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[Feature] Loading progress bar when cloning a new Repo #128

Open MGriffith37 opened 6 years ago

MGriffith37 commented 6 years ago
screen shot 2018-03-19 at 6 18 36 pm

Currently, when cloning a new repo there is no indication of the progress. In addition, when cloning larger repos, I've often questioned whether the program has frozen and been stuck on the page displayed above.

I propose adding a loading bar to the Info modal displaying the current progress of the repo cloning as seen in the mockup below

screen shot 2018-03-19 at 6 18 36 pm

This gives the user a clearer estimate on how much time to completion and reduces ambiguity into whether the program has suspended.

softeng-701 commented 6 years ago

@MGriffith37 Sounds good. Do you have a size estimate? Also, remember to tag this account so we get notified of your suggested issue, thanks!

MGriffith37 commented 6 years ago

@softeng-701 I would estimate this to be a medium issue. There are javascript libraries out there for progress bars (E.g. https://loading.io/progress/) so introducing one into the VisualGit application wouldn't be too difficult. However synchronising the visual bar progress with the actual git cloning progress would prove more difficult. as that state is not readily available. Thanks!