Remove link to /lists from sidebars

[SidharthBansal]

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Please describe the problem

/lists from sidebars are no longer used

Solution

Remove link to /lists from sidebars
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1. Remove plots2/app/views/sidebar/_list.html.erb
2. Remove the line
   

   plots2/app/views/sidebar/_related.html.erb

   Line 16 in 630357f

   <%= render :partial => "sidebar/list" %>

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[williamlhelton]

Hello, I am a first timer. I'd like to try to fix this issue!

[ryzokuken]

@williamlhelton Sure! Go ahead!

If you face any trouble, feel free to ask here or in our chatroom.

[williamlhelton]

EDIT: I forgot to remove the file plots2/app/views/sidebar/_list.html.erb. This pull request is no good.

Sorry, I'm nervous.

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[ryzokuken]

@williamlhelton Don't be, it's okay to make mistakes. Also, you could just remove the file in a second commit and pushed that one alongside the first commit. There's no need to close the PR and make a new one.

[williamlhelton]

Hi. I think I'm ready to make a pull request again. I got a message saying:
Your pull request is on the master branch. Please make a separate feature branch

The instructions above only say 🔀 Start a Pull Request.

Should I make a separate feature branch for my Pull Request? If so, how do I do that?

[ryzokuken]

Yes, it is advisable to create a separate branch for your changes to avoid the possibility of your master ever going out of sync with our master branch. If you are using the command like to manage git, just enter git checkout -b <branchname> to make a new branch. Otherwise, you will have to look up the documentation of the git client you are using.

[williamlhelton]

Hi, I am very confused.

So I am ready to make a Pull Request with my changes. My changes are in a fork (williamlhelton/plots2).

I can not create a branch on publiclab. I can create branches on my own fork but I don't see what the difference is between my changes being in "master" or something else. I think I should be merging into a branch on publiclab/plots2 but I can't make a new one.

I can change the "master" on publiclab to a different branch like "fixes" or "first-timers-made-this" but then all of the changes other people have made show up and I don't want that. I'm not sure what my next step should be.

[ryzokuken]

@williamlhelton you should make your changes in a branch (other than master, of course) in your own repo, and make a PR from that branch to our master.

but I don't see what the difference is between my changes being in "master" or something else

The difference is that if the changes are merged in an uneven manner (a lot of people make PRs for the master branch each day, so it is unlikely that yours will get merged the first, right?), your master branch will go out of sync with our master branch, which isn't something you'd like (and by extension, we wouldn't like it either).

However, if you make a temporary branch for the changes and get those merged to our master, you can easily just dump that branch, update your master to reflect our master and move ahead (the cycle continues).

This is generally the pattern followed by open-source projects (especially larger ones) mainly because it saves you from a lot of trouble later, plus it keeps things organized.

[williamlhelton]

Hi. Okay, that makes sense. I was confused about how branches worked.

I think I did it right this time. I made a Pull Request from a branch in my repo to your master.