Cloned assignments do not follow deadline restriction

[Chris-Johnston]

When cloning the repos for an assignment with a set deadline, each will have the latest commit checked out by default, and not the latest commit before this deadline.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new assignment with a deadline.
2. Create a new submission to this assignment, with at least one commit.
3. Wait for the deadline to pass.
4. Alter the submission.
5. Clone the assignment. The cloned copy will be checked out to the latest commit, and not the latest commit before the deadline.

[joel-coffman]

Ditto. What's the point of cloning locally if the only way to check what was completed by the deadline is using the web interface?

It would be nice to see a tag or signed commit so that the final commit prior to the deadline is (permanently) part of the repository. Without this feature, I see no value to the Classroom Assistant, at least for assignments with due dates.

[srinjoym]

This is a great idea! I think this is definitely a feature we can add but it will require some changes on the API from the Classroom Web side. @mozzadrella this could be a good starter issue for the new interns!

[kevinkwl]

any updates?

[pisanuw]

I ask students to submit the hashtag of the last commit to our LMS which does enforce assignment deadlines and then have to do

git clone student-repository
cd student-repository
git checkout HASH

[cgokce]

I can still reproduce this issue. Can you fix this? Deadline feature is useless unless it is integrated with the assistant app.

[femmebot]

+1 on behalf of another teacher who gave similar feedback during a recent research interview.

[mrsimonsen]

Don't let this this issue die, this would be an extremely useful feature.

[maxwenger]

+1 Bump. This would make it way easier to adopt.

[fuhrmanator]

For now, the workaround I am recommending to my TAs is to run Classroom Assistant right after the deadline, so clones happen appropriately.

Can anyone clarify if the "Submission" feature described at https://github.blog/2017-08-23-github-classroom-now-supports-deadlines-and-class-rosters/ is still valid (or is it irrelevant with CA)?

[etiennebeaulac]

+1 here too, this feature would be really useful!