Add functionality to clone repositories with branch management

[Angelk90]

Add the ability to clone Git repositories via URL, with advanced branch management.

When a repository contains more than one branch, the user should be able to choose between the following options:

• Clone all branches.
• Clone only a specific branch.
• Select a set of specific branches via a select list.

This feature will improve management and workflow, saving time when working with repositories that contain many branches.

Desired behavior:

• The user provides the URL of the repository.
• If the repository contains multiple branches, the user will be prompted to choose between the above options.
• The system clones the repository according to the user's choice.

Advanced options:

• Shallow clone: ​​Option to do a shallow clone (--depth 1) to save time and space, if not all historical commits are needed.
• Clone with submodules: If the repository contains submodules, add an option to clone the submodules as well, or to exclude them.

When cloning via ssh, it allows you to select user and will change url like this:

git@github.com-user1:zed-industries/zed.git

~/.ssh/config:

# Personal account - default config
Host github.com-user1
   HostName github.com
   User git
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_user1
# Official account
Host github.com-user2
   HostName github.com
   User git
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_user2
# Server 3 - Server with user "user3" and configuration for connection via IP
Host 192.168.1.100
   HostName 192.168.1.100
   User user3
   Port 22
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_server
# Global configuration for other servers with the same user (fallback example)
Host *
   User commonuser
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_common
   # Fallback for other servers with "commonuser" and key "id_rsa_common"

[simply-zaki]

its annoying to checkout to a remote branch each time i clone so this is good

[xtrasmal]

Why not just separate config based on the remote? I assume you clone outside of Zed as well.. most do.

$ cat ~/.gitconfig 
[user]
    useConfigOnly=true
[includeIf "gitdir:~/Sites/devops/"]
	path = ~/.config/git/.gitconfig-gitlab
[includeIf "hasconfig:remote.*.url:https://git.company-one.eu/*/**"]
	path = ~/.config/git/.gitconfig-one
[includeIf "hasconfig:remote.*.url:git@git.company-two.eu:*/**"]
	path = ~/.config/git/.gitconfig-two
[includeIf "hasconfig:remote.*.url:git@git.company-three.eu:**"]
	path = ~/.config/git/.gitconfig-three
[includeIf "hasconfig:remote.*.url:https://github.com/*/**"]
	path = ~/.config/git/.gitconfig-github
[includeIf "hasconfig:remote.*.url:git@github.com:*/**"]
	path = ~/.config/git/.gitconfig-github
[push]
	autoSetupRemote = true
[core]
	excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
[pull]
	rebase = true
[safe]

Also multiple branches can be checked out at the same time using git worktree.

Maybe I misunderstand the question. But anyways, it seems like it is a lot for an code editor. Maybe handle this outside of Zed.