BIDS export

[jacobsen-noelle]

The bids function gives you the option to change your output directory; however, if your directory is not an empty folder, it will delete all folder contents. Despite the pop-up warning about file deletion (I thought it would just delete things in the "BIDS" folder, not parent directory"), I accidentally deleted a lot of files on my computer. Another lab member accidentally did the same. The function also overwrites permissions. This could potentially be catastrophic if users don't have data backed-up elsewhere. Instead of wiping the directory, could the toolbox be modified to create a new BIDS export folder in whatever output directory the user chooses? The new directory could have a timestamp appended in case there is more than one BIDS folder. I think this solution would be a better user interface and prevent accidental file deletion.

[effigies]

Sorry, what tool are you using?

[jacobsen-noelle]

I'm using bids-matlab-tools 7.3, my labmate is using 5.3

[effigies]

I would create an issue here: https://github.com/sccn/bids-matlab-tools/issues

This repository is for the BIDS specification itself.

[jacobsen-noelle]

Ah yes, thanks. I will do that.