Performance and Git UX

This filing is about performance improvements and local Git UX after v0.1.

In the first dispatch I admitted that opening uv lagged, and bun destroyed the app. I wanted to improve rendering performance while keeping the app open to more future features, like comments and merge conflicts.

Diffs by Pierre

So I replaced Timestream's old hunk viewer with Diffs by Pierre. The review panel still has split and inline modes, but the renderer itself is Pierre's virtualized CodeView.

Diffs by Pierre showcased all the features I wanted to add in my Git client on DiffsHub, so I used their package instead of making my own.

File tree (Trees by Pierre)

In the file tree, displaying the changed files in a flat list made it hard to know which files were changed, and where (some had the same name, but different paths).

Using Trees by Pierre, changed files are no longer a flat list. All the changes are now displayed in a virtualized file tree, keeping the git status on each path.

Tag management

The tag manager now lives separately from the GitHub view. You can now handle tags locally, and make new ones directly on the timeline by right-clicking on a commit.

The GitHub view now only focuses on releases, using existing tags.

Remotes management

When filing changes, you can now manage remotes directly from the review desk.

v0.1 already fetched, ff-only pulled, and pushed. v0.2 now lets you add, rename, set the URL, or cull remotes without leaving the app.

Common remotes added are origin, upstream, and mirror, with origin being the default remote for fetching and pushing.

What's next

• 01 Editing PRs, issues, comments
• 02 Inline review comments on the diff
• 03 Stash, blame, file history
• 04 Notification inbox
• 05 Conflict editor
• 06 Metrics telemetry (lines reviewed, # of commits, # of PRs and issues)

And even more features that I'll think of later.

Other notes

Even though v0.2 is slightly better than v0.1, there will still be bugs and weird UX flows. I'm just making sure these features exist first before I perfect them.