Git Navigator

Git Navigator is an IDE extension that puts Git actions on a visual canvas and keeps Git simple so you can focus on the code. Drag, click, and resolve without leaving your editor.

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Git Navigator overview

Why Git Navigator?

Interactive commit graph with branch and tag labels.

Focused commit graph

See branches, tags, favorites, and history at a glance with a clean, readable graph.

Drag commits to rebase visually.

Drag-and-drop rebase

Reorder commits visually and move a single branch or a full stack.

Stage, unstage, and split commits with precision.

Commit control

Split commits, stage line-by-line, amend, cherry-pick, or uncommit without CLI hops.

Cherry-pick a commit to another branch in seconds.

Cherry-pick in branch mode

Apply specific commits to another branch without leaving the graph.

Resolve conflicts with block-level actions.

Conflict resolution

Resolve conflicts with clear actions and block-level choices.

Create branches and tags directly from the graph.

Branches & tags

Create, favorite, fast-forward, and clean up branches and tags without leaving the graph.

Stack push overlay for safe stacked workflows.

Stack push overlay

Choose pull behavior from a dropdown, then push stacked branches with a clear preview.

Switch active worktrees without leaving the graph.

Worktree-aware workflow

See active worktree context and run Git actions against the correct checkout.

Create and delete linked worktrees with built-in safety checks.

Linked worktree management

Create, clean up, and manage linked worktrees directly from Git Navigator.

Optional PR/MR and CI status in the commit list.

Provider metadata

Surface PR/MR status and CI checks from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Gitea.

Stack vs branch mode in Git Navigator
See the difference between stack and branch mode.

Stack vs branch mode

Compare stacked workflows with traditional branching, and learn when to use each mode.

Read the guide

Requirements

VS Code (or Cursor, Antigravity etc.) 1.85+ Any Git repository No extra dependencies

New to stacked workflows? Read the stack vs branch mode guide.

Working on a large repo? Tune maxActiveBranches and maxTags in Settings.

What's new

0.2.2 · 2026-02-28

  • Favorite branches support with persistence and active-branch computation
  • Favorite toggle controls in refs overlay and graph badges (star icon + menu action)
  • Pull action dropdown with multiple pull modes
  • Sidebar update-message editing flow with rewrite engine
  • Support for initial commits in empty repositories
  • New stash-history and worktrees overlays in the header menu
  • Performance settings for `maxActiveBranches` and `maxTags`, plus a Settings shortcut in overflow
  • Reworked header actions into a compact overflow-first layout with combined overlays
  • Split refs menu into Branches, Tags, and Worktrees entries
  • Switched webview branch resolution to worktree-based lookup and removed `currentBranch` state plumbing
  • Optimized branch/tag fetching for large repositories
  • Simplified pull UI behavior when on the default branch
  • Improved git repository detection for nested workspace folders

0.2.1 · 2026-02-13

  • Worktree defaults settings management
  • Support for ignored-path defaults and optional symlink setup in worktree creation
  • Worktree dialog options for ignored entries and command-based flows
  • Worktree label menu with workspace-aware actions
  • Refined ignored-entry list styling in the worktree dialog
  • Updated test mocks to match navigator lifecycle behavior
  • Prevent duplicate navigator auto-open across multiple windows

0.2.0 · 2026-02-10

  • End-to-end linked worktree support across Git service, panel actions, and webview state
  • Worktrees section in refs overlay with create and delete actions
  • Worktree creation dialog with defaults and branch requirement checks
  • Active worktree indicator in header and commit rows, with worktree heads shown in the graph
  • Conflict actions in worktree panels, including mark-resolved handling for conflicted worktrees
  • Made checkout targeting, refs overlay behavior, and branch operations worktree-aware
  • Scoped stash handling, squash routing, commit diff file views, and conflict UI to the active worktree
  • Added confirmation flow for deleting linked worktrees from the UI
  • Moved worktree dialog rendering to a static template skeleton
  • Unified commit target display and picker flow across worktree actions
  • Expanded worktree test coverage and stabilized integration test timeouts
  • Blocked unsafe worktree actions on dirty/conflicted states and path-collision scenarios
  • Scoped uncommitted stats and stash auto-drop checks to the correct worktree
  • Revalidated branch safety before branch deletion from worktree panels
  • Reduced redundant worktree status rerenders
  • Silenced stale worktree refresh errors
  • Stabilized worktree refresh state comparisons

0.1.1 · 2026-02-04

  • Open remote branch links directly from badges
  • Allow local-only rewrites on the default branch
  • Mark resolved action in conflict UI
  • Stack push now shows a Done state
  • Skip metadata fetch for local-only HEAD
  • Exclude patch selection base from stage/unstage picks
  • Indeterminate checkbox background styling
  • Rename handling in commit files list and uncommitted changes
  • Unstage both sides of renames
  • Suppress push dialog when up-to-date and show push bar for diverged branches
  • Surface push failures in the dialog
  • Enter now creates and checks out a branch
  • Include all stages for partial files

0.1.0 · 2026-01-23

  • Stack mode with stack-aware rebase/amend and stack/base labels
  • Branch mode with branch-only rebase/amend and detached HEAD banner
  • Stack push overlay for stacked workflows
  • New hover actions for checkout, fast-forward, and delete merged branches
  • Cherry-pick commits in branch mode
  • Gitea metadata support
  • Refine changes overlay polish (hunk breakdown, hover highlights, spacing)

0.0.4 · 2026-01-13

  • GitHub App device login for optional metadata sign-in
  • GitLab merge request and pipeline metadata support (PAT-based)
  • Bitbucket Cloud pull request and pipeline metadata support (API token)
  • Improved Git lock handling overlay
  • Switched to remote-safe file access
  • Show commits directly when the graph contains a single commit
  • Detached HEAD display and uncommit handling
  • Checkout now prefers local branches over tags, with tag checkout fixes
  • Commit ordering when history is ahead of the default branch tip
  • Commit view now handles deleted files correctly