8edca3cf0a86dfbcd71116bcd117ecd2aa29aac7
hiram
  Fri Aug 21 22:45:23 2026 -0700
remove temporary experiment that never went anywhere

diff --git src/hg/liftRequest/liftRequest.c src/hg/liftRequest/liftRequest.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c4fa7efc5d..00000000000
--- src/hg/liftRequest/liftRequest.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/* liftRequest - manage user requests for lift over alignments. */
-#include "common.h"
-#include "linefile.h"
-#include "hash.h"
-#include "options.h"
-#include "jksql.h"
-#include "htmshell.h"
-#include "web.h"
-#include "cheapcgi.h"
-#include "cart.h"
-#include "hui.h"
-#include "udc.h"
-#include "knetUdc.h"
-#include "genbank.h"
-
-/* Global Variables */
-struct cart *cart;             /* CGI and other variables */
-struct hash *oldVars = NULL;
-
-void doMiddle(struct cart *theCart)
-/* Set up globals and make web page */
-{
-cart = theCart;
-char *database = NULL;
-char *genome = NULL;
-getDbAndGenome(cart, &database, &genome, oldVars);
-initGenbankTableNames(database);
-
-int timeout = cartUsualInt(cart, "udcTimeout", 300);
-if (udcCacheTimeout() < timeout)
-    udcSetCacheTimeout(timeout);
-knetUdcInstall();
-
-cartWebStart(cart, database, "manage user requests for lift over alignments");
-printf("Your code goes here....");
-cartWebEnd();
-}
-
-/* Null terminated list of CGI Variables we don't want to save
- * permanently. */
-char *excludeVars[] = {"Submit", "submit", NULL,};
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-/* Process command line. */
-{
-cgiSpoof(&argc, argv);
-cartEmptyShell(doMiddle, hUserCookie(), excludeVars, oldVars);
-return 0;
-}