how comes gitlab shows custom messages to my plain old git client then?
replyfor example when you rename gitlab repository, or push to new branch, gitlab injects custom text that you can see. Eg. with new URL or where you can create merge request on web, etc...
I assume you're talking about the "remote: " messages? I've only ever seen those on push operations, not sure if they're even available for clone.
replyMaybe they'd be an option, but then the whole "making sure they've read the message before proceeding" part goes out the window.