{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/desktop/desktop/issues/6474","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/desktop/desktop","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/desktop/desktop/issues/6474/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/desktop/desktop/issues/6474/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/desktop/desktop/issues/6474/events","html_url":"https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/6474","id":393485040,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzOTM0ODUwNDA=","number":6474,"title":"\"no repositories\" view in list lacks ability to quickly add a repository","user":{"login":"shiftkey","id":359239,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjM1OTIzOQ==","avatar_url":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/359239?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey","html_url":"https://github.com/shiftkey","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shiftkey/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":true},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2018-12-21T14:51:24Z","updated_at":"2018-12-21T14:51:24Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"MEMBER","body":"**Please describe the problem you think should be solved**\r\n\r\nIn #5878 we added the ability to quickly add a new repository when looking at the repository list:\r\n\r\n![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/634063/46813533-2cba2880-cd77-11e8-96e8-77caac7a6586.png)\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/desktop/desktop/blob/3295ad860e746213db5ff74f97fbec40dc3041d9/app/src/ui/repositories-list/repositories-list.tsx#L170-L180\r\n\r\nOne limitation of this feature is that it's baked into the `FilterList`:\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/desktop/desktop/blob/3295ad860e746213db5ff74f97fbec40dc3041d9/app/src/ui/repositories-list/repositories-list.tsx#L151-L159\r\n\r\nThis is only rendered when there are repositories to display:\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/desktop/desktop/blob/3295ad860e746213db5ff74f97fbec40dc3041d9/app/src/ui/repositories-list/repositories-list.tsx#L123-L126\r\n\r\nThis means our \"no repositories\" view lacks the ability to quickly add repositories, so users will have to go back to the old way of opening the File menu to find these options:\r\n\r\n<img width=\"305\" src=\"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/359239/50347915-aa37ad00-050d-11e9-9f9b-685eb3e243f5.png\">\r\n\r\n**[Optional] Do you have any potential solutions in mind?**\r\n\r\nI'm not sure if this came up as part of the research behind the blank slate changes coming in 1.6, so cc @niik for any extra context before we start thinking about solutions"}}
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