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Add options in Base Changes window to only show the diff between Left+Base and Base+Right
When doing a complex merge using the conflict Solver I often use the Base Changes window to see what has changed between since the common parent in both cases which is a fantastic feature, thanks! When using the "Left+Base" mode the Base view still shows the changes compared to Right, even though it is hidden (and same when using Right+Base - the changes between Right and Base are still shown in the Base View).
Would it be possible to add an option (e.g. toolbar button or menu option) to toggle this behaviour to only show the diff between the relevant side and Base. This would then give the same effect as selecting the Base commit and whichever commit corresponds to Left or Right in the log window (which is the workaround I currently use).
Below is an example from an opensource project that (hopefully) illustrates what I mean.
Base Changes Window:

Base + Right selected

The changes shown for lines 45 to 56 in the Common Base above are the changes between Left and Base (which is what I would like to temporarily turn off).
For reference, selecting the same two commits in the the log view and using the File Compare Tool shows the following:

And just in case you would also like to see it, this is the view for Left + Base:

and its associated File Compare (Base is on left in this view)

Update the color contrast for search text

Currently the color contrast between the searched text and the background for added content is really bad and thus it took me 2 minutes just to find where the `next find` is pointing at. Please update this to take into account the background color so it "pops" at me and tell me where to look at.
Conflict Resolution Audit Tools
Hello,
I'm a junior dev with 2 years of professional experience and a SmartGit subscription.
While working on merge conflicts, I've noticed time after time that it would be immensely valuable to have a record of how each conflict was solved if just for some peace of mind and avoid finger pointing when a bug appears. The problem is that when a merge commit is created after resolving conflicts, Git doesn't keep track of several key pieces of info:
1- How many conflicts were there initially?
2- Which files were affected?
3- Which specific lines of a given file were in conflict?
4- How were the different conflicts solved?
Now, what's great about SmartGit is that when creating a merge commit a comment addressing point 2 is already being included. This is great! But I think we can do much better.
I have 3 propositions:
1- Generate a "Conflict Resolution Report: Upon creating the merge commit, it would be fantastic if SmartGit could export a detailed report for each conflicted file. A simple screenshot for each conflict could be a start/additional option. A more useful text-based format like a .diff patch or an interactive HTML file, clearly highlighting what the conflict was and how it was solved would be even better since you never know what the user has on the screen during a screen capture. This would create an invaluable artifact for code reviews and future debugging. Even more powerful the ability to attach a comment to each change so that future me and other devs can quickly understand the reasoning behing complex decisions.
2- Record Resolution button: As an additional or alternative option, a "Record Resolution" button could be provided to trigger a video capture of the entire conflict resolution process, from the moment the user enters the Conflict Solver to the final save. This creates a high-fidelity audit trail and a last-resort backup of the decisions made. Even more, the trigger could set to be automatic. Every time I enter conflict resolver Smartgit would automatically trigger the recording. This way I don't always have to remember clicking the btn.
3- Built-in Conflict Recreation: Provide a way to "re-experience" a past merge conflict from the log. If a problem arises, I could select a merge commit, and SmartGit could instantly recreate the original conflict state in the Conflict Solver.
You could be the ones to implement all this, an entire system to audit each merge conflict.
Conflict Resolver: another view on conflicts
The only thing that i find often inconvenient in SmartGit - the way conflicts are displayed and handled in Conflict Resolver.
SmartGit view:

JetBrains GitClient view:

The later has much more clear (and less scaring :) LOL) picture of the conflicts.
Would be perfect if we are able to switch to yet another view on the conflicts that would be similar to the one on the second screenshot!
Thank you!
Select branch on click in Graph
On left-click in Graph window, the current commit is selected.
If user clicks on branch label, in addition, it would be great to select also this branch in Branches window.
Pull/ fetch more than one submodule in parallel
I have around 25 Submodules in a big Project.
If possible do the git calls to Submodules in parallel.
The Submodules have nearly never Changes but come from different Locations and it seems most of the runtime is lost in the Time for Authentification.
git.exe -c credential.helper= -c "credential.helper=C:/Program\ Files/SmartGit/bin/smartgitc.exe --credential=somenumber" -c credential.useHttpPath=true fetch --progress --prune --recurse-submodules=no origin
Jumping out of log windows for file to global log
Hi,
I have a feature proposal. Sometimes I do the following:
- type a filename in the "Files" tab and CTRL+L for seeing its history
- sometimes I search within the history
- I find the commit I'm interested in
- however now a really awkward set of actions is needed:
1. Copy the commit ID
2. Close the log window
3. Open the log window
4. Paste the commit ID to see surrounding commits and context
It would be great if there was a way to "step out" of the "local" (file based) log window and do a "reveal commit" globally, without closing and opening a new log window.
Change repo path if necessary
It would be desirable if the path to existing repositories could be adjusted in SmartGit.
Currently, this can only be done by removing and re-adding the respective repository or by manually editing the configuration files.
In my case, it was a necessary adjustment to the existing project structure that made this step necessary.
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