[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #367: When a repo URL changes, GetComponents should offer more help

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#367: When a repo URL changes, GetComponents should offer more help
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 Reporter:  eschnett       |       Owner:  eric9
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major          |   Milestone:       
Component:  GetComponents  |     Version:       
 Keywords:                 |  
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 When a repo URL changes, GetComponents currently suggests to check out the
 repo from scratch (and presumably delete/ignore the old repo). This is
 very inflexible, in particular when the user has changes in the old
 repository, which often happens during development.

 SVN (and presumably all other VC software) offer commands to update the
 URL, so that one can keep the current checkout. Of course, this makes only
 sense if this is the same repository that only moved to a new URL, but
 this seems to happen often enough.

 GetComponents should at least output instructions for updating the URL.

 It would be even better if GetComponents detected that new and old repo
 are the same, and then update the repo URL by itself.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/367>
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