Solves Issues regarding multiple publishing

+PlotID/@userDLG/userDLG.m

@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ classdef userDLG
             obj.msg = message;
         end
         
+       function [status] = userDialog(obj,dialogMessage, errorMessage)
+            %userDialog displays Y/N user input
+            %   if the user selects no an Error will be thrown 
+            m = '';
+            while ~ismember(m,{'Y','y','n','N'})
+              m = input([dialogMessage,', Y/N [Y]? '],'s');
+            end
+              if ismember(m,{'Y','y'})
+                  status = true;
+              else
+                 obj.error(errorMessage) 
+              end           
+       end
+       
        function [] = userMSG(obj,message)
             %userMSG user message without priority
             %   MSG will only be displaye if ShowMessages is true

+PlotID/Publish.m

@@ -107,12 +107,23 @@ switch options.Location
 end
 
 folderName = ['.',char(ID)]; %hidden folder
+folderNameV = char(ID); %visible Folder
 
 %% Create data directory
+overwriteDir = false;
+% if invisible Folder exists, delete it (publish was not succesfull before)
 if isfolder(fullfile(storPath,folderName))
-   dlgObj.error(['Folder ',folderName, ' exists - Plot was already published ']);
-elseif mkdir(fullfile(storPath,folderName))
-else
+   rmdir(fullfile(storPath,folderName),'s')
+end
+% if folder already published: ask User
+if isfolder(fullfile(storPath,folderNameV))
+   msg = ['Folder ',folderNameV, ' exists - Plot was already published '];
+   disp(msg);
+   dialogMsg = 'Do you want to overwrite the existing files';
+   overwriteDir = dlgObj.userDialog(dialogMsg, msg); 
+end
+% create folder
+if ~mkdir(fullfile(storPath,folderName))
     dlgObj.error('Directory could not be created - check remote path and permissions');
 end
 disp(['publishing of ', ID, ' started']);
@@ -239,9 +250,11 @@ end
 if dlgObj.success || options.ForcePublish
     oldPath = fullfile(storPath,folderName);
     newPath = strrep(oldPath,'.',''); %remov dot
+    if overwriteDir
+       rmdir(newPath,'s');
+       dlgObj.userMSG(['old export ', folderNameV, ' deleted']); 
+    end
     status = movefile(oldPath,newPath); %rename directory
-else
-    % error from userDlg class!
 end
 
 if status 

.gitignore

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ codegen/
 
 # Personal test files
 test*.m
-test123_data.h5
+test*.h5
+cleanUP.m
 
 
 # files that are created in example.m
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ unused*/*
 
 # Octave session info
 octave-workspace
-test_data.mat 
 
 #logs
 log.txt