# Objective
Let git indicators — the editor gutter, file colors, and `git::Diff` —
show all changes on the current branch relative to its merge base with
the default branch, instead of only uncommitted changes.
Supersedes #60398; thanks to @samuelcolvin for the original
implementation and motivation.
Closes FR-135
## Solution
- New `git.diff_base` setting (`"head"` | `"default_branch"`), applied
live and toggleable per session from the editor controls menu ("Diff
Against Default Branch").
- Statuses come from a real merge-base-to-worktree tree diff (`git diff
--merge-base`), so local edits that revert branch changes correctly show
as unchanged.
- `GitStore` shares one `DiffBufferList` per repository with the Branch
Diff view; `repo_snapshots` and `project_path_git_status` keep returning
index/worktree truth, while display surfaces use separate `display_*`
APIs.
- `BufferDiff` now records what its base is (`DiffBaseKind`); hunks
whose base isn't HEAD are read-only in the gutter — stage/restore
buttons and keybindings are inert, so committed work can't be silently
rewritten.
- `git::Diff` follows the setting; new `git::DiffHead` always opens the
HEAD diff; `git::BranchDiff` is renamed `git::DiffBranch` (deprecated
alias kept).
Tradeoffs / known limitations:
- Hunk-level staging is unavailable while in `default_branch` mode
(whole-file staging via the git panel still works). Staging just the
uncommitted sub-ranges of a branch hunk is a follow-up.
- Remote hosts running an older server ignore the new
`GetTreeDiff.includes_worktree` proto field and degrade to
committed-changes-only branch diffs.
- Repositories with no resolvable default branch fall back to
HEAD-relative behavior; a failed first resolution retries on the next
branch-list change.
## Testing
- Real-git-repo tests for the merge-base-to-worktree diff's edge cases:
files recreated after index deletion, committed deletions recreated on
disk, and symlinks.
- GPUI tests for status semantics (a branch change reverted on disk
shows clean), `git::Diff` routing, live setting changes, and read-only
hunk enforcement (restore/stage leave buffer and index untouched).
## Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content adheres to Zed's UI standards
([UX/UI](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
and
[icon](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/icons/README.md)
guidelines)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
---
Release Notes:
- Git: Added a `git.diff_base` setting (`"head"` or `"default_branch"`)
that makes the editor gutter, file colors, and diff view show all
changes on the current branch since its merge base with the default
branch, instead of only uncommitted changes.
---------
Co-authored-by: Ben Kunkle <ben@zed.dev>
This PR adds adjustments to the tree view, making it more consistent
with all other tree view displays in the app (e.g., displaying indent
guides, removing chevron toggle, etc.), and also fixes an issue where
the commit message scrollbar was scrolling up with the message.
Release Notes:
- N/A
This PR explores the addition of a new feature and UI to improve
visibility into partially staged commits.
Currently, the Git panel shows tracked and untracked changes, but it
does not clearly distinguish between staged and unstaged changes.
As a result, it’s difficult to quickly see which changes are not staged
in the current UI. Both staged and unstaged changes are combined into
the `Uncommitted Changes` multibuffer. This developer experience differs
from other editors, most notably VS Code; which presents separate Staged
Changes and Changes lists.
### Staged and unstaged diffs in multibuffers
This PR introduces an alternative UI for unstaged changes that aligns
with the overall Zed experience. Instead of showing changes on a
per-file basis, staged and unstaged diffs are each displayed in their
own multibuffers, similar to how `Uncommitted Changes` currently works.
For example the following screenshot shows the current `Uncommitted
Changes` on the left, the `Staged Changes` in the middle and the
`Unstaged Changes` buffer on the right for comparison
<img width="1408" height="859"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/aa709f7a-041d-4cb1-95d6-84c0f5fff688"
/>
### Indicators/interactions
The new multibuffers can be opened in two ways:
1. Via a new `U` chip, which appears when a file has unstaged changes
2. Via new menu options
(See screenshots below for both interaction paths.)
<table>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">
<p>via the chip</p>
<img
height="400"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3ef69f02-b787-499c-959a-25f50b3728e8"
alt="Via the chip"
/>
</td>
<td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">
<p>via the menu</p>
<img
height="400"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f5be8b6d-ccdc-4420-bd29-75570b558016"
alt="Via the menu"
/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
### Design goals
- minimally intrusive UI changes (small new badge and menu items)
- adhere by Zed'ism (use multibuffer where possible)
- avoid disabling any current interactions (Uncommitted Changes ui is
unchanged)
- avoid introducing an app level view mode (no new settings needed)
### Experience goals
- make it easy to see what changes are not staged
- make it easy to see that a file has unstaged changes (avoid developers
accidently leaving out changes in a commit; a personal issue that I have
when using Zed)
- elegantly handle large file's unstaged changes (follows the same
collapse and expanding seen in `Uncommitted Changes`)
### How to try
- Clone the repo and run `cargo run`
- Make a change to a file and stage it
- Make another change to the file (the `U` indicator will appear)
- Click the `U` to see the unstaged view
### Open questions/rough edges
- [ ] determine if this user experience is useful for others
- [ ] ensure all interactions work as expected (response to all update
cases)
In general I'm really interested in hearing the community's feedback
about this interface, more than happy to make any changes or explore a
different solution!
### Related issue:
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/36646
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/26560
Release Notes:
- Support partially staged commit multibuffers via a staged and unstaged
changes view.
---------
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Cole Miller <cole@zed.dev>
This PR adds a bunch of design improvements to the toolbar of (tab)
views that display diffs: the uncommitted changes, branch diff, and
agent diff tabs. This involves adjusting spacing, sizing, and other
small tweaks across all of these views, including touching up the
divider component API a little bit, adjusting Git icons design, adding
diff stat numbers to the uncommitted changes tab so its consistent with
the others, and more (e.g., moving the split buttons into its own
component to ensure they look the same across all uses). Ended up also
going on a slight de-tour to make all uses of the split button in the
Git panel consistent design-wise.
All in all, this is just tidying up the design of all of these surfaces
that are all relatively similar.
| Branch Diff | Uncommitted Diff | Single-file Diff | Git Panel |
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| <img width="800" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-06 at 11 25@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4ebf87e7-c52d-41d9-9de3-7944125114a1"
/> | <img width="800" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-06 at 11 25 2@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/51ccd2eb-904b-455a-a708-b4cb50b3a7cb"
/> | <img width="800" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-06 at 11 26@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6ae7df68-d1bd-4d36-a250-ba16e43c4e8e"
/> | <img width="800" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-06 at 11 26 2@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e032bc60-4551-41f0-b578-90ed305167c2"
/> |
Release Notes:
- Added diff stat numbers to the uncommitted changes view.
#59043 updated the project diff and git panel to improve the sorting
options and make the order of files always match across the two.
However, the approach relied on sorting the list of buffers first and
then using an incrementing `PathKey.sort_prefix` to insert them into the
multibuffer. This is a problem because path keys are intended to be
stable, and any addition of removal of a buffer from the multibuffer
would cause the path keys for all subsequent buffers to change, so
`update_path_excerpts` would do unnecessary work.
This PR fixes that by computing stable path keys for the buffers based
on the ordering settings:
- `PathKey.sort_prefix` is based on the git status if that setting is
enabled, or a constant otherwise (the same way it worked before #59043)
- when the tree view is disabled, `PathKey.path` is either the raw
`RepoPath` (if sorting by path) or `{name}/{repo_path}` (if sorting by
name). When the tree view is enabled, we get the path by inserting `\0`
just before every directory component of the `RepoPath`, so that all
directories sort before all files.
Release Notes:
- N/A
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I have reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content adheres to Zed UI standards
([UX/UI](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
and
[icon](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/icons/README.md)
guidelines)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
## Summary
This updates the Git Panel view controls so the panel can independently
model:
- whether entries are shown as a list or tree
- whether flat entries are sorted by path or name
- whether entries are grouped by status or shown as one combined set
It also keeps the Project Diff order consistent with the Git Panel,
including tree ordering, status grouping, and flat name/path sorting.
## Why This Is Useful
The previous sort_by_path boolean overloaded two separate ideas: sorting
and grouping. That made it hard to represent the view users actually
wanted, especially a single tree where tracked and untracked files are
not split into separate sections.
This change replaces that boolean with explicit enum settings:
- git_panel.sort_by: path or name
- git_panel.group_by: none or status
That keeps the settings mutually exclusive, easier to extend, and closer
to the UI model.
## Implementation Notes
- Adds a dedicated Git Panel View Options menu using the sliders icon.
- Moves view, sort, and group controls out of the overflow actions menu.
- Disables sort options in tree view because tree order is folder-first
rather than pure path/name sorting.
- Removes the Tracked heading when grouping is disabled.
- Keeps Git Panel tree expansion state when switching view options.
- Recomputes Project Diff sort prefixes from tree_view, sort_by, and
group_by so diff cards follow the same top-to-bottom order as the Git
Panel.
- Preserves Project Diff open/closed file state across view option
changes by carrying fold state by repo path instead of by synthetic sort
key.
- Updates settings UI renderers and docs for the new enum settings.
## Testing
- [x] cargo fmt --package git_ui --package settings_ui
- [x] cargo check -p git_ui
- [x] Verified settings UI enum dropdown rendering for Git Panel
sort/group settings
Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/53555
Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/56039
Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/45438
Release Notes:
- Improved Git Panel view options and Project Diff ordering.
---------
Co-authored-by: Christopher Biscardi <chris@christopherbiscardi.com>
This PR changes how base texts are managed by the `buffer_diff` crate,
to enable keeping two diff entities alive that share the same base text
buffer entity. Previously, each diff owned its own base text buffer and
edited it when calling `BufferDiff::set_snapshot`, so the only way to
reuse the same base text between two diffs was to have two independent
buffers for it, which is pretty inefficient.
After this PR, each diff still has a base text buffer, but
`set_snapshot` doesn't edit it. Instead, that responsibility moves into
the caller. For updating the base text buffer, this PR also introduces a
new pair of APIs, `Buffer::snapshot_with_edits` and
`Buffer::fast_forward`, which allow us to move the parsing of the new
base text into the background and then install the new syntax tree
synchronously on the foreground.
The git store uses the low-level APIs `set_snapshot` and `fast_forward`
directly, and manages the head text and index text buffers itself
(garbage-collecting them when they're no longer needed); this enables
adding an `open_staged_diff` API which returns a diff between the
managed index buffer and the managed head buffer (the latter is also
used for the uncommitted diff's base text). Other downstreams don't need
to reuse a base text buffer, and those have been migrated to use the
high-level `set_base_text` API, which now calls `set_snapshot` and
`fast_forward` internally, with a guard to prevent concurrent updates.
Another change worthy of note is that we now always diff the old base
text with the new base text to create `snapshot_with_edits`.
There are also some incidental bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue where a dangling weak unstaged diff could stick around
in the git store forever
- Restored the `IndexMatchesHead` optimization that had become
inoperative in the remote case
- Fixed a crash in the multibuffer due to the handling of
`BufferDiffEvent::LanguageChanged`, which could cause the multibuffer to
have transforms that were inconsistent with the diff base text.
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Closes ZED-81P
Release Notes:
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur while using the uncommitted diff.
---------
Co-authored-by: Ben Kunkle <ben@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Anthony Eid <hello@anthonyeid.me>
- Don't emit unnecessary edited events from the multibuffer when setting
excerpts is a no-op
- Limit excerpt recomputation in the project diff when diffs or
conflicts change to just the affected buffer
- Ignore diff events in the project diff that can't affect excerpt
boundaries
Also includes some drive-by improvements to the handling of merge
conflicts:
- Await initial conflicts parse when opening a conflict set (like
diffs), so we don't see an initial incorrect "no conflicts" state
- Make the project diff subscribe to conflicts directly instead of
indirecting through the editor (also like diffs)
- Instead of saving the affected buffer when resolving a conflict, just
avoid re-registering dirty buffers with the project diff, so that
excerpts for conflicts don't disappear quite so eagerly (once more: like
diffs)
The combination of these changes greatly cuts down the amount of time
spent syncing the `DisplayMap`, which is especially bad for the split
view.
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Release Notes:
- Improved the performance of the project diff, especially in the
presence of merge conflicts
- Fixed conflicts disappearing too quickly from the project diff when
editing
- Fixed conflicts sometimes taking a while to appear in the project diff
during large merges
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Release Notes:
- N/A
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Closes#55880
This improves the work on #56569 by allowing the user to choose the base
branch to compare with directly, instead of having to open the default
branch diff and only after, picking the new base branch.
Additionally, this changes the existing item finder to also match by
base (oid). This allows to have multiple branch diff open with different
base branches.
Demo:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8abdc08f-6181-4a74-a50b-e5f2b891663e
Release Notes:
- Added new `git: compare with branch` action to directly compare the
current branch with an arbitrary branch.
### Summary
Added a branch diff base branch picker that shows the selected diff base
and prioritizes branches on the active branch’s remote. This also
generalizes the branch picker’s checkout vs. select only behavior so its
UI/search/rendering can be reused by a future git graph picker, and
makes branch diff drop stale in progress base update tasks when the base
or repository changes for faster response.
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Closes #54050
Release Notes:
- git: Allow choosing branch diff base in branch diff view
---------
Co-authored-by: Remco Smits <djsmits12@gmail.com>
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Closes #ISSUE
Release Notes:
- Fixed an issue where re-running the `git: branch diff` after changing
the active project would not refresh the branch diff to show the branch
diff of the active project
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Closes #ISSUE
Release Notes:
- N/A
No, sadly, the title is not a typo. See
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zsg1lk7w13cf for the context.
I'll read with joy and popcorn through that root cause analysis.
It makes literally zero sense what happened here, but for some completly
bonkers reason GitHub completely messed up the merge queue with
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/54632.
I have no idea how it happened. It makes literally zero sense. A PR
going into the merge queue should have the same LoC when getting out of
it. GitHub obviously does not check this. GitHub causes extra work with
a feature that is supposed to save time.
Thanks, I guess.
Release Notes:
- N/A
---------
Co-authored-by: Danilo Leal <daniloleal09@gmail.com>
This PR brings back the button to filter remote branches when accessing
the title bar's branch picker with the mouse. It was unintentionally
removed when we introduced the new worktree picker.
Release Notes:
- N/A
## Summary
- Enable VSCode-like side-by-side file comparison in FileDiffView using
SplittableEditor
- Leverages existing SplittableEditor infrastructure that ProjectDiff
already uses
- Controlled by the user's `diff_view_style` setting (split/unified)
## Changes
- `crates/git_ui/src/file_diff_view.rs`: Refactored to use
SplittableEditor instead of plain Editor (+66/-30 lines)
## Test plan
- [ ] Open a file with git changes and verify the diff view renders
correctly
- [ ] Toggle between split and unified diff view styles via settings
- [ ] Verify side-by-side comparison shows old/new content correctly
Release Notes:
- Enabled side by side diffs in the file diff view
Co-authored-by: Lukas Wirth <me@lukaswirth.dev>
Previously, passing an empty range to `range_to_buffer_range` would
return no ranges, which would trigger a fallback case in the git diff
that caused the entire multibuffer to be invalidated every frame.
This PR fixes `range_to_buffer_range`, so that it returns a sensible
range if the input range is empty, preventing the fallback behaviour and
edit expansion.
Self-Review Checklist:
- [ ] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [ ] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [ ] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [ ] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Closes #ISSUE
Release Notes:
- N/A or Added/Fixed/Improved ...
---------
Co-authored-by: Cole Miller <cole@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Anthony Eid <hello@anthonyeid.me>
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Release Notes:
- Fixed a panic when using the split diff view.
This changes the behavior of the recent project picker in multi-folder
projects, so that when you select a folder that is a repository, it sets
the active repository in the Git panel as well.
Release Notes:
- N/A
TODO:
- [x] merge main
- [x] nonshrinking `set_excerpts_for_path`
- [x] Test-drive potential problem areas in the app
- [x] prepare cloud side
- [x] test collaboration
- [ ] docstrings
- [ ] ???
## Context
### Background
Currently, a multibuffer consists of an arbitrary list of
anchor-delimited excerpts from individual buffers. Excerpt ranges for a
fixed buffer are permitted to overlap, and can appear in any order in
the multibuffer, possibly separated by excerpts from other buffers.
However, in practice all code that constructs multibuffers does so using
the APIs defined in the `path_key` submodule of the `multi_buffer` crate
(`set_excerpts_for_path` etc.) If you only use these APIs, the resulting
multibuffer will maintain the following invariants:
- All excerpts for the same buffer appear contiguously in the
multibuffer
- Excerpts for the same buffer cannot overlap
- Excerpts for the same buffer appear in order
- The placement of the excerpts for a specific buffer in the multibuffer
are determined by the `PathKey` passed to `set_excerpts_for_path`. There
is exactly one `PathKey` per buffer in the multibuffer
### Purpose of this PR
This PR changes the multibuffer so that the invariants maintained by the
`path_key` APIs *always* hold. It's no longer possible to construct a
multibuffer with overlapping excerpts, etc. The APIs that permitted
this, like `insert_excerpts_with_ids_after`, have been removed in favor
of the `path_key` suite.
The main upshot of this is that given a `text::Anchor` and a
multibuffer, it's possible to efficiently figure out the unique excerpt
that includes that anchor, if any:
```
impl MultiBufferSnapshot {
fn buffer_anchor_to_anchor(&self, anchor: text::Anchor) -> Option<multi_buffer::Anchor>;
}
```
And in the other direction, given a `multi_buffer::Anchor`, we can look
at its `text::Anchor` to locate the excerpt that contains it. That means
we don't need an `ExcerptId` to create or resolve
`multi_buffer::Anchor`, and in fact we can delete `ExcerptId` entirely,
so that excerpts no longer have any identity outside their
`Range<text::Anchor>`.
There are a large number of changes to `editor` and other downstream
crates as a result of removing `ExcerptId` and multibuffer APIs that
assumed it.
### Other changes
There are some other improvements that are not immediate consequences of
that big change, but helped make it smoother. Notably:
- The `buffer_id` field of `text::Anchor` is no longer optional.
`text::Anchor::{MIN, MAX}` have been removed in favor of
`min_for_buffer`, etc.
- `multi_buffer::Anchor` is now a three-variant enum (inlined slightly):
```
enum Anchor {
Min,
Excerpt {
text_anchor: text::Anchor,
path_key_index: PathKeyIndex,
diff_base_anchor: Option<text::Anchor>,
},
Max,
}
```
That means it's no longer possible to unconditionally access the
`text_anchor` field, which is good because most of the places that were
doing that were buggy for min/max! Instead, we have a new API that
correctly resolves min/max to the start of the first excerpt or the end
of the last excerpt:
```
impl MultiBufferSnapshot {
fn anchor_to_buffer_anchor(&self, anchor: multi_buffer::Anchor) -> Option<text::Anchor>;
}
```
- `MultiBufferExcerpt` has been removed in favor of a new
`map_excerpt_ranges` API directly on `MultiBufferSnapshot`.
## Self-Review Checklist
<!-- Check before requesting review: -->
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Release Notes:
- N/A
---------
Co-authored-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Piotr Osiewicz <24362066+osiewicz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jakub Konka <kubkon@jakubkonka.com>
Co-authored-by: Conrad <conrad@zed.dev>
Previously we were iterating over all hunks across all diffs on every
frame. Now we can read off the required information as a `SumTree`
summary in constant time.
Self-Review Checklist:
- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Release Notes:
- git: Fixed bad performance in large branch diffs.
Self-Review Checklist:
- [ ] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [ ] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [ ] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [ ] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable
Closes #ISSUE
Release Notes:
- N/A
All of the important changes are in
[`db.rs`](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/51809/changes#diff-2f644eab943bfa58feec29256281a3d9e8d4d7784cd34783e845af8beb15b16d).
Consider reading the commit log in order to review this work.
The DB crate's macro and API was changed to fix flakiness observed in
the MultiWorkspace tests when run locally. This flakiness was caused by
a shared `static LazyLock`, that caused concurrent test runs to interact
with the same underlying in-memory database. This flakiness wasn't
possible on CI due to it's usage of `cargo nextest`, whose
process-per-test approach masked this problem.
Essentially, I've changed the `static_connection` macro to remove the
static database variable and redone the internal model. Now, all
database types are thin wrappers around a generic `AppDatabase`. The
`AppDatabase` collects all of the individual table's migrations via the
`inventory` crate, and so only runs the migrations once on startup,
rather than a dozen times on startup.
The new API requires a `cx` so that we can replace the database returned
at runtime, rather than relying exclusively on a process-global
thread-local. However, we are still using a `static LazyLock` so that we
only need to take an `&App`, instead of an `&mut App`. These databases
types are `Clone + Send + Sync`, so you can easily capture-and-move the
database into background tasks and other places that don't have a `cx`.
For tests that require database isolation, it is now possible to set
their own database in init. See
[`workspace::init_test`](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/51809/changes#diff-041673bbd1947a35d45945636c0055429dfc8b5985faf93f8a8a960c9ad31e28R13610),
for the flakiness fix.
Best part, this change should be entirely compiler driven, so the Zed
agent was able to make the app-wide refactor easily.
Before you mark this PR as ready for review, make sure that you have:
- [x] Added a solid test coverage and/or screenshots from doing manual
testing
- [x] Done a self-review taking into account security and performance
aspects
- [x] Aligned any UI changes with the [UI
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: Anthony Eid <hello@anthonyeid.me>
Co-authored-by: Max Brunsfeld <maxbrunsfeld@gmail.com>
Previously, if you wanted to have a button that contains icons on both
edges, you'd need to use a `ButtonLike` component, which takes any
children. Meanwhile, the `Button` would only take one icon, where you
could control its position through the `IconPosition` enum. This has
always felt unnecessarily limiting. So, this PR removes this limitation
by adding two new methods to the button: `start_icon` and `end_icon`.
In the meantime, I have also been bothered by the unnecessary
indirection in the `IconButton` due to the existence of the `ButtonIcon`
component. So I figured I could also completely eliminate that by adding
some of its methods directly to the `IconButton` and in the Button, just
using a regular `Icon` component.
---
## Before
```rust
Button::new("id", "Label")
.icon(IconName::Plus)
.icon_position(IconPosition::Start)
.icon_size(IconSize::Small)
.icon_color(Color::Muted)
```
## After
```rust
Button::new("id", "Label")
.start_icon(Icon::new(IconName::Check))
.end_icon(Icon::new(IconName::ChevronDown).size(IconSize::XSmall))
```
This should have no visual impact to the UI.
Release Notes:
- N/A
For inverted diff APIs like `hunks_intersecting_base_text_range`, we
need a snapshot of the main buffer to use as context to compare hunk
anchors, convert anchors to points, etc. Previously, we were always
using a snapshot of the main buffer at the time when the diff was
calculated. This worked well for the hunks of the primary `BufferDiff`,
but it's not valid when the diff also has a secondary set of hunks,
because those hunks are recalculated on their own schedule--so it's
possible for the hunks of the secondary diff to contain anchors that are
newer than the original buffer snapshot that was taken at the time the
primary diff hunks were last calculated. This caused a panic when using
these anchors with the original buffer snapshot.
This PR fixes the issue by using the same approach for inverted diffs as
for non-inverted diffs at the multibuffer level: we take a snapshot of
the main buffer at the time when we snapshot the diff state (including
the diff itself), guaranteeing that that snapshot will be new enough to
resolve all the anchors included in both the primary diff and the
secondary diff.
Closes ZED-54J
Release Notes:
- Fixed a panic that could occur when using the branch diff in split
view mode.
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Co-authored-by: Antonio Scandurra <me@as-cii.com>
This PR adds the diff stat numbers to the `git: branch diff` view
toolbar.
<img width="550" height="1964" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-20 at 10 58@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0fc63b64-ce6e-417a-92b5-8008f2561a8f"
/>
---
Before you mark this PR as ready for review, make sure that you have:
- [x] Added a solid test coverage and/or screenshots from doing manual
testing
- [x] Done a self-review taking into account security and performance
aspects
- [x] Aligned any UI changes with the [UI
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
Release Notes:
- Git: Added diff stat numbers to the Branch Diff (`git: branch diff`)
view.
This PR makes the "Review Diff" button show up only if the multibuffer
_isn't_ empty and if AI is enabled. It was previously just checking for
the AI setting.
Release Notes:
- N/A
Before you mark this PR as ready for review, make sure that you have:
- [ ] Added a solid test coverage and/or screenshots from doing manual
testing
- [ ] Done a self-review taking into account security and performance
aspects
- [ ] Aligned any UI changes with the [UI
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
Release Notes:
- N/A
This PR adds a button in the `git: branch diff` view that allows to
quickly and easily send the entire diff to your last used agent for a
review. What this does is automatically submits a (pre-written and
generic) prompt to the last agents you were using in the agent panel
with the whole content of your diff.
<img width="750" height="1964" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-18 at 3 35@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/493d8cf4-4815-4b01-91a0-6a39ad6219fe"
/>
Release Notes:
- Added a "Review Branch" button in the `git: branch diff` view so that
the whole diff can be quickly sent for review to an agent.
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Co-authored-by: Bennet Bo Fenner <bennetbo@gmx.de>
Replaces a bunch of `impl FnMut` parameters with `&mut dyn FnMut` for
functions where this is the sole generic parameter.
Release Notes:
- N/A *or* Added/Fixed/Improved ...
This change improves performance of project diff in that:
* scrolling in split view for very large diffs (think chromium repo with
`git reset HEAD~1000`) is now very smooth on macOS and fairly smooth on
Linux
* switching from split to unified is very smooth on macOS, and fairly
smooth on Linux
There still remains the case of (severe) hangs when switching from
unified to split however, but it will be addressed in a follow-up PR.
Anyhow, here's the screenshot of the Instruments.app capture of opening
chromium repo in Zed in split view, scrolling a little, moving to
unified, scrolling some more, and moving back to split. Prior to this
change, split -> unified would cause a severe hang, whereas now it's a
hang and thus feels much smoother already (without Instruments profiling
is barely visible). Unified -> split severe hangs are still there but
don't last as long.
<img width="2301" height="374" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-16 at 5 46 23 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f687f8d4-cffd-47f1-ada1-f6c4d3ac3cd4"
/>
Release Notes:
- Improved project diff performance when opening very large
diffs/repositories.
- Fix panics caused by reusing cached matches for the wrong side
- Highlight matches on the side that was searched only
- Clear matches in non-searched editor when initiating a new search
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: Eric <eric@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Jakub <jakub@zed.dev>
It's happeningggggg
Release Notes:
- Changed the Agent Panel so that the Active Thread is restored on
restart.
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Danilo Leal <daniloleal09@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Anthony Eid <anthony@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Danilo Leal <67129314+danilo-leal@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Richard Feldman <richard@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Zed Zippy <234243425+zed-zippy[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Searching (and related vim stuff like `*`/`n`/`N`) now work in the LHS
of a
split diff.
Also fixes the bug with indent guides being visible through the spacer
checkerboard pattern.
Release Notes:
- N/A
