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Product Goals:

  • Give users a good set of handrails so in their use of the UI, they don’t get themselves stuck.
    • Provide a ‘happy path’ that the extension doesn’t deviate from. Make it easy for users to follow this happy path and difficult for them to deviate from it.
  • Help establish a good working rhythm with Git that will help them develop a useful mental model .
    • Expose the most frequently used commands that cover the majority of daily git use.
  • Increase Usability of Git
    • Shield user from repetitive actions.
    • Increase visibility of the state of Git Repos; surface state-related information.
    • Unblock advanced commands by easing transition to terminal when necessary.

Research Requirements:

  • Surface the most used commands, and in what context they are used.
  • Discover Git functionality that is frequently helpful, but difficult to execute.

Design Requirements:

First Stage

  • Add remote functionality (Push to Origin [default], Pull from Origin [default], Expose Remotes?)
    • Merge/diff conflicts handled in the terminal
  • Branches
    • Add new Branch
    • Switch Branches
  • Surface reasons for disabled actions (create/switch)
  • Repos (Through File Browser)
    • Clone Repo (Button in file browser)
    • Init Repo (In file menu) ← Expose this elsewhere?
    • Select Repo (Through File Browser) ← Give feedback in filebrowser as to existence of repo?
  • Commits
    • Commit
    • Stage
    • Remove

First Stage Stretch goals.

  • Give Git feedback in the file browsers
    • Allow users to link to the git extension directly from the file browser.
  • Add Stash Functionality.
    • Migrate changes to new branch when created.