Add a new Tauri command to produce a diff between the working file and a historical commit (get_file_restore_patch) and support a new apply action ("restore-lines") that validates and applies only text-line changes for a single regular file.
Behavior changes and constraints:
- Fetch a filtered reverse diff for a file in a commit so UI can display selectable lines from an older revision.
- Applying "restore-lines" verifies the target is a regular file, rejects binary/metadata patches, and ensures the patch only modifies the selected file.
- Restored lines are applied to the working tree without staging other changes; the index is preserved.
- The operation rejects stale patches or patches targeting the wrong file.
UI wiring:
- Compare dialog gets a "Restore lines…" action for applicable modified files and opens the line-patch dialog in restore mode.
- Line-patch dialog gains a restore mode (restoreCommit) with adjusted UI/rendering to pair removed/added lines, helper text, and dedicated "Restore selected" / "Restore hunk" actions.
- App integration handles fetching the restore patch, applying selected lines, and refreshing views.
Tests:
- Add tests covering correct behavior (preserve unstaged/staged changes and index) and guard cases (stale/wrong-file patches).
Annotate file history entries with matches_working_tree and surface that
information in the UI so the most recent commit can be identified as
"current version" when its content equals the working tree.
- Backend: add FileHistoryCommit and annotate_file_history(...) which checks
(only for regular files) whether the newest commit's blob matches the
working tree via `git diff --quiet`. list_file_history now returns the
annotated commits.
- Types: add optional matches_working_tree to GitCommit shape used by the UI.
- UI: show a "Current version"/"Aktueller Stand" badge and disable Diff/Restore
actions for entries that match the working tree (text localized for de/en).
Also add a test that verifies the matching behavior across file edits,
staging, committing and deletion. No external API breaking changes.
Introduce dedicated merge handling for integration review merges:
- Add src-tauri/src/integrations/merge.rs: implements merge_options (read provider repo settings), merge_payload (build provider-specific merge body) and a Tauri command get_integration_review_merge_options. Includes unit tests for behavior.
- Wire merge module into integrations.rs and pass an optional merge_method into provider-specific review action functions (GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Azure DevOps). run_integration_review_action now accepts an optional merge_method, validates it early, and includes provider-specific merge payloads when performing a merge.
- Export the new command in src-tauri/src/main.rs so the frontend can request merge options.
Frontend changes to support selecting a merge method before merging:
- ConfirmDialog.svelte: add SelectMenu support and a select field to confirm requests.
- ReviewCenter.svelte: fetch integration merge options, show a merge-method selector in the merge confirmation, and pass the chosen method to the review action.
- Update types and git bindings to surface IntegrationMergeOptions / IntegrationMergeMethod and the getIntegrationReviewMergeOptions call (git.ts / types.ts changes staged).
Effect: users can pick a merge method appropriate to the provider/project; the integration layer generates the correct API payload per provider. Tests added for merge logic.
Add a new backend module to manage Git submodules (list, initialize/update,
stage, sync, add) and expose Tauri commands (list_submodules,
submodule_action, add_submodule). The implementation enforces safe relative
paths, a maximum nesting depth, and guards (dirty/conflicted checks and
initialization/no-op semantics) to avoid unsafe operations.
Refactor clone logic to a testable run_git_clone_command and enable
automatic initialization of submodules during clone by passing
--recurse-submodules. Also disallow certain submodule-related custom clone
flags so callers cannot override this behaviour.
Update README with a Submodules section and add frontend components and types
to surface submodule UI (dialogs, toolbar badge). Unit tests were added for
submodule discovery, initialization/update semantics, and recursive clone
behavior.
Add backend integration modules to discover, read, and modify
provider-hosted boards, issues, and comments across multiple providers.
Expose Tauri commands for board discovery, listing, and card moves,
and implement safe issue actions and comment APIs.
Wire new Svelte UI components to render boards, issue centers,
comments, labels, and assignees, and add sanitized markdown rendering.
- Add board discovery, board reading, and card-move APIs
- Add Svelte components and styles for integrated board UI
- Use marked + DOMPurify for safe markdown rendering
Add a cross-provider Review Center and improve credential handling.
Backend integrations fetch and normalize PRs from GitHub, GitLab,
Gitea, and Azure DevOps with improved timeouts and parsing. Credentials
now use a global lock and support secret-tool on Linux to avoid races.
- Normalize review data across providers (GitHub/GitLab/Gitea/Azure)
- Serialize credential access with OnceLock and use secret-tool on Linux
- Add frontend ReviewCenter component and related UI updates
Add interactive Git bisect support to the Tauri backend and UI.
Introduce BisectState and BisectCommit types for structured state.
Expose Tauri commands to query, start, mark, and reset sessions.
Add parsers, unit tests, and a Bisect dialog with toolbar and App wiring.
- Backend: new Tauri commands, state types, and helpers to parse bisect.
- Frontend: Bisect dialog, toolbar entry, and App integration to control flow.
Add advanced clone options support across the frontend and backend.
Users can specify a branch, shallow limits, blobless mode, sparse paths,
and custom clone flags when initiating a clone operation. The backend
validates inputs, parses custom flags without invoking a shell, and
configures sparse checkouts after a successful clone. A small parsing
dependency was added and tracked-file parsing was improved to better
handle git ls-files output.
- Introduce CloneRunOptions and validation helpers for clone inputs
- Parse custom flags with a shell-like tokenizer and block managed flags
- Support sparse checkout configuration and shallow clone constraints
Remove local on-device model support and related IPC commands,
consolidating commit-generation to cloud providers and simplifying the
AI crate surface. Local-specific types, generation profiles, caching,
and the local prompt builder were removed while message sanitization and
diff-echo detection were preserved. Also harden repository handling and
runtime: unborn HEADs are handled gracefully so empty repos still report
files, Git LFS sync is skipped for repositories without commits, and
tokio runtime features were enabled.
- Remove local model engine, load/status commands, and local profile code
- Handle unborn HEAD and skip LFS sync for repos without commits
- Enable tokio runtime features and route AI generation to cloud only
Add GitHub repository support to integrations and update related tests.
Implement server-side GitHub API calls and normalize GitHub base URLs.
Improve the repository browser UI with compact tabs and updated icons.
Add a custom, accessible scrollbar with pointer and keyboard support.
- Add paging, auth headers, and error handling when listing GitHub repos.
- Default GitHub token username to "x-access-token" when saving credentials.
- Introduce compact repo tab styles, new icons, and a draggable scrollbar.
Add support for integrating with external Git hosts (GitLab, Gitea,
and Azure DevOps). The backend gains a client to fetch paginated
repository lists, normalise base URLs, and surface provider errors.
Credentials are loaded from the OS keychain and a Tauri command is
exposed for the frontend to list integration repositories.
- Implement integration client with pagination, deserialization,
and provider-specific handling.
- Centralise keychain credential loading and expose listing command.
- Update UI to manage integration metadata, persist settings, and
save/remove tokens to the OS keychain for cloning and operations.
Introduce an appearance preference with modern, classic, and custom
modes and a persisted custom theme palette. Add helpers to load,
persist, and apply appearance and custom colors, and wire them into the
app settings lifecycle. Implement a comprehensive light theme and
appearance presets using CSS variables so custom palettes are applied
consistently across the UI, and include appearance in analytics when
settings are saved.
- Persist and apply appearance and custom color palette to :root
- Add muted light theme plus classic/modern presets and custom mapping
- Include appearance and customTheme in settings save and analytics payload
The change adds a safer LFS activation flow that ensures a
root .gitattributes file is not hidden by ignore rules and
activates local LFS filters. It also merges patterns from the
repository attributes with those reported by Git LFS to avoid
duplicates and inaccuracies.
- Adds a retry path for large LFS uploads by forcing HTTP/1.1
during pushes when an HTTP 413 error is returned.
The changes introduce server-side commands to manage gitignore
rules and to untrack paths without deleting local files.
A new GitIgnoreKind enum and helper functions normalize targets
and build proper ignore patterns, and UI code was wired to use
these commands.
- add_to_gitignore command and related helpers
- untrack_paths command to remove paths from the index
- UI wiring to expose ignore and untrack actions in explorer
Adds Git LFS support to the backend API and related UI.
The app now exposes commands to inspect, install, track and pull.
A sidecar git-lfs binary is bundled and a prep script is added.
This prepares the correct binary for each target platform.
- Expose Git LFS status and management commands in API
- Bundle and prepare a sidecar git-lfs binary for targets
- Update packaging, docs, and README with LFS notes
This change adds Git notes support to the history UI.
Commits now carry a has_note flag which triggers a note indicator.
Notes can be previewed on hover and loaded on demand,
then the history can be refreshed after edits.
- Adds has_note support on commits and parses from logs.
- Renders a note indicator in history rows with a hover preview.
- Triggers history refresh after note-related actions.
Introduces a credential mode for stored credentials and wire it to
per-remote URL resolution and operation flows. The UI, storage, and
remote interactions now track and persist the mode, enabling token
based auth alongside username/password credentials.
- Remote URL resolution now considers direction (pull/push) and mode
- Credential dialog, saving, and keychain handling updated to pass and
respect the mode
- Unique askpass scripts generated per invocation to avoid clashes
The credential expiry feature has been removed from both the Rust
backend and the frontend. Stored credentials now include only
username and password.
- Remove expiresAt field from StoredCredential
- Simplify API by removing expiry param from credSave
- Drop expiry UI and expiry checks across the app
This release adds upstream tracking for branches and a local-only
indicator in the UI.
The Git integration now exposes upstreams and supports publish flows.
This enables publishing and remote-tracking configuration.
- Introduces upstream tracking and local-only branch UI markers
- Updates toolbar to reflect publish-local state and status indicators
- Bumps version to 2026.8.3 and updates changelog
Adds a new external tools subsystem to detect and launch
diff and editor tools across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
It exposes data models for tools, commands, and results to the UI
and serializes them for consumption by the app.
- Implement cross-platform discovery of editors and diff tools
- Expose serialized results to the UI for user selection
- Centralize per-OS known tool lists and overrides
Introduce a split-planning path for staged changes that asks supported AI
providers to group files into ordered Conventional Commit messages. The
plan is validated before execution so every staged file is assigned once
and unsafe states are rejected.
A new dialog lets users review and adjust the proposed groups before
creating the commits in sequence, with safeguards to preserve remaining
changes if something fails.
This update introduces full support for Git worktrees, allowing users to manage multiple isolated working copies within a single repository. This includes new functionality to list, add, remove, move, lock, and repair worktrees, significantly enhancing the repository's capability to handle parallel development streams.
- Added `GitWorktree` structure definition across API contracts and Rust backend
- Implemented full CRUD operations for worktrees in Tauri commands
- Updated UI components (App.svelte, BranchPanel.svelte) to expose worktree management dialog
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.
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 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+/
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
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
Integrate Aptabase analytics via a Tauri plugin and add a privacy
notice flow plus a settings dialog to control whether anonymous
usage events are sent. The app now tracks key user actions while
ensuring analytics never blocks core Git operations.
- Add analytics tracking helper and Aptabase plugin wiring
- Persist analytics consent in localStorage and gate tracking
- Introduce notice and settings dialogs, plus new event calls
This change introduces a new backend command to fetch file blame using
git's line-porcelain output and returns structured per-line metadata.
The UI adds a BlameDialog that groups lines by commit, highlights
uncommitted changes, and styles the dialog to match the updated theme.
- Add get_file_blame command and parsing with uncommitted detection
- Wire BlameDialog into the explorer file node actions
- Add blame UI component and supporting types and styles
This update extends the Git backend and UI to support listing,
creating, deleting, and pushing tags. It also adds cherry-pick
commands with proper in-progress detection and conflict handling, and
prevents other operations while a cherry-pick is active.
- Add GitTag model, tag listing, and tag CRUD/push commands
- Implement cherry-pick start/continue/abort with status tracking
- Update UI to display tags and gate actions during cherry-pick
This introduces Git rebase commands (start, continue, abort) and
exposes whether a rebase is currently in progress via the status
payload. The UI now blocks committing during an active rebase and
shows a dedicated rebase notice with continue/abort actions.
- Add tauri commands for rebase operations and status detection
- Update frontend to render rebase state and controls
- Adjust conflict/resolution messaging and related UI styling
This change introduces Git stash support end-to-end, including a new
backend command to list stashes and operations to push, apply, pop, and
drop them. The frontend now fetches stashes as part of the repository
bundle and provides a dedicated panel to manage shelved changes.
- Add GitStash model and Tauri commands for stash operations
- Implement StashPanel component and wire it into the app
- Adjust sidebar layout and add stash-specific styling
Improve the commit message generation process by adding a caching mechanism and refining the input handling. This change aims to enhance performance and prevent redundant computations when generating commit messages based on staged changes.
- **src-tauri/crates/commit_ai/src/cloud.rs**:
- Introduced `looks_like_diff_echo` function to detect if the model's output is a diff instead of a commit message.
- Updated `openai_compatible_request` and `generate_anthropic` to utilize the new function for error handling.
- **src-tauri/crates/commit_ai/src/lib.rs**:
- Added `LocalGenerationProfile` enum for managing different generation profiles.
- Implemented caching for generated messages to avoid redundant processing.
- Updated `generate_commit_message` to incorporate caching logic.
- **src-tauri/src/git.rs**:
- Added `staged_diff_local` function to handle local profile generation and exclude specific lock files from the diff.
- Modified `commit_ai_generate` to accept and process the local generation profile.
- **src/App.svelte**:
- Added `lastLocalAiGeneratedMessage` state to track the last generated message and prevent unnecessary updates.
- **.claude/settings.local.json**:
- Updated settings to include additional commands for better functionality.
Add OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic, and custom endpoint support while
keeping the local model path intact. The UI now lets users choose the
provider and local model, and staged diffs are prepared more carefully
so generated commit messages stay focused and usable.
- src-tauri/crates/commit_ai/*
- Add HTTP-based generators for OpenAI, Anthropic, and custom APIs.
- Introduce shared request/response handling and message sanitizing.
- Expand prompt building to require a body and trim long diffs safely.
- Expose selectable local model metadata and loading by model ID.
- src-tauri/src/git.rs
- Add commands for listing local models and loading them in background.
- Route generation by provider and include staged file lists in prompts.
- Exclude noisy lockfiles from detailed staged diffs.
- src-tauri/src/main.rs
- Wire the new AI commands into the Tauri app setup.
- src/lib/components/*
- Add an AI settings dialog and update the commit panel for provider
and model selection.
- src/lib/git.ts, src/lib/types.ts, src/App.svelte, src/app.css
- Extend frontend state, types, and styling for AI provider settings.
- src-tauri/Cargo.lock, src-tauri/crates/commit_ai/Cargo.toml
- Add reqwest and serde_json for cloud API requests.
Introduce a new dialog that allows users to view file changes as individual hunks and selectively stage, unstage, or discard them. This provides more granular control over modifications, similar to `git add -p`.
Enhance branch panel usability by allowing double-click to checkout a branch.
Consolidate multiple Git backend calls into a single bundle to reduce
overhead when opening and auto-refreshing repositories. This significantly
improves performance by fetching status, branches, commits, and files
in one optimized operation, instead of re-running 'git rev-parse' and
'git status' multiple times.
Also, streamline commit history loading by fetching file changes inline
via 'git log --name-status -z', eliminating expensive per-commit
'git diff-tree' processes.
Additionally, introduce the ability to create new branches from a
specific commit in the history and refactor the commit comparison
feature into a dedicated dialog. The status panel now displays concise
file names.
Christoph
Christoph Brandau