Changelog

All notable changes to Sergeant will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog,
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.0.2] - 2024-12-26

Display issue on Arch Linux: Added terminal color support checking
- Prevents crashes on terminals without color support
- Gracefully degrades when start_color is unavailable
- Fixes blank screen issue with Ruby version managers (mise, rbenv, asdf)

Installation troubleshooting
- Comprehensive troubleshooting documentation in README
- Simple alias solution for Arch Linux display issues: alias sgt='ruby "$(which sgt)"'
Better error handling
- Terminal initialization now shows helpful error messages on failure
- Displays environment information (TERM, TTY status) to aid debugging

Improved terminal initialization with has_colors? checks before calling start_color
Added error recovery for curses screen initialization failures
Better compatibility with different ncurses implementations

Major performance improvement: Fixed severe input lag with large directories
- Directory contents now only refresh when necessary (directory changes, file operations)
- Previously refreshed on every keystroke, causing thousands of unnecessary file system calls
- Navigation (arrow keys, marking) is now instant regardless of directory size
Better error handling: Added error messages to help diagnose installation issues
- Shows load path and helpful reinstall instructions if gem fails to load
- Displays full error details instead of silently failing

Interactive TUI navigation - Navigate directories with arrow keys or vim bindings (hjkl)
File operations
- Mark/unmark files with Space
- Copy (c), cut (x), paste (p) with smart conflict resolution
- Delete with confirmation (d)
- Rename files/directories (r)
- Create new files/directories (n)
File viewing and editing
- Edit files with $EDITOR support (e) - respects POSIX conventions
- Preview files read-only (v) - markdown with glow, code with nvim/vim
- Fallback chain: $EDITOR → nano → nvim → vim → vi
Terminal integration
- Execute shell commands without leaving sgt (:)
- Commands run in current directory context
Search and navigation
- Fuzzy file search with fzf integration (/)
- Bookmarks system (b)
- Git branch display in header
- Parent directory navigation (h/←)
UI features
- Color-coded display (directories, files, selected items)
- Adaptive interface for narrow terminals and tiling window managers
- Smart scrolling for large directories
- Ownership/permissions toggle (o)
- Help modal with all key mappings (m)
- Status indicators for marked/copied items
Configuration
- Customizable colors via ~/.sgtrc
- Bookmark management in config file
- Theme support