[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #964: make "-a" default option for GetComponents

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#964: make "-a" default option for GetComponents
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 Reporter:  rhaas          |       Owner:  eric9
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  minor          |   Milestone:       
Component:  GetComponents  |     Version:       
 Keywords:                 |  
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 We seem to regularly receive support requests from users where
 GetComponents fails because they forgot to add the "-a" option. Since
 GetComponents is supposed to make checking out Cactus easier for novice
 users, I suggest changing its default options to reflect what is most
 likely required in this case. Having already the download of Cactus fail
 would turn me away from using it.

 For the developer that actually require write access, we should all be
 computer and version-control savy enough to either change the checkout
 afterwards or modify the thorn list. Its just a 'svn switch --relocate',
 '$EDITOR .git/config' and '$EDITOR repos/carpet_hg/.hg/hgrc' after all.

 So in summary I would like to suggest changing the default to "-a"
 possibly at the same time we change the defaults to --no-shallow

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/964>
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