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Git Workbench v1.1.0 — Safer History & Expanded Hosting
Git Workbench v1.1.0 expands hosted repository collaboration, adds safer AI-assisted history workflows, and makes everyday commit editing smoother.
Highlights
- More hosting providers: Browse and work with pull requests or merge requests on GitHub, GitLab.com, self-hosted GitLab, Bitbucket Cloud, and Gitea. GitLab instances keep their own connection settings, including HTTPS ports and base paths.
- Provider-aware request navigation: Requests have a dedicated sidebar view and use the host’s terminology. Review workspaces include provider context, conversations, approvals, and CI information where the host supports them.
- Safer AI-assisted history tools: Explain branch changes and draft rewritten commit messages for review. Applying a draft requires confirmation and a restore point; file trees and author metadata are preserved, and changes are not pushed automatically.
- Smoother commit editing: Click staged or unstaged file rows to inspect their diffs. Drag the top edge of the commit editor to resize it, or use the arrow keys when the resize handle is focused.
- More readable guidance: Home and in-app guide typography follow the app’s text-size settings more consistently.
Downloads and installation
Choose the installer for your operating system from Assets below:
| Platform | Downloads |
|---|---|
| Linux x64 | AppImage, Debian/Ubuntu .deb, Fedora/RHEL .rpm, and Arch .pkg.tar.zst |
| Windows x64 | NSIS setup .exe |
| macOS Intel and Apple silicon | Universal .dmg and .zip |
Git must be installed and available on your system. Git LFS requires a separate Git LFS installation. Existing SSH keys and Git credential helpers continue to handle Git authentication.
macOS builds are unsigned and not notarized. Install only from this repository’s release assets and use macOS Privacy & Security approval if Gatekeeper blocks the app. macOS upgrades remain manual downloads from this release page.
On supported Linux packages and Windows, Settings → About → Software updates provides update checks, explicit downloads, and an explicit restart/install action. Native Linux package installation may request system authorization. The .yml and .blockmap assets support the updater; download an installer to install the app.
Validation
The automated suite passed 2,455 tests, with 100% statements, branches, functions, and lines across all 120 executable source files under the configured coverage gate. The release workflow generated Linux, Windows, and macOS installers and matching updater metadata. These checks do not replace native installer and operating-system permission testing.
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Released under the MIT license.