Add a way to delete inodes
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Description
Feature Request
Environment
Any
Desired Feature
Add a way to remove existing files/directories/links.
Other Information
I don't have a use case in mind, and it's not clear that removal of a file shipped with the OS is a common operation. But it might be good to include this for completeness. The main use might be for overriding a parent config.
It doesn't really make sense to add a shouldExist property to each of files/directories/links, since deleting an inode shouldn't require knowing its type. But adding a list of whiteouts/things-to-delete also seems awkward.
I don't think this functionality is critical for 3.0.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing how existing files, directories, and links are represented and handled, then resolve how a type-independent removal mechanism should work. Done means the project has an agreed design and a complete way to remove existing files, directories, and links.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100