microsoft / microsoft/VFSForGit

Clone always picks default cache server

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Description

Instead of always picking the default cache server for the account, it should look through the cache servers available for the repository and pick the one that has the best apparent connectivity.

It may be a good idea to occasionally reconsider the cache server location - say at gvfs-mount time - to account for changes in the cache server list or the client's location.

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Research direction

Start by locating the clone path that selects the account's default cache server and the code exposing cache servers available for a repository. Investigate how apparent connectivity and gvfs-mount-time reconsideration should be defined; done means selecting the best available server and handling location or server-list changes, with tests covering the selection behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
networking
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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