Workspace

Git history

See and save versions of your writing without leaving the editor. It needs git installed and the work folder inside a repository.

The History tab with the list of uncommitted files and three commits — The History tab: uncommitted files and the list of commits

The list of commits

The commits that touched the open file, newest first, following a renamed file.
Click a commit to open a window with two tabs: Changes (a colored diff) and Contents of this version.
100 commits are loaded at a time, with a Load more button.

Uncommitted changes

The Uncommitted changes button opens the diff of the open file against HEAD.
The Uncommitted (N) list holds all the files that changed in the repository (M, A, D, R, U), each with a checkbox.
Write a message and press Commit N files to commit several files at once. Open documents are saved first.

The diff window of a commit with colored added and removed lines — The diff of a commit

Writing the message with the assistant

The button with the sparkle icon next to the commit message asks the assistant to write the message. It is in the History tab and in the Uncommitted changes window of one file.

What is sent: only the diff of the checked files against the last commit (in the single-file window, that file) and the subjects of the last 10 commits, so the message follows their language and style. Nothing else in the folder is read.
While it writes: the message streams into the box. The box, the checkboxes, and Commit are locked; the button turns into Stop, which keeps the text written so far.
The result: one line, selected so you can retype or edit it. Ctrl+Z right after puts back what was in the box. Pressing the button again writes a new one. Nothing is committed until you press Commit.
A large change: about 30,000 characters of diff are sent at most. Small diffs are sent whole and the largest are shortened; the status line then says so.
It uses the API key and the model chosen in the Assistant panel's settings, with Deep thinking off. Without a key, the status line links to those settings. A network or server error is shown there too, and the box keeps what you typed.

History for the agent

The agent can read the same history through git_log, show_commit, and file_at_commit, but it never changes the repository; the commit message it writes only fills the box. See Browsing files and Git.