refactor clone for clarity #4849
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This PR offers an alternative implementation for
git_clone_repositorywhich is closer to the original vision on how the API should be used.The main issue was the need to turn everything into a frontend
Errorwhich could only convert fromanyhow::Error. This is for good reason,but in this case it was in the way resolved with an
UnmarkedErrorwhich can convert from any other error, while serializing such that the frontend can handle it.Motivation
I used this the
git2version of the code along with thegitoxideversion as an example in my upcoming GitMerge talk for how much simplergit2can be, in the real world, but couldn't resist to try to turn it into the 'best possible version of itself'.