Remove `clone_script.tmpl` or is it still required?

[rdwz]

I came across this file and would like this to be discussed: as far as I can tell at the frontend the code seems not to be necessary, am I wrong, what about the backend-side of this?

• there is clone_script.tmpl, but as I already mentioned all works fine without editing this and I also tested the case of an empty clone_script and it doesn't break the functionality or the generated links.
• and the file has this comments:

// synchronously set clone button states and urls here to avoid flickering
// on page load. initRepoCloneLink calls this when proto changes.
// this applies the protocol-dependant clone url to all elements with the
// js-clone-url and js-clone-url-vsc classes.
// TODO: This localStorage setting should be moved to backend user config
// so it's available during rendering, then this inline script can be removed.

to me it seems that it can be removed, but I guess this is another issue and should be discussed seperately?!

Originally posted by @redwerkz in #21123 (comment)

[rdwz]

A little more background about this.

I wanted to add a button to clone a repo in VSCodium like it is already possible to do for VSCode. And this script inside clone_script.tmpl handles or handled the link behind the button that includes a custom handle like vscode:// or vscodium://

[wxiaoguang]

Can clone_script.tmpl be removed?

No at the moment.

How it works?

The Clone URLs are updated by that script. Users may:

• Disable HTTPS clone, then only SSH URL should be used
• Set SSH as default clone method, then the UI should show the SSH URL by default.

You can do a full test on your side to see how the Clone URL works.