Add git scalar clone feature to VSCode#286653
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This pull request adds support for cloning Git repositories using Scalar, a tool designed for faster cloning of large repositories. The implementation includes a new "Clone with Scalar" command that allows users to select scalar-specific options (--full-clone and --no-src) when cloning.
Key Changes:
- Added scalar executable detection and verification logic
- Implemented scalar clone execution alongside existing git clone
- Exposed scalar clone functionality through a new command and API
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| extensions/git/src/git.ts | Added scalar availability detection (isScalarAvailable, verifyScalarExecutable), scalar execution (execScalar), and integrated scalar clone into the main clone method |
| extensions/git/src/commands.ts | Added cloneWithScalar command that checks scalar availability, prompts for options, and delegates to clone manager |
| extensions/git/src/cloneManager.ts | Extended CloneOptions interface and cloneRepository method to support scalar options passthrough |
| extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts | Added public API documentation for useScalar and scalarOptions in CloneOptions interface |
| extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts | Updated clone API implementation to pass scalar options through to clone manager |
| extensions/git/package.nls.json | Added localization string for "Clone with Scalar" command |
| extensions/git/package.json | Registered cloneWithScalar command with menu contributions in command palette and SCM repository context |
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- Add new command 'git.cloneWithScalar' for cloning with Scalar - Add isScalarAvailable() method to check Scalar availability - Extend CloneOptions interface to support useScalar and scalarOptions - Add UI to select Scalar clone options (full-clone, no-src) - Update API to pass Scalar options through clone pipeline - Add localized strings for Scalar-related UI elements
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Hello Team:
I am proposing this pr for this feature request I sent out: #209285
To quickly get started on Scalar, please refer to this documentation: https://github.com/microsoft/git/blob/6107aca650556448b9719a3267f228f8e4e80aeb/contrib/scalar/docs/getting-started.md
The changes mainly added one item in command to specifically support clone with scalar with options to specify --full-clone and/or --no-src options.
To test:
Start test instance of VSCode, press Shift + Ctrl + P, type "clone", there will be a new option called "Clone with Scalar" as following screenshot shows:
Select it and it will be followed by selectable options (no source, full clone) as following screenshot:
Click ok, the scalar clone process will start in background just like regular git clone
Also, after use Scalar to clone repo, unless use full-clone, one will need to use git sparse-checkout to manage directories and paths they want to checkout, so added command to support sparse-checkout capablity.
For sparse-checkout set command, to help user, instead of ask user to manually input directories name everytime, it will run git ls-tree -d to get top level directories where user can simply select. Also there's option user can select to choose to manually input the directories in case they want to manage directories beyond top level.