Sep 23, 2021). If a repo is broken somehow. you will just see a 500 page without the option to delete it. you can manually add `/settings` to go to repo settlings page to delete it, but most people don't know. So I propose a button to directly delete it.

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GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:40:28 -06:00

@delvh commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2021):

How do you break a repo in the first place?
I support your request, but I definitely wonder what you have to do to achieve that…

@delvh commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2021): How do you break a repo in the first place? I support your request, but I definitely wonder what you have to do to achieve that…

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:40:28 -06:00

@6543 commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2021):

https://fosstodon.org/@5am/106979181347005295

It should not hapen ... but there is real world

@6543 commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2021): https://fosstodon.org/@5am/106979181347005295 It should not hapen ... but there is real world

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:40:28 -06:00

@wxiaoguang commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2021):

Where should the link be put to, is there any recommended page/location?

@wxiaoguang commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2021): Where should the link be put to, is there any recommended page/location?

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:40:28 -06:00

@lunny commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2021):

You can delete it from admin panel currently.

@lunny commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2021): You can delete it from admin panel currently.

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:40:29 -06:00

@nolash commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2021):

I got a broken one due to network issues when trying to migrate from a gitlab repo

@nolash commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2021): I got a broken one due to network issues when trying to migrate from a gitlab repo

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:40:29 -06:00

@delvh commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2021):

Ah, I just noticed a very valid use-case I myself have already encountered and where I already thought about opening an issue:
On my local instance that I use to test Gitea features, I've set my repo dir to be /tmp, so that it will automatically be cleaned when I shutdown my computer.
When I restart Gitea after that, the repo is gone, as expected, but the db does not know about it, and hence I get exactly the described broken state where I cannot do anything with the repo.

@delvh commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2021): Ah, I just noticed a very valid use-case I myself have already encountered and where I already thought about opening an issue: On my local instance that I use to test Gitea features, I've set my repo dir to be `/tmp`, so that it will automatically be cleaned when I shutdown my computer. When I restart Gitea after that, the repo is gone, as expected, but the db does not know about it, and hence I get exactly the described broken state where I cannot do anything with the repo.

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:40:29 -06:00

@delvh commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2021):

Closed in #17747.

@delvh commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2021): Closed in #17747.

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#7889