Work with files

Choose your context
In all of the following operations, we assume that you know how to pick the appropriate context for your work (that is, finding the current state of an instance in which you are implicitly or explicitly an editor).
Only current states can be modified - snapshots are immutable!
As an example:
Finding files in a specific instance
Create a folder
After navigating to the files view of the instance you are working in:
Creating a folder
Upload files
You can upload files and folders with the upload button.
Uploading an entire folder with contents using drag and drop
In case you cannot upload a file due to it being extremely large, you can do the following:
1.​Create a JupyterLab application.

2.Use the upload feature in JupyterLab:
Uploading large files
Download files
You can download a file by selecting it and finding the download button:
Downloading a file
Delete files
You can delete one or more files by selecting them and then finding the delete button.
Deleting a folder
Move files
You can move files around in the directory structure using the following flow:
Copy files
You can copy a file to a different folder using the following steps:
Select the file to copy and move to the desired location
Rename files
You can rename a file by selecting it and finding the rename button:
Renaming a file
The diff feature
It is possible to view the difference of two text files in two different snapshots. In this example, we assume that there was a snapshot taken in the instance.
An orange dot next to a filename means that the file has not been snapshot yet.
A blue dot next to a filename means that the file has been snapshot and has been changed since the last snapshot taken.
A green dot next to a filename means that the file has been snapshot and has not been changed since the last snapshot taken.
Hovering over the dot pops up the diff menu:
The diff feature and snapshotting provide a powerful tool
The readme feature
If you create a file named README.md in a folder, the user interface of Nuvolos will try to interpret and render it as a markdown file. The README.md created in the root directory will also be displayed on the space overview page.
As an example:
You can do this in every folder if you want to - this is a great way to document contents of folders beyond the usual filename information you can provide yourself!
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