keybase / keybase/client

Please add git submodule support in the Git UI

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Description

The git UI in the keybase app is representing the submodule as a file which contain a hash of the selected commit. It's fine with command line user, but it's hard to track which a normal user. Please add a gitmodules UI support like github or gitlab.

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Research direction

Start by locating the Keybase app's Git UI entry point and how it currently represents submodules as files. Compare the requested gitmodules UI with the behavior described for GitHub or GitLab; done means submodules are presented in a way that normal users can track and use.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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