Pin review notes and hand them to an agent
Comment on a range of diff lines, then copy or send one composed message into a terminal agent — notes are session-only.
Review notes are local comments pinned to a range of diff lines. They turn “here’s what’s wrong with this diff” into a message an AI coding agent can act on, without you retyping paths and line numbers.
Write a note
- Drag across the lines you want in any diff — commit review, stacked review, or the working-changes inspector.
- Write the comment. A note can cover a single line or a contiguous range, and it captures the selected source alongside your text.
Notes anchor to a side and line reference (R20, L4, R18–R20), so they survive a diff refresh. Deletions belong to the old side; additions and context to the new side.
Hand off
The docked Hand to agent bar opens a dialog with every pending comment (including notes whose lines disappeared after a refresh), a composed message ordered by file then line then side, and an agent picker.
The composed message is editable. Once you type in it, GitLane stops regenerating it.
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Copy | The message goes to your clipboard |
| Send | The message is typed into the integrated terminal, launching the selected agent |
Only comments from the surface that opened the dialog are handed off. The picker lists Settings → Terminal Agents, greying out commands that aren’t on PATH. If you haven’t enabled any, Copy still works.
Each note becomes a numbered block:
1. src/store/repo.ts — lines R18–R20
Feedback: this refetches on every keystroke — debounce it
Good to know
Comments are never written to disk. They vanish when you close GitLane. The composed message is the artefact — copy it or send it before you move on.
These are not GitHub review comments. For those, use the pull-request view.
Full walkthrough: Review notes.
Installers: Download GitLane.