Changelog

Fixed

• The terminal's running indicator now animates correctly in PowerShell sessions, matching the behavior already present in zsh and bash.
• PowerShell terminal integration no longer silently breaks for profiles using strict mode.
• Fixed two display bugs in non-English languages: an unfilled placeholder that showed up as literal text during update installs, and a missing space that ran release date text together with adjacent text.

Added

• Terminal tabs can now be duplicated from the right-click menu, opening a new tab in the same folder.

Changed

• Updated bundled dependencies to their latest maintenance releases.

Fixed

• The terminal's running indicator no longer stays animated for the whole time a full-screen program like vim, less, or top is open.
• Lunegit's terminal now properly identifies itself to other programs, fixing compatibility issues with tools that check which terminal they're running in.
• A few interface labels that were left in English are now properly translated.

Added

• Terminal tabs can now be dragged to reorder them.
• The active terminal tab is now visually connected to the terminal below it with a single outline, which pulses while a command is running.

Changed

• Switching between terminal tabs now crossfades the content instead of snapping instantly.

Added

• Checking out a remote branch now reuses your existing local branch and updates it to match, instead of failing when a local branch with the same name already exists.

Fixed

• Deleting the currently open repository's folder outside Lunegit no longer leaves the app showing a repository that's gone — Lunegit now detects this and switches back automatically.
• Fixed a crash on macOS caused by system files appearing in the Scratchpad notes list.

Added

• New "Ignore gitignored file changes" option in Advanced settings to control whether changes to ignored files (like build output) trigger a background refresh. Enabled by default.

Fixed

• Repositories created or cloned are now correctly added to your workspace list.
• Updates found during startup now show a notification.
• Inline code and list bullets in the Markdown preview now line up correctly with the surrounding text.
• Repositories with submodules no longer refresh constantly in the background, and the open file diff no longer closes or resets unexpectedly.
• The log viewer no longer crashes when it fills up with a large number of entries.
• Changes limited to files ignored by .gitignore (such as build output) no longer trigger unnecessary background refreshes.

Added

• Added a Scratchpad panel for keeping notes and simple kanban boards alongside a repository, with folders, tags, and search to help you stay organized.
• Scratchpad notes support Markdown editing with a live preview, and checklists can be toggled directly from the editor.
• Storage settings now show how much space each repository's Scratchpad notes are using, with an option to delete them.
• Scratchpad is available in every bundled language.

Fixed

• Fixed a glitch where the translucent panel background in Scratchpad, Explorer, and the file viewer could look wrong while the window was unfocused.
• Fixed checklist checkboxes in Markdown notes appearing off-center next to their label text.

Added

• A new file explorer panel lets you browse a repository's files and view any file's contents, including a compare mode that shows full-file diffs between two refs.
• Markdown files now render with a live preview in the file viewer, including tables with correct column alignment (even with uneven rows), clickable links, images, diagrams, and math notation.
• Added a "Dark Modern" bundled theme, a near-black neutral theme mirroring VS Code's palette.
• Terminal settings now include an "Allow apps to write to the clipboard" toggle (on by default) so you can stop command-line tools from changing your clipboard. Changing it takes effect immediately, without restarting the terminal.

Fixed

• Fixed a flash of gray or light color when the app window lost focus with transparency effects enabled.
• Fixed the app failing to resume a recently used repository if it could no longer be found on cold start.
• Fixed the last opened file or folder being forgotten after cloning a repository.
• Fixed a compare-mode file viewer bug where clicking a Modified, Renamed, Copied, or TypeChanged file left the viewer stuck on the empty placeholder.
• Fixed the "Side by side" option in the file viewer's diff menu not switching to the split diff view.
• Various polish fixes to the file explorer and Markdown preview, including correct status indicators, header layout, and text selection.
• Fixed the built-in terminal ignoring clipboard-copy requests from command-line tools, so GitHub Copilot CLI's Ctrl+C now actually reaches your system clipboard instead of only reporting "copied".
• The built-in terminal no longer records the full contents of certain escape-sequence responses in its logs, reducing the chance of sensitive command output being written to disk.

Fixed

• Fixed a macOS issue where the built-in terminal's shell history could be redirected to the wrong location instead of your usual history file.

Added

• Terminal tabs now remember and restore their working directory when the app restarts.
• Right-click context menus for terminal tabs.
• Window title bar double-click now toggles maximize/restore.

Changed

• Graph rendering significantly improved for large repositories through geometry caching.
• Terminal rendering optimized for smoother scrolling and reduced CPU usage.
• Hover branch labels now animate in smoothly when you hover over commits.

Fixed

• HISTFILE environment variable now correctly points to home directory in zsh shell integration.
• App no longer crashes when you delete a worktree that is currently open.
• Worktree "active" status badge now displays correctly for main worktrees in submodules.

Added

• Notifications for worktree operations (add, remove, checkout).
• External change detection for monitoring repository changes outside the app.

Changed

• Large file diffs are now virtualized for improved performance with big repositories.
• Fixed refresh ordering during checkout operations to prevent stale state.

Fixed

• Version display no longer shows cosmetic revision component.

Changed

• Behind-the-scenes maintenance and stability improvements.

Fixed

• The downloads page now lists every installer again, and download links always point to the latest release.

Security

• The "View on VirusTotal" link now points to the exact installer you download, and installers are digitally signed so you can verify them before installing.

Added

• Automatic updates: Lunegit can now check for, download, and install new versions right from the Help page, then restart itself — no manual reinstall needed.
• Installed builds now show the correct app name and icon.

Changed

• Reduced memory usage.

Fixed

• The app now shows a clear message and lets you pick a language when Git is not installed, instead of crashing.
• The terminal's tab title now updates correctly again when running shell commands.
• Clicking in the terminal now places the cursor in the right position.

Changed

• The built-in terminal has been rebuilt for more accurate text rendering and smoother, more responsive scrolling.

Fixed

• Emoji and other wide characters now display at their correct width in the terminal, fixing misaligned and garbled lines.
• The terminal stays smooth during heavy output instead of dropping to a low frame rate.

Security

• Updated the bundled SQLite database engine to a patched release, resolving a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-6965).

Security

• Release downloads now include GPG signatures, so you can verify that the files you downloaded are genuine and have not been tampered with.

Fixed

• The app now repaints correctly when you switch back to it from another window.

Fixed

• The app now repaints correctly when you switch back to it from another window.

Added

• When a new update is available, you can now open its VirusTotal security scan results directly from the update screen to confirm the download is safe.

Improved

• The built-in terminal now works better with full-screen and interactive programs, supporting Alt key shortcuts and mouse dragging.

Added

• If Lunegit closes unexpectedly, the next launch now detects it and opens a pre-filled crash report so you can send the details in one step.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash in the commit history view that could occur with certain window layouts.
• Checking out or merging a branch is no longer blocked by uncommitted changes that wouldn't actually conflict — Git's own safety checks now decide.
• The Create Folder dialog now puts the cursor in the name field automatically when it opens.

Improved

• Improved stability and responsiveness in repositories that contain nested Git folders by stopping a repeated background refresh loop.

Improved

• Large repositories now stay responsive during commit history updates — the app refreshes only newly arrived commits instead of re-scanning a large fixed window, making post-pull updates noticeably faster.
• Reduced UI lag in large repositories: file-change events no longer cause brief stalls, branch ahead/behind status updates more quickly, and redundant status rescans have been eliminated.

Added

• App-wide animation toggle with Full / Reduced / None tiers (Phase 1 + Phase 2): navigation, overlays, lists, section reveals, and dialog animations are all motion-system-aware.
• Crash reporting wired into the intake endpoint with an in-app crash dialog.
• Terminal tabs are now clickable and render more smoothly.

Fixed

• Dialog overlay now driven by IsDialogShown to fix invisible-on-reopen regression after animation work.
• Dialog overlay uses a single stable Transitions collection to prevent Run crash.
• Navigation, overlay, and list slide/scale transforms restored via cast-safe mechanisms after opacity-only Phase 2 intermediate.
• Animation tier setting is now restart-required instead of hot-applying (prevents in-flight animation state corruption).
• Astral-plane emoji (characters outside BMP) now render correctly in the terminal renderer.
• Crash dialog status moved onto the action-bar row.

Added

• Rating prompt appears 3 days after first launch, inviting users to rate the app.
• Rounded tree-guide lines in the file-tree panel.

Fixed

• Terminal trackpad/wheel scrolling now uses a unified scroll-unit accumulator, giving consistent speed across TUI and scrollback modes.
• Folder right-click no longer swallows the commit-panel context menu.