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Re: [PATCH/RFC] git-gui: Add a 'recursive' checkbox in the clone menu.

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Henri GEIST <geist.henri@laposte.net>
Date
Mar 11, 2014, 11:07 UTC
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<1394536038.7891.59.camel@Naugrim>
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Le mercredi 05 mars 2014 à 19:00 +0100, Jens Lehmann a écrit :
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> Am 05.03.2014 00:01, schrieb Henri GEIST:
> > Permit to do a 'git clone --recursive' through git-gui.
> 
> I really like where this is heading!
> 
> Some minor issues:
> 
> - I think we should be more verbose in the commit message,
>   including that and why the default should be "on". Maybe
>   like this?
> 
>   "Permit to do a 'git clone --recursive' through git-gui.
>   Add a 'recursive' checkbox in the clone menu which allows
>   users to clone a repository and all its submodules in one
>   go (unless the 'update' flag is set to "none" in the
>   .gitmodules file for a submodule, in that case that
>   specific submodule is not cloned automatically).
> 
>   Enable this new option per default, as most users want to
>   clone all submodules too when cloning the superproject
>   (This is currently not possible without leaving git gui
>   or adding a custom tool entry for that)."
> 
> 
> - I'd rather change the button text from "Recursive (For
>   submodules)" to something like "Recursively clone
>   submodules too" or such.
> 
>

Perfect. Would you like me to send the new version of the patch in this thread Or to make a new thread [patch v2] ?

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Message 6 of 7 in “git-gui: Add a 'recursive' checkbox in the clone menu.”
  1. git-gui: Add a 'recursive' checkbox in the clone menu.Henri GEIST, Mar 4, 2014
  2. Jens LehmannMar 5, 2014
  3. Henri GEISTMar 6, 2014
  4. Jens LehmannMar 6, 2014
  5. Heiko VoigtMar 6, 2014
  6. Henri GEISTMar 11, 2014
  7. Jens LehmannMar 11, 2014

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