Repository description
Add a description property to a repository and add it as a column to the repository browser to allow for a long description to give detailed information about the contents of the repo. Repo names tend to be short and don't always explain what the repo contains, especially when there are 100's of repo's for different projects.
Damian Rafferty
shared this idea
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Jason Pierce
commented
It could be implemented by having a standard named file like README in the root of the repository (much like github). That can contain the description and other stuff like instructions (again, much like github). In the GUI, it could have a pane that displays the contents of that file.
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Damian Rafferty
commented
Did this ever get added? We are at version 8 of Plastic now but I haven't noticed it. The number of Plastic Repos we have is growing over the years and, unfortunately, our Repo names are having to get more descriptive as we try to describe what each is for.
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Damian Rafferty
commented
Has this been considered for any future version as I don't think it has made it into Plastic 6, nor 7 yet?
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Yes, it is a good idea and in fact it is not a new one.
The only reason why we didn't do it yet is because it means breaking compatibility between client and server because it means adding a new field, so we're delaying it to group it with more changes once we break 5.4.16 (16 is the compat number) compatibility.
