My repositories keep getting Untitled link after some days I go back to check on them

[backstrokeapp]

My repositories keep getting Untitled link after some days I go back to check on them

[1egoman]

This is because when you click on 'create', it makes an empty repository, which is what you see. Immediately after, you are brought into the update screen. Once you update the link and save it, then the link is updated and it no longer has the name Untitled Link. I suspect that you've created an empty link that you haven't configured. Feel free to delete it from the details page of the link.

Mostly it was done this way because it was easier from the perspective of the backend, though I can see how it'd be confusing. Potentially a way to clear this up could be to change the name of the links that are created to Unconfigured Link or something similar?

[evandrocoan]

One some time ago I deleted one of the Untitled Link I found on my list, I but for my surprise that link was from some repository I had configured previously. I knew that because I keep I list of every backstroke link I have off line, so right after deleting it I thought, Hey this could be some repository mime then I gone check my off line list, and that link I had deleted was there. But it was too late, I already had clicked on the delete link. Than I created a new link for it.

But now I reported this, I checked that link against my list, and it was not there. Meaning that this is actually a new link. But I do not remember about clicking on the New link button and not created any link.

I would suggest to put New link ($(date)) as in New link (Thu, Sep 28, 2017 19:44:59), so I know from when it comes from and also inside the link, put a permanent information stating the creation of the link. Also, I still having a lot of this message Server Error, but no information about what does error it is. Today I created several links, only on one of them, after hitting the Save Button about 3 times worked, and I was redirected to the first page. All the other times, I just give up from trying and skip right to the first page. But for my surprise, when I got there the link seems to be saved and active. How can it say to me Server Error, but if I ignore the error message and go to the first page I still got the link activated?

The last time this happened, on the other issue I reported, I thought you had replaced the Server Error message for a more descriptive message. On the last time you said my problem was because I had hit the github api limit rate, however neither today or the last time I am using the github api for anything else.

[1egoman]

The only method in which new links are created is by hitting this endpoint. Potentially you did it without realizing or at a previous date? I don't know what to tell you here.

More descriptive error messages are in the new version which I hope to release shortly, but aren't deployed to the current system. I've written up an extensive document on the new version I'm working on, which can be found here.

That's a good idea, to label untitled links with their creation date. I'd love a pull request to the new backstroke/server with that change!

[1egoman]

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