How to delete or rename a repository

[Tha-Fox]

I created my first attic repository and now I would like to change it's name since the current one is not too descriptive. Primarily I would rename it but is this possible? If I can't do that, secondarily I would delete the repository but can't find a command to do that from documentation. There is command to delete an archive but I need to delete the whole repository. I assume I can't just delete it from the filesystem on the target server.

[jmiserez]

Renaming a repository: Just rename the .attic folder. Renaming archives is not possible AFAIK.

Deleting a repository: Get the attic repository id by reading the config file in the .attic folder. In ~/.cache/attic/, delete the folder with the corresponding id. Delete the .attic folder.

[ThomasWaldmann]

Almost I had answered "just rm -rf X", but that is only easy for the repo itself.

I just looked into my .cache/attic/ and found a ton of caches from testing.

So, I'ld say we rather need a "attic delete REPO" and stop using rm -rf for that.

Of course, as people might confuse killing an archive and a repo, this should get a --force option and if that is not given, it will ask rather clearly, whether one really wants to delete ALL the archives and the repo.

[ThomasWaldmann]

See PR #226.

I tested it for local, but not for remote repositories. Help and feedback is welcome. :)

[ThomasWaldmann]

See PR #251 for archive rename.