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GitLane v2.2.0

Rename a repository tab, assign coloured groups, and collapse groups you're not working in — names stay local to this machine.

Also in the journal: Group repository tabs

What's changed

Repository tabs (#388):

  • New: Give a repository your own name. Right-click its tab → Rename… and it shows as, say, "Acme · frontend" on the tab and in Recent repositories, instead of the folder it happens to live in. "Use folder name" puts it back. The name follows the repository, so its linked worktrees show it too.
  • New: Group related repositories. Right-click a tab → Assign to group to put it in a named, coloured group; a group's tabs are drawn together in their own tray, so three projects all called frontend are finally told apart at a glance. Recent repositories gets one section per group.
  • New: Collapse a group you're not working in. Double-click its name to fold it down to a single pill with its name and tab count, double-click the pill to unfold it — reclaiming the strip width of every project you're not currently in. A collapsed group never hides where you are: if it holds the repository you have open, that tab stays visible beside the pill. Tab shortcuts follow what you can see and skip the folded tabs, and collapsed groups are remembered between launches.
  • New: Right-click a group itself for the actions that apply to the whole group — collapse or expand, rename, and delete. Deleting a group only removes the grouping; no repository, name, or tab goes with it.

Names, groups, and collapsed state are local to this machine and to GitLane. Nothing is written into the repository or its git config, and clearing the recents list doesn't lose them.

Full changelog: https://github.com/Siomkin/GitLane/compare/v2.1.3...v2.2.0

Installers: Download GitLane.