v3.0.0 — Every AI model. Blazing fast.

GitNova 3.0.0 — Every AI model. Blazing fast.

A major release on two fronts: a ground-up multi-provider AI platform with a real chat assistant, and a deep performance overhaul of the refresh and git-process architecture.

🤖 AI

• Multi-provider AI layer — first-class adapters for Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI / Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini, the VS Code Language Model API (Copilot), and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with one-click presets for Ollama, LM Studio, Groq, OpenRouter, Mistral, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu GLM. Streaming-first, no SDK bloat, per-provider keys in SecretStorage (legacy key migrates automatically).
• AI Assistant chat — Claude-style chat in the sidebar or as an editor panel, grounded in your repository through safe read-only git tools (status, log, diff, show, blame, branches). Persistent per-project chat history, repo + active-file context on every turn, adaptive typewriter streaming, syntax-highlighted code, markdown tables, animated tool chips.
• AI Review Panel — structured findings (file / line / severity) with jump-to-line, severity filters, and confirm-then-apply fix suggestions. Review staged, working-tree, or branch-vs-base changes.
• Semantic history tools — natural-language commit search ("when did we change the auth handling?"), changelog/release-notes generation between refs, and AI branch name suggestions.
• Streaming everywhere — explain, review, changelog, and Repo Doctor analysis stream token-by-token with a Stop button.
• GitNova: Select AI Model picker with live model listing + a status bar model indicator.

⚡ Performance

• Coalesced refresh pipeline — one scoped, debounced refresh per change instead of every view refetching on every save; hidden views skip work until reopened.
• Removed the workspace-wide file watcher that ran git status for every file event (builds, npm install, test output).
• Git result caching with in-flight deduplication and precise invalidation.
• ~10× fewer git processes — tags via one for-each-ref (was 2 per tag), branches in one process, commit details in one git show (was three), HEAD via rev-parse, and no index locking on reads.
• Faster activation — single cheap repo validation, lazy webview construction, deferred services, CodeLens only when enabled, auto-refresh paused while unfocused.

🌳 Git

• Real branch ahead/behind + upstream tracking in the branches and overview views (previously always 0).
• Commit graph redesigned — continuous colored branch rails with rounded merge/fork curves, incremental "Load more", and instant search.
• All webviews hardened with CSP + nonces; slim themed scrollbars throughout.

🐛 Fixed

• commit.create ignored the message passed by the commit template wizard.
• Custom OpenAI base URLs were silently ignored.
• Saving an AI API key now offers to switch the active provider immediately.

Full changelog: https://github.com/sitharaj88/git-nova/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sitharaj.git-nova

v2.1.0

GitNova 2.1.0 — History rewriting & visual interactive rebase

✨ Added

• History rewriting commands — Cherry-pick, Revert, Amend, Reset (soft/mixed/hard), Squash, and Fixup, from the palette or the Commit History context menu.
• Visual Interactive Rebase — drag-and-drop todo editor with per-commit pick/reword/squash/fixup/drop and inline message editing.
• Operation recovery UX — continue/skip/abort commands for rebase and merge, plus a status bar warning with a quick-pick while an operation is in progress.
• Built-in merge editor integration — "Resolve in Merge Editor" opens conflicts in VS Code's native 3-way editor.
• Native diff editors for staged/unstaged changes, commits, and comparisons.
• Create Pull Request — guided in-editor flow with optional AI-generated description.
• Autolinks — configurable rules turning issue references (#123) into clickable links.
• Status bar blame and configurable inline annotation templates.

🐛 Fixed

• Rebase/merge in-progress detection never matched; merge continue/abort failed once conflicts were staged.
• showStatusBar, autoRefresh, and refreshInterval settings are now honored.
• Blame annotations read the documented gitNova.blame.* settings.
• Conflicted files opened from merge flows resolved against the wrong path.

🧹 Removed

• 12 dead settings that were declared but never read; unused React/Zustand webview pipeline (smaller install).

Full changelog: https://github.com/sitharaj88/git-nova/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

v1.0.4

• Enhanced Diff view handling and performance.
• Improved Stash management reliability.
• Optimized Status Bar updates and git service interactions.
• General codebase refactoring and stability improvements.

v1.0.3

• Updated: Application icon is now a full square to prevent cutoff.

v1.0.2

• Optimized icon sizes to VS Code extension standards (128x128).

v1.0.1

• Fixed: Application icon now has transparent corners.

v1.0.0

Added

• Initial release of GitNova.
• Branch Management: Create, delete, rename, switch, and compare branches.
• Commit History: View and search commit history with detailed information.
• Diff Viewer: Side-by-side and unified diff views with syntax highlighting.
• Stash Management: Create, apply, pop, and drop stashes.
• Tree Views: Dedicated views for Source Control, Changes, Branches, Commits, Stashes, Remotes, and Tags.
• Interactive UI: Modern, glassmorphism-inspired React-based webviews for complex operations.
• Git Graph: Integration for visualizing commit history graph.
• Status Bar: Quick access to branch status and sync operations.