Allow users to open a new workspace for any branch
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Description
Problem to solve
The upcoming Teams & Projects feature will introduce a way for users open a new workspace for any recent (active) branch (see https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/4422). However, there is still no way for opening a new workspace for a non-active branch through the dashboard.
Proposal
If this sounds interesting, there are two possible entry points for adding a flow for opening a new workspace for any branch, including non-active branches through the dashboard.
- Introduce a way to select a branch during workspace creation from the New Workspace modal.
- Introduce a way to select a branch during workspace creation from the Project Branches page.
TBD (To be discussed)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the Teams & Projects context in issue #4422 and compare the two proposed dashboard entry points: the New Workspace modal and the Project Branches page. Determine how branch selection should work for non-active branches, then document the chosen flow and its completion criteria.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100