This update introduces a comprehensive and visually refined dialog component for confirming the deletion of branches. The logic now correctly distinguishes between deleting local and remote branches, providing tailored warnings and context to the user. Corresponding global styles were updated to implement the new layout and visual fidelity for this specific dialog type.
- Implements structured display for branch name and location
- Improves distinction between local and remote delete contexts
- Updates backdrop filter CSS properties for better compatibility
Introduces a persistent, styled error toast notification system for displaying critical application errors. This required refactoring the local error handling logic in App.svelte to manage complex state objects instead of simple timers, allowing for better control over visibility and interaction (e.g., pausing on hover).
- Adds global CSS styling and animations for the visible error toast component
- Updates error auto-hide mechanism to use structured state management
- Implements interactive features like pause/resume timing on mouse events
Adds comprehensive client-side telemetry capabilities for usage, errors, and performance metrics. This includes integrating OpenTelemetry standards into both the frontend (Svelte) and backend (Tauri/Rust) layers to capture events, spans, and system resource utilization.
The implementation ensures that all collected data is privacy-filtered by design, explicitly excluding sensitive information like repository paths, credentials, source code, or email addresses from being logged.
- Updates README with detailed SigNoz telemetry guide
- Adds process metrics collection (CPU/Memory) in Rust backend
- Exposes `setTelemetryEnabled` state management to the frontend
The commit enhances Git operation reliability by improving how authentication errors are detected and displayed to the user. It standardizes Git output language across different locales and introduces a mechanism to summarize complex raw Git stderr messages, ensuring users receive clear feedback when cloning or interacting with repositories that fail due to credentials.
- Standardize git command output using LC_ALL=C for consistent English messaging.
- Implement error summarization logic to extract the most relevant message from raw Git stderr.
- Update credential dialogs to display summarized and improved authentication failure details.
Improved handling for deleting remote branches across the application, enhancing both user experience and backend reliability. This includes adding structured logging to all Git remote operations in Rust, refining UI components to handle remote-specific deletion flows, and providing clear status/error feedback in sync settings.
- Standardized styling for action toggles (Stash, Branch, Explorer) using consistent dimensions.
- Implemented detailed console logging for all Git remote operations on the backend.
- Refined dialogs and sync settings to provide explicit status and error messages during remote management.
This update significantly expands the available Git functionality by adding robust support for initializing repositories, managing remotes, and improving complex workflow operations like merging and reverting commits. New API endpoints are exposed across the backend and frontend to handle remote setup, branch tracking, and conflict resolution workflows.
- Added full remote management capabilities (add, update, remove).
- Implemented advanced merge strategies and commit reversion logic.
- Introduced a dedicated UI component for synchronization settings.
Adjusts the logic governing when file history views are refreshed or displayed. This ensures that selecting a file via the explorer correctly hides any active file history view, and prevents unnecessary refreshes of history data if the view is already collapsed or if the repository path is not yet set.
- Added explicit function to reset file history state
- Prevents automatic display of file history upon file selection
- Refines conditions for refreshing file history during repo updates
Adds a configurable and persistable auto-refresh setting to the application's settings dialog. This feature allows users to control whether the repository view automatically updates its status, branch information, and remote tracking in the background. The logic is integrated across core components to manage state changes and provide visual feedback to the user.
- Auto-refresh state is now persistent and managed via local storage.
- Updated settings dialog UI to include a dedicated toggle for auto-refresh.
- Removed manual auto-refresh toggling from the repository toolbar component.
This update significantly refactors the visual layout and functionality of the working tree status panel. It introduces dedicated action groups for discarding changes, staging, and unstaging files, improving user interaction and clarity.
- Added contextual action buttons (discard all/selected) to both staged and unstaged sections.
- Updated CSS structure to accommodate new status action containers.
- Improved handling of selected file counts within the panel headers.
Introduces a robust system for running automated, staged diff reviews against various large language models. This feature allows users to submit their changes to external AI services and receive structured feedback on potential bugs, security issues, and maintainability risks before committing.
The implementation covers the entire stack:
* Backend logic was added to handle API communication with OpenAI, Anthropic, and custom endpoints.
* A dedicated parser ensures that complex JSON outputs from LLMs are reliably converted into structured findings (severity, title, description).
* New components and UI elements provide a clear visualization of the AI's assessment and actionable suggestions.
- Supports multiple major LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic)
- Parses structured JSON output for consistent review results
- Adds dedicated UI dialog to display AI findings and risk level
This commit updates several UI components to improve visual consistency and readability across various themes. It adds necessary class names to the Git branch display component and significantly refines the CSS for diff markers and general workspace status elements. These changes ensure that semantic colors are maintained on hover states and that key indicators remain highly visible in light mode.
- Updated styling for diff marker focus/hover states
- Improved visual feedback for line patch buttons (stage, unstage, discard)
- Added specific light theme styles for branch indicator and status counters
Adjusts the CSS styling for the primary repository toolbar to enhance its visual organization. These changes introduce specific padding and margin rules, ensuring that various utility groups are properly centered and spaced vertically. This improves the overall aesthetic consistency of the component.
This commit introduces a comprehensive overhaul of the application's UI, focusing on modernizing the global workspace status bar and improving overall theming consistency. Several components were refactored to simplify prop handling and improve separation of concerns, particularly within the TitleBar and RepoToolbar. The CSS includes extensive new variables and styles for better visual fidelity across light and dark themes.
- Overhauled the main application footer to display version, branch status, and sync metrics.
- Added global CSS variables and component styling for a modern look.
- Simplified repository state management by removing redundant props from TitleBar.
The complex logic and markup for rendering the repository tabs have been extracted from App.svelte into a new, reusable RepoTabs component. This refactoring significantly cleans up the main application view, improves separation of concerns, and makes the UI structure easier to maintain and extend. Corresponding CSS updates were applied to ensure the visual fidelity and responsiveness of the tab bar remain consistent across different states.
- Encapsulates all tab rendering logic in src/lib/RepoTabs.svelte
- Simplifies App.svelte by replacing large block of HTML with component usage
- Updates styling for better alignment and modern aesthetics
This update enhances the build process by ensuring that the package definition file (PKGBUILD) is automatically updated with the current application version and release number. Changes are applied across both local build scripts and CI/CD workflows to maintain consistency. This prevents manual synchronization errors when building releases.
- Updates PKGBUILD version fields using package.json
- Ensures PKGBUILD is staged during final commit in CI/CD
- Improves robustness of the automated build pipeline
This refactors the entire appearance and structure of the repository toolbar, modernizing its layout and improving visual consistency across different states. The component now dynamically displays remote tracking information (ahead/behind) directly on Pull and Push buttons for immediate user feedback.
- Implemented a comprehensive CSS overhaul using grid and flexbox for better responsiveness.
- Added support for German localization within the toolbar actions.
- Enhanced visibility of sync status by displaying commit counts next to pull/push buttons.
The help overlay component has been significantly expanded with detailed sections covering advanced version control topics in German. These additions provide users with deep dives into core Git mechanics, complex workflows, and troubleshooting guides. This greatly enhances the user's ability to understand and utilize professional Git practices within the application.
- Detailed explanations of the Staging Area and Index concepts.
- Guides for advanced operations like interactive rebase and cherry-picking.
- Comprehensive sections on common errors (e.g., detached HEAD, non-fast-forward).
This commit updates the package version to 2026.7.19 and modifies
the build scripts to include additional commands for better
development workflow. The main window of the application is also set
to maximize upon launch.
- Updated package version in PKGBUILD
- Added new build commands in settings.local.json
- Maximized the main application window on startup
The main application setup in src-tauri/src/main.rs has been refactored to enhance local variable scoping. By assigning the result of tauri::Builder::default() to a named variable, the code becomes clearer and more readable without changing runtime behavior.
Updates the .gitignore file to ensure that generated package files and local build directories are ignored by Git. This prevents unnecessary binary data from being tracked in the repository history, keeping the project clean.
- Ignore pkg directory
- Ensure exclusion of tarball packages
This introduces the necessary PKGBUILD file to define how Gitty should be built and packaged for system installation. It sets up the build process using npm and Tauri CLI, ensuring all dependencies are met before compiling the application binary. The script also handles installing required assets like icons, desktop entries, and documentation into the package structure.
- Defines build steps using tauri/npm
- Installs binaries, icons, and desktop entry files
- Sets up standard package metadata (pkgname, depends)
This update introduces comprehensive language support (English/German) across the application, enabling localization for UI elements and settings dialogs. It also adds a dedicated Help Overlay component with detailed guides on using Gitty's core Git features.
- Adds language selection to App Settings
- Implements German translations in key areas
- Introduces global help documentation accessible via Ctrl+/
The git module now correctly handles scenarios where the selected base branch is diverged from HEAD. This removes unnecessary ancestor checks during rebase planning, improving overall robustness of the feature. Additionally, the ReflogDialog component was updated to reliably retrieve the current HEAD hash for accurate display in the UI.
- Removed strict ancestor checking when starting interactive rebase operations.
- Updated App.svelte to accurately find and use the current HEAD entry from reflog data.
This commit removes the dedicated feature QA page and significantly refactors the internal Git library logic for handling complex workflows, particularly interactive rebase. The changes introduce helper functions to manage temporary files and ensure proper cleanup of rebase artifacts regardless of success or failure. This improves the reliability of advanced git operations within the application.
- Added comprehensive cleanup routines for rebase helpers
- Centralized constants for rebase file names
- Removed obsolete QA feature code
This update significantly expands Git functionality by implementing support for advanced workflows, including interactive rebasing and recovering lost commits via the reflog. New logic handles preparing the necessary environment files (todo lists and reword queues) required by Git's internal editors. The frontend components are also updated to expose these new capabilities to the user interface.
- Implements full planning and execution flow for interactive rebase
- Adds functionality to list and restore commits using the reflog history
- Updates Rust backend commands to support advanced git operations
The structure of the application title bar has been updated to utilize modern CSS layout techniques like Grid and Flexbox. This refactoring improves the responsiveness and organization of key elements such as repository name, branch indicator, and synchronization status. The changes ensure better alignment and handling of varying content lengths across different viewports.
- Restructures repo/branch info into a dedicated context container
- Uses flex properties for dynamic sizing of title bar sections
- Groups sync indicators into a cohesive unit
Introduces a comprehensive set of CSS variables defining surfaces, syntax elements, and diff coloring across both light and dark themes. This refactoring replaces numerous hardcoded color values throughout the stylesheet with these new variables, ensuring that all components consistently adhere to the defined theme palette.
- Added detailed variable definitions for code surfaces (e.g., `--code-surface`, `--code-input-bg`).
- Updated diff, hunk, and blame sections to use variable colors for better thematic consistency.
- Replaced fixed hex codes with variables across various component backgrounds and text colors.
This update enhances cross-platform reliability by addressing potential hangs during application startup on Linux environments using WebKitGTK. Additionally, native taskbar badge functionality is improved for macOS and Linux, ensuring accurate display of sync status. Configuration settings are also updated to include more specific internal crate reads and web search capabilities.
- Added timeout fallback to waitForAnimationFrame in Svelte
- Improved set_sync_badge logic for macOS/Linux platforms
- Updated local configuration with detailed dependency reads
The StatusPanel component has received a visual update to modernize its appearance. This change adjusts the primary color scheme across multiple elements, shifting from purples and magentas towards cooler blue and cyan tones. The goal is to improve aesthetic consistency and give the component a more cohesive look within the application's overall design system.
- Updated accent colors and gradients throughout the panel.
- Refined borders and shadows for a cleaner visual depth.
- Adjusted trace and overlay element colors for better harmony.
This commit implements a comprehensive visual refresh by updating the core color scheme across the application. A new, cohesive dark mode aesthetic has been applied, shifting primary accents from purple/orange tones to cooler blue/cyan gradients. This ensures better consistency and modernizes the look of various components, including buttons and loading indicators.
- Updated global CSS variables for consistent theming
- Refreshed component styles with the new color palette
- Adjusted repository loading overlay visuals
Adds comprehensive theme management across the application, allowing users to save their preferred color scheme (light/dark) or automatically follow the operating system's settings. This required updating state management in App.svelte to handle theme loading and applying changes dynamically via CSS variables.
The styling layer was significantly updated with new CSS variables and rules for both dark and light modes, ensuring visual consistency across all components like dialogs, buttons, and sidebars.
- Added logic to detect system color scheme preference
- Implemented full support for persistent light/dark mode switching
- Overhauled global CSS variables for improved theme adaptability
The file discarding mechanism has been significantly refactored to improve handling of multi-file operations. Instead of processing discards on a per-file basis, the system now supports batch actions for selected files or reverting all tracked modifications simultaneously. This update centralizes complex discard logic into dedicated functions across the component suite.
- Updated state management and types to handle arrays of file changes.
- Added UI elements and handlers for discarding all staged/unstaged changes.
- Enhanced the confirmation dialog to display multiple discarded targets in a list view.
The automatic data refreshing mechanism has been updated to handle asynchronous state changes more reliably. It now incorporates checks to determine if the active repository path has changed during background operations. This prevents stale or incorrect data from being displayed if a user navigates away from or switches repositories while a refresh cycle is in progress.
- Added path validation checks after status fetching and bundle opening
- Ensured all subsequent refresh calls use the validated current repository path
This update introduces several improvements to the StatusPanel component, enhancing the user interface and experience. A new function has been added to simplify file path handling, and the overlay now features a more dynamic design with animated elements for better visual feedback during operations.
- Added baseName function for improved path handling
- Enhanced status overlay with animations and new design elements
- Updated file staging and unstaging messages for clarity
This update modifies several Git command functions to utilize the async/await
pattern, enhancing performance and responsiveness during operations. The changes
allow for non-blocking execution of commands, improving the overall user experience.
- Converted multiple Git command functions to async
- Added error handling for async operations
- Updated related tests to support async execution
This update introduces a loading overlay in the StatusPanel component
to indicate ongoing operations. The overlay displays a spinner and
the current operation status, enhancing user experience during
long-running tasks.
- Added a loading overlay with a spinner for busy states
- Included operation status text to inform users of current actions
- Improved visual feedback for ongoing processes in the UI
This update introduces a new function to remove repositories from the
recent list. The user can now manage their recent repositories more
effectively, enhancing the overall user experience.
- Implemented removal of repositories from the recent list
- Updated UI to reflect changes in the recent repositories management
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