Feature reference

Commit graph

• One graph for everything Branches, tags, stashes, worktrees and pull requests share one commit graph.
• Animated changes Merges collapse and expand with animation, and the graph moves smoothly as fetches, pushes and merges change it.
• Large histories History loads progressively and updates in place, so large repositories open quickly and scroll smoothly.
• Collapse merges Collapse one merge or all of them to simplify a dense history.
• Density and order Comfortable or compact rows, date or topological order, compact branch and version tag labels.
• Drag and drop Drag commits, branches and stashes in the graph to merge, rebase, cherry-pick, push or reset. The drop names the operation before you release.
• Commit details Author, committer, parents, full IDs and Markdown descriptions, with links to parents and references.
• Tabs for investigations Open commits and comparisons in tabs of their own and keep several open at once.

Filters and search

• Branch filters Show only the current branch, or hide and show selected branches, tags and whole folders of references.
• Search history Find commits by message, ID, author, branch, tag or changed file.
• Highlight or filter Highlight matches in the full graph, or narrow it to matching commits.
• Results as you type The first matches appear right away while the deeper search continues.

Branches and tags

• Create and switch Create branches from any commit, branch or tag; check out local and remote branches or a single commit.
• Rename and delete Rename local and remote branches and delete several at once, with a warning before unmerged commits would be lost.
• Tracking Set, change or remove the upstream branch; ahead and behind counts show what to push and pull.
• Folders and sorting Branches group into folders by their slashes and sort by name or recent use.
• Stale branches Find local branches whose upstream is gone and select them for cleanup.
• Tags Create lightweight or annotated tags, inspect annotations, and push or delete tags locally and on remotes.

Comparing

• Compare commits Compare any two commits, or any commit with your local changes.
• Branch against its base Review only what a branch adds. Its base is found from the pull request, the reflog or the graph, and you can change it.
• No checkout needed Browse the files and changes of any revision without touching your working copy.

File history and blame

• File and folder history Every commit that changed a file or folder, following renames.
• Blame Line-by-line authors and commits, optionally ignoring whitespace; select a commit to highlight its lines.
• Files at any revision Browse the complete file tree of any commit and open older versions of files.

Reviewing changes

• Unified or side by side Read changes unified, side by side, or in a compact linked layout.
• Syntax highlighting Bundled grammars for C++, C#, Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Swift and many more.
• Word-level highlights Changed characters stand out inside each changed line.
• Context and whitespace Adjust context lines or show the whole file, ignore whitespace changes, show invisible characters and wrap long lines.
• Find and navigate Search inside changes and jump between them or to a line.
• One scrolling view Scroll through every changed file of a commit in one view.

Staging and committing

• Staged and unstaged apart See what goes into the commit separately from what stays behind.
• Stage precisely Stage, unstage or discard whole files, folders, hunks or single lines.
• Untracked and ignored files Show or hide them, and add files, folders or extensions to .gitignore or a local exclude.
• Live status Changes made outside the app appear on their own.
• Commit and push Commit, amend, or commit and push in one step, with a warning before amending a pushed commit.
• Commit messages A separate summary and description, templates, recent messages, saved drafts and spellchecking.
• Identities Set your name and email globally or per repository, or let the matching hosting account choose.

Rewriting history

• Visual interactive rebase Drag commits into a new order and reword, edit, squash, fix up or drop them, with a preview of the rewritten commits and affected branches.
• Merge and rebase Merge with a fast-forward, a merge commit or a squash, or rebase onto another branch, with optional autostash.
• Cherry-pick Apply one or several commits to the current branch, with or without committing.

Stashes

• Stash what you choose Stash everything, only selected files, or untracked files too.
• Snapshots Stash a snapshot and keep working on your changes.
• Inspect before applying Review a stash’s changes, see stashes in the graph, and rename or delete them.

Images and large files

• Image comparison Compare images side by side, with a swipe divider or an adjustable overlay, SVG included.
• Zoom and transparency Zoom and pan over a checkerboard, light or dark background.
• Binary files See how the size of binary files changed.
• Native previews PDFs, documents and other files open in your system’s own previewer, right in the app.
• Git LFS Track files by pattern and fetch, pull, push or prune LFS objects.
• File locks Make patterns lockable, lock and unlock files and see who holds locks.
• Patches Save commits or changes as patches and apply patch files, also by dropping them on the window.

Before you start

• Conflict check See whether a merge or rebase will conflict before you run it.
• Unfinished work Checks before destructive operations warn about uncommitted changes and unmerged commits.

Resolving

• Visual conflict editor Both sides and an editable result: choose a side for each conflict, keep both in either order, or edit the result yourself.
• Step through conflicts Move between unresolved conflicts, save partial work and mark files resolved.
• Images and binary files Compare conflicting images and keep either side.
• Deleted and renamed files Delete and rename conflicts show both sides.
• Submodule conflicts Compare the conflicting submodule revisions in a graph and choose one.
• External merge tool Resolve in your own merge tool instead.
• Continue, skip or abort Carry on with a merge, rebase, cherry-pick or revert after conflicts, skip a commit, or abort.

Recovery

• Reflog Step through the reflog in the graph to find commits that seem lost, and bring them back with a branch or a reset.
• Revert Undo one or several commits with new commits, with or without committing right away.
• Reset Soft, mixed or hard, each explained before you choose.
• Clear results Partial failures, cancellations and conflicts are reported apart from what succeeded.

Services

• Supported services GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gitea and Forgejo, including GitHub Enterprise, GitLab self-managed, Bitbucket Data Center and Azure DevOps Server.
• Several accounts Connect several accounts and private servers and see each connection’s status.
• Any Git remote Remotes on other hosts work as ordinary Git remotes.
• Links and avatars Open repositories and commits on the web, with contributor avatars throughout.

Pull requests

• In the app List pull and merge requests with their author, state, draft status and branches; filter, sort and search them.
• In the graph Pull request labels sit on their branches in the graph. Click one to see its changes.
• Descriptions and changes Read descriptions in Markdown and inspect the commits and changes.
• On the web Open a request in the browser, or start one from a branch.

Issues

• Issue links Issue keys in commit messages, branch names and pull requests become links, with details where the service provides them.
• Jira Jira Cloud and Jira Data Center.
• Custom trackers Your own key patterns and URL templates, limited to the repositories you choose.

Remotes and sync

• Fetch, pull and push Fetch one remote or all, pull with merge or rebase, push branches and tags, and publish new branches with tracking.
• Automatic fetch Fetch the current repository on a schedule, without login prompts.
• Force with lease A safer force push, never remembered as a default.
• Manage remotes Add, rename, edit and remove remotes.
• Progress Transfers show their progress and can be canceled.

Opening and cloning

• Clone From an HTTPS or SSH address, from a connected account’s repository list, or from an address in the clipboard.
• Home Recent repositories with their branch and latest commit; filter and sort them, or fetch and pull right from the list.
• Open and create Open existing repositories, create new ones, or drop a folder on the window.

Tabs, windows and workspaces

• Tabs and windows Open many repositories in tabs, and drag a tab out into a window of its own or into another window.
• Workspaces Save sets of windows and tabs as named workspaces and switch between them.
• Restore Windows, tabs and layout come back where you left them, and closed tabs reopen.

Worktrees

• Worktrees List, create and remove worktrees, and open each in its own tab.
• Change counts See local changes in your other worktrees at a glance.
• Safe removal A warning before removing a worktree with unfinished work.

Submodules

• Manage submodules Add, update, open and remove submodules.
• Nested status Tell a moved submodule commit apart from changes inside the submodule.
• Submodule history See the commits behind a submodule update in a small graph.

Credentials and SSH

• Secure storage Tokens are kept in the system’s credential store.
• Sign in Sign in through the browser where the service supports it, or use a personal access token.
• SSH keys Add existing keys, generate new ones, choose a default and test a connection.

Tools

• Editors and terminal Open a repository in your editor or terminal; installed editors are found automatically.
• External diff and merge tools Presets and custom commands with your own arguments.
• Your Git Real Git underneath: the bundled one, the system one, or your own installation.
• Git output See the Git commands that ran and their output, and copy the details for troubleshooting.

Navigation

• Quick Actions Find actions, repositories, branches, commits, files and settings from one search.
• Keyboard shortcuts Shortcuts for frequent actions, remappable, with conflict detection.
• Settings search Find any setting by name.

Appearance

• Themes Light and dark themes, an accent color and a title bar fill.
• Fonts and scale Interface and code fonts, code size, tab width and interface scale.
• Your layout Pane sizes and view options are remembered.

AI commit messages

• Optional Nothing is sent anywhere until you set up a provider and ask.
• Your provider OpenAI, Anthropic, or a local model through LM Studio.
• Draft or improve Write a commit message from your staged changes, improve a draft or rewrite a selection, also while rebasing.
• Instructions and consent Reusable instructions per repository, and a prompt before any changes are shared.

Platforms

• Windows, macOS and Linux The same app on all three.
• Sharp at any scale Drawn for the display’s pixel density.
• Updates Check for, download and verify updates inside the app.
• Command line Open a repository from the command line in the running app.