This update improves the installation process by adding macros for
registering the application in the Windows registry and creating
shortcuts on the desktop and start menu. These changes ensure a
better user experience by providing easy access to the application
and proper installation records.
- Register application details in the Windows registry
- Create shortcuts for quick access on the desktop and start menu
- Clean up legacy shortcuts during installation
This update introduces a new mechanism for handling multiple publish
targets when uploading artifacts. It refines the configuration by
parsing legacy targets from environment variables and allows for
dynamic bucket and directory management during the publishing process.
- Added support for multiple publish targets from environment variables
- Refactored artifact upload logic to improve maintainability
- Updated tauri configuration to include new endpoint for latest.json
This commit updates the installer and configuration to transition from
GitLite to Gitty. It includes macros for migrating legacy data and
uninstalling the previous GitLite installation, ensuring a smoother
upgrade experience for users.
- Added migration and uninstallation macros for legacy GitLite data
- Updated application identifier from com.git-lite to com.gitty
- Enhanced post-installation cleanup for legacy shortcuts
This update introduces NSIS hooks for managing shortcuts and directories
during the installation and uninstallation of the application. The hooks
ensure that the desktop and start menu shortcuts are removed properly,
along with the associated program directory.
- Implement post-install and post-uninstall hooks in NSIS
- Update configuration to reference the new hooks file
The application has been rebranded from GitLite to Gitty, which involved
updating various references across the codebase, including titles,
descriptions, and identifiers. This change reflects the new branding
strategy and ensures consistency in the user interface and backend.
- Updated project name and identifiers in configuration files
- Changed all instances of "GitLite" to "Gitty" in HTML and Svelte files
- Adjusted descriptions and help texts to match the new branding
This update improves the splashscreen management during application startup. The splashscreen will now remain visible for a minimum duration and will only close after the main application is ready, ensuring a smoother user experience.
- Introduced a new startup sequence to manage background tasks.
- Added error handling for splashscreen closure to maintain functionality.
- Optimized the timing for displaying and hiding the splashscreen.
This update introduces a complete set of high-resolution icons for all target platforms. This ensures consistent branding and visual identity across desktop, Android, and iOS environments. The tauri configuration file has been updated to utilize these new assets.
- Added full sets of Android mipmap density icons
- Included comprehensive iOS AppIcon assets for multiple sizes
- Updated tauri.conf.json with modern icon paths
Adds configuration to specify a dedicated icon for the NSIS installer when building on Windows. This improves the visual branding and user experience during the installation process.
- Configures the tauri build system to use a specific icon file.
The loading overlay's position has been updated to account for a new
layout change. This ensures that the overlay is displayed correctly
below the app title bar, improving the user experience during loading.
- Adjusted overlay position to maintain consistency with layout changes
This change ensures that the repository tab context menu is closed
when the user right-clicks anywhere in the window. This improves
the user experience by preventing the context menu from remaining
open unintentionally.
- Added functionality to close the context menu on right-click.
- Updated event handling for context menu to use capture phase.
This update introduces a context menu for repository tabs, allowing users
to easily close individual tabs, close all other tabs, or close tabs to the
right. Additionally, several visual elements related to loading animations
have been removed to streamline the user interface.
- Implement context menu actions for repository tab management
- Remove unnecessary loading animations from the splash screen and overlays
- Enhance user experience with improved tab management functionality
This commit introduces a splash screen that enhances the user experience during application startup. It includes a new HTML file for the splash screen layout and a corresponding icon. The main application logic has been updated to close the splash screen once the main application is ready.
- Added a splash screen HTML and icon for improved visual feedback
- Updated main application logic to manage splash screen visibility
- Enhanced title bar branding with an image instead of SVG
This update improves the loading animation for the File History Panel,
making it more visually appealing and responsive. The CSS has been
refactored to introduce new styles and animations, while the Svelte
component has been updated to utilize these changes effectively.
- Added new loading animations and styles for better user experience
- Refactored CSS to improve maintainability and visual design
- Updated Svelte component to integrate new loading elements
The loading overlay component has been significantly redesigned to enhance the user experience. The previous SVG-based loading animation has been replaced with a more visually appealing layout that includes new animations and an icon. This update aims to improve the overall aesthetics and interactivity of the loading state.
- Introduced new loading animations and visual elements
- Added a background grid effect for a dynamic appearance
- Updated styles for better responsiveness and visual hierarchy
This update introduces a search bar to the blame dialog, allowing users to filter blame lines based on their input. The search highlights matching text segments, improving the usability of the blame feature for navigating large files.
- Implemented a search bar for filtering blame lines
- Added visual feedback for matched search terms
- Enhanced overall user experience in the blame dialog
This update significantly improves the event tracking system within the
application. Various user interactions, such as toggling favorite
repositories, managing branches, and handling file operations, are now
logged with detailed event tracking, providing better insights into user
behavior and application usage.
- Added tracking for repository management actions and file operations
- Enhanced tracking for branch and tag management events
- Implemented tracking for explorer interactions and conflict resolutions
This update introduces a favorites system for repositories, allowing users
to mark certain repositories as favorites for easier access. The UI has been
modified to include a star icon for toggling favorites, and the layout has
been adjusted to display favorite repositories separately.
- Implemented favorite repository management with local storage
- Updated UI to show favorite repositories with a star icon
- Enhanced repository listing to filter and display favorites
This update introduces a new script to generate application icons in various sizes, including 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, and 512x512 pixels. The generated icons are now included in the Tauri configuration, ensuring that the application has the appropriate icons for different contexts.
- Added a script for generating icons from a source image
- Updated Tauri configuration to reference new icon sizes
- Included multiple icon formats for better compatibility
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
Update the project and Tauri configuration version to 2026.7.14.
This keeps the package metadata and desktop app build in sync for
consistent release tracking.
- Bump version in package.json
- Bump version in tauri.conf.json
The credential dialog now starts with session saving enabled by
default, reducing extra user interaction for the common case. This
improves usability while keeping the option available to change.
- Set saveSession default to true in CredentialDialog
Repo status updates for the management view are now refreshed in the
background after switching, without blocking the initial open flow.
The history graph and hover labels now distinguish local vs upstream
branches, visually marking commits that are ahead or behind.
- Add background fetch helper and shared status update logic
- Pass active upstream into HistoryPanel and render sync styling
Adjust the repo ahead/behind meta colors and add subtle background
highlights for better visual distinction. Also introduce dedicated
CSS for the commit amend toggle input, including checked, focus, and
disabled states to improve usability and accessibility.
- Refine ahead/behind meta color and background emphasis
- Add complete styling for commit amend toggle states
Repo branch status is now cached locally and refreshed in the
background so management and tab lists show up-to-date data without
manual fetches. The background worker updates repos in a round-robin
batch to avoid running multiple git subprocesses at once, and the UI
renders ahead/behind/changed counts alongside branch names.
- Add localStorage-backed repo status cache for known repos
- Background polling updates open tabs and recent/known repos
- Show ahead/behind/changed metadata in repository management UI
This change introduces new Tauri commands to amend the last commit with
an optional message, fetch the last commit message, and undo the most
recent commit safely. The UI now offers an amend toggle and an undo
button only when the last commit hasn’t been pushed upstream, reducing
the risk of rewriting shared history.
- Add amend/undo/last-message git commands in Rust
- Wire new operations into the Svelte commit panel UI
- Add styling and state handling for amend mode
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
Hover behavior for graph branch highlights was adjusted to limit the
opacity/transform changes to the gutter hover state. This prevents the
highlight from triggering when hovering over the graph rows, reducing
unintended visual effects.
The history panel now generates more informative hover text for commits.
It prefers direct local branch refs when available, otherwise it derives
a concise list from containing branch labels and summarizes overflow.
- Add helpers to compute hover branch labels and title text
- Update the graph row hover rendering to use the new helpers
The commit history UI now provides a compact actions menu per commit,
with positioning constrained to the history panel. The menu supports
keyboard dismissal via Escape and closes on outside clicks to keep the
interaction predictable.
- Replace per-commit action buttons with an ellipsis menu
- Add context menu state and panel-relative positioning logic
- Style the new history context menu and menu button
Christoph Brandau
Christoph