The Repositories page

In this chapterAdd a repo and identify its next action.

All your repos in one list, with the selected repo on the right.

Get repos in: Add repository (or the three cards you see when there are no repos yet):

• Clone as the right account, into any folder or drive (shallow, partial and sparse clones; from a .bundle file). You can also browse an account’s repos, or fork and clone in one step.
• Add a folder: pick any folder. A repository is added and opens straight away. A folder that isn’t a repository yet gets Make it a repository?: GitTrail runs git init there and keeps every file as it is. It suggests a .gitignore from what’s in the folder (Node, Go, Python…), warns about .env and key files, and lets you make the first commit now or review the files in Changes first.
• New repository: a new folder with a README, .gitignore, license and the first branch’s name you choose, first commit made as the chosen account.

Each row shows the repo, the account it pushes as, the branch, a status line (● changes, ↑ to push, ↓ to pull, conflicts, account problems, Up to date, Local only) and when it was last active.

The details panel shows the account (change it there), branch, ahead/behind and when it was checked, and the next step: Commit, Pull, Push, Publish or Resolve conflicts. Overview lists changes and recent commits; Activity shows the history.

Handy tools

• Filters: All, Uncommitted, To push, To pull, Attention.
• Sort and search: recently active, most to do, or name; press / to search.
• List or cards, remembered.
• Check all for updates: fetches every repo one after another (with Stop). Nothing is pulled.
• Favorites and recent appear first and in the sidebar.
• Open in an editor or IDE: every row has an editor button listing the editors installed (VS Code, Cursor, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio, Zed, Sublime Text…).
• Search all repositories: code or commit messages in every repo.
• Missing folders say so and offer Remove from list.

ℹ️ Counts not checked for an hour show ? for “to pull”, because GitTrail never fetches on its own.