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Improve UI flow for cloning new repos #129

Closed darcycox97 closed 5 years ago

darcycox97 commented 5 years ago

Description

At the moment, the process of cloning a repository is quite confusing, with the two buttons "clone" and "save" not behaving as expected. For example, sometimes "save" opens up a file picker to choose location, and sometimes it just initiates a new clone.

I think it would make a lot of sense to have a single action button "clone", which clones the specified repository to the specified file location. This would remove any confusion around what each of the two separate buttons do, and prevent any premature cloning.

Also, a dedicated "browse" button to choose the save location would be a good addition.

If this is picked up, it could potentially interfere with some other cloning-related issues, such as #12 and #1, so people should be kept in the loop about this if they are simultaneously being worked on.

Acceptance Criteria

(these are suggestions and are somewhat subjective. Please comment if you think any of these are not useful, or have your own suggestions).

cyrus-raitava commented 5 years ago

I approve of this, introducing this change would significantly increase user satisfaction, and usability of VisualGit.

Ravid12 commented 5 years ago

I approve - well thought out designs for a usability fix. Great thinking, darcycox97

lukethompsxn commented 5 years ago

I agree, I found this very confusing at first. - Approved