[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog

[GRASS GIS]

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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  Reporter:  wenzeslaus  |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
      Type:              |     Status:  new
  enhancement            |
  Priority:  normal      |  Milestone:  8.0.0
 Component:  wxGUI       |    Version:  unspecified
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  datacatalog, location, mapset,
       CPU:              |  rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset
  Unspecified            |   Platform:  Unspecified
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Changes (by wenzeslaus):

 * keywords:  datacatalog, location, mapset, rename, delete, move, remove =>
     datacatalog, location, mapset, rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset


Comment:

 Probably not `g.remove mapset` because mapset is (at least currently) not
 considered to be an element (''element of a mapset'' to be exact) like
 raster or vector maps.

 `g.mapset -r` is difficult to decide. It looks like it makes sense, but on
 the other hand, in GRASS GIS, you are not allowed to edit data in other
 mapsets. Deleting other mapset seems to qualify as editing data in other
 mapset and deleting current mapset does not make much sense.

 Nevertheless, now (in the startup) you can do it (you are not really
 running GRASS yet). It is implemented purely in GUI/Python (AFAIR). It is
 important for the users who are not using command line and can't use `rm
 /the/full/path/to/mapset` or are not confident about the database
 directory structure to simply navigate there in a file browser and delete
 it.

 Adding rename and delete (of location and mapset) to Datacatalog is an
 extension of functionality in Startup window and in the Data tab (which is
 here to be nice towards users without deeper GRASS GIS knowledge or
 command line knowledge). Another reason for it that the Datacatolog (in a
 modified) is a candidate for inclusion into the new Startup window.
 Ideally, the functionality of Datacatalog will be configurable on the code
 level (so different things can be enabled). There is already runtime
 configuration, namely unlocking of editing of other mapsets (third button
 from left - lock which is a toggle).

 Thus, I would keep this ticket to be just about the Datacatalog, so if you
 want to pursue CLI/module-level API for removing mapsets (and locations),
 please open a new ticket (if it is okay with you). The fact that the
 functionality is in the GUI is definitively an argument for having it also
 in the command line (whether it is in a module or in the `grass`
 executable).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577#comment:2>
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