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
The CI workflow now installs the required Rust toolchain and uv on
Ubuntu, and passes a no-strip flag into the Tauri build to control
binary stripping behavior per platform. The CI helper script was
updated to collect only expected bundle and signature files, reducing
noise and improving upload correctness. Versioning was aligned across
the Node package and Tauri config for the new release.
- Add platform-specific no_strip handling in the build workflow
- Install Rust toolchain/uv for Ubuntu builds
- Filter collected artifacts by expected extensions and signatures
Git operations that stage or restore many files could exceed the Windows
command line length limit, causing os error 206 failures. This change
splits file paths into size-bounded chunks and concatenates the output
from multiple git invocations to keep commands within safe limits.
- Chunk file path arguments for Windows compatibility
- Add a local dev command to list pkg-config packages
The workflow now sets up a Rust toolchain only for the Ubuntu
22.04 runner. This ensures Rust-based components can compile
reliably without affecting other platforms.
- Add conditional Rust toolchain install for ubuntu-22.04
Branch deletion now supports an optional force mode in the Tauri
command, enabling deletion of branches that are not fully merged.
The UI replaces the simple confirm prompt with a dedicated dialog and
auto-escalates to force delete when Git rejects a normal delete.
- Add force flag to delete_branch command and tests
- Implement BranchDeleteConfirmDialog and wire it into App.svelte
- Update branch context menu actions and styling
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
The commit history panel is now resizable with a draggable handle and
keyboard support. The chosen width is persisted in local storage so the
layout stays consistent across sessions. Git commit loading was also
adjusted to include all branch tips for a more complete graph.
- Add width persistence and pointer/keyboard resizing for history panel
- Update commit graph query to use topo-order across all refs
- Extend tests to ensure branch tips are included in commit results
The commit history panel now renders a more structured commit header,
including an avatar, kind badge, and clearer metadata layout. The git
graph visuals were also refined with smoother paths and improved hover
effects to make the history easier to scan.
- Add commit kind/root/merge badges and author initials
- Improve graph rendering with curved paths and hover emphasis
- Update CSS for commit cards, ref chips, and graph styling
The fetch command has been updated to run asynchronously, allowing for
better performance and responsiveness in the application. This change
ensures that the command does not block the main thread, enhancing the
user experience when interacting with repositories.
- Fetch command now uses async/await for non-blocking execution
- Added a grace period to prevent immediate background fetch after
switching repositories
- Improved handling of authentication errors during fetch operations
The Windows overlay badge now renders a single combined number and
includes an additional “changes” component in the total. This makes
the badge more informative while keeping the icon compact and
legible across small sizes.
- Simplify badge rendering to one circle with centered text
- Extend the Tauri command and frontend call to pass changes count
The badge icon rendering was tweaked by slightly reducing the
radius and scale constants. This helps align the icon proportions
and spacing for a cleaner visual result.
This updates the Windows taskbar overlay badge to show ahead and
behind separately with distinct colors, and clears it when both are
zero. It also adds a new authenticated fetch command wired through
the Tauri backend and UI, including a silent background fetch to keep
ahead/behind (and the badge) accurate without user interaction.
- Add Windows dual badge rendering for ahead/behind
- Implement Tauri fetch command with auth error handling
- Add UI fetch action plus periodic background fetch updates
This change introduces a Windows-only taskbar badge that displays the
ahead+behind count as a rendered overlay icon. The UI now updates
the badge whenever the repository sync status changes, and the git
diff commands are adjusted to avoid external diff/text conversion noise.
- Add badge rendering and Tauri command for setting overlay icon
- Wire badge updates into the Svelte app based on git status
- Update git diff invocations to disable ext-diff/textconv
Local AI is now treated as unavailable in the settings UI, with a
migration to ensure any previously saved "local" selection switches
back to OpenAI. The history panel also improves how commit file
names are presented, including clearer old->new path formatting.
- Migrate stored AI provider away from local to prevent dead state
- Disable local provider option with an "in development" badge
- Refine history panel filename rendering and tooltip context
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.
Translate commit AI prompts, model labels, and git/keychain errors to
English so the app and generated messages are consistent. Also add a
discard confirmation dialog and update the UI text/styles to match the
new flow.
- src-tauri/crates/commit_ai/src/cloud.rs
- Translate HTTP and API error messages to English.
- Keep request timeout and token sizing behavior unchanged.
- src-tauri/crates/commit_ai/src/lib.rs
- Translate model labels, prompt text, and validation errors.
- Keep diff truncation and message sanitization logic intact.
- src-tauri/src/git.rs
- Translate git, credential, merge, and history errors.
- Update AI provider validation messages to English.
- src/lib/components/*
- Update AI settings, commit panel, credential, and loading UI text.
- Add discard confirmation dialog for destructive actions.
- src/App.svelte, src/app.css
- Adjust app layout and styling for the new dialog and text changes.
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.
Introduces a new "Repository Management" view for browsing open and recent repositories. Adds a tabbed interface for quickly switching between multiple active repositories, with persistent state. Also includes a new command to open the current repository in the native file explorer.
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.
Introduce a full-screen, animated overlay to provide visual feedback
when the application is opening a repository. This prevents perceived
delays and informs the user about the ongoing operation.
Also, enhance build performance and binary size by configuring
Cargo profiles:
- Development: Enable incremental compilation, use line-tables-only
debug info, and optimize third-party dependencies to speed up
rebuilds and improve runtime snappiness during development.
- Release: Apply aggressive optimizations (opt-level 3, thin LTO,
single codegen unit, stripping) for smaller, faster binaries.
Implement the ability to create new local branches directly from the application's UI. This includes a new backend command to handle branch creation with validation and a frontend form in the branch panel.
Additionally, extend the global search dialog to include a "Files" tab. Users can now search for files by name or path within the repository. Selecting a file in the search results displays its full commit history, with options to diff the file at a specific commit or restore it to that version.
Users can now open a diff for a specific search hit directly from the global search results. The original search query will be highlighted within the diff view, making it easier to locate the relevant changes.
Additionally, add `--no-textconv` to git commands used in search and diff operations. This prevents failures when git encounters binary files that textconv drivers might otherwise attempt to process.
When executing Git commands on Windows, a console window would briefly flash. This change applies the CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag to prevent this, providing a smoother user experience.
S3 and MinIO bucket naming conventions require names to be lowercase. This change ensures that the bucket name derived from the `S3_BUCKET` environment variable (or default) is always converted to lowercase, preventing potential configuration errors.
The Tauri updater requires anonymous read access to fetch application artifacts. This change ensures that the S3 bucket used for storing these artifacts always has a public read policy applied, both upon initial creation and during subsequent checks.
The `uv` tool is expected to be pre-installed on the runner or handled by an earlier workflow step, making its explicit installation within this job redundant.
The `cicd_tool` resides directly within the `GitLite` repository. The previous path calculation redundantly appended "GitLite", resulting in an incorrect project root. This change correctly identifies the parent directory as the repository root and removes the unused `REPO_ROOT` variable.
This change introduces a comprehensive auto-update mechanism for the application and significant improvements to the integrated Git client experience.
Key features include:
- **Automated Release Workflow:** A new Gitea Actions workflow (`app_builder.yaml`) and a Python `cicd_tool` are added to automatically build, sign, and upload release artifacts to S3-compatible storage (MinIO) upon a new release. This also generates the `latest.json` file required by the updater.
- **Tauri Updater Integration:** The `tauri-plugin-updater` is integrated into the application, enabling it to check for and apply updates seamlessly.
- **Robust Git Push Handling:** The application now intelligently handles non-fast-forward push failures by prompting the user to perform a pull/merge operation before re-attempting the push.
- **Enhanced File Comparison:** A new `compare_file_to_parent` command is introduced, allowing detailed file diffs against a commit's direct parent, including the "empty tree" for initial commits.
- **Explorer Panel Improvements:** "Expand All" and "Collapse All" functionality is added to the file explorer for better navigation.
Christoph Brandau