Each project has a status view, commit log, and read-only tree. The upper area contains the selected list and diff/file content; terminal panes occupy the lower area. Use Keyboard and mouse for navigation.
The left list contains changed paths and the right pane shows the selected working-tree diff, with syntax highlighting and line numbers. Rows use Git's two-character XY status: X is the index (staged) state and Y is the working-tree state. For example, MM is staged and further modified, ?? is untracked, and UU is conflicted. Renames show both paths and can be found by either name.
<prefix> l shows a commit list and the selected commit's diff. Commits ahead of a tracked upstream are marked with ↑ and commits on the upstream but not yet here with ↓; a branch with no upstream has neither. Each commit carries the refs that point at it — HEAD → dev, other local branches, tags, remote branches, in that order — in the TUI and the web viewer alike. Enter drills into the commit's changed files, and Esc returns to the commit list.
History loads in pages. The first page and subsequent prefetch distance use [log] settings, and scrolling near the end requests more. The view follows a new HEAD; a history rewrite replaces the list and may close a drill-down.
<prefix> b opens a read-only directory tree for the whole worktree. Expand with Right, collapse or move to the parent with Left, and press Enter on a file to preview its contents. / searches filenames recursively; Esc cancels a search. The preview pane supports content search with /, n, and N.
Paths matched by .gitignore are hidden by default. [tree] respect_gitignore, [tree] max_depth, and [tree] live_watch control filtering, expansion depth, and whether expanded directories refresh on filesystem changes. The tree never writes, renames, or deletes files.
The header identifies the selected repository, branch, and tracked-branch ahead/behind counts. While git is stopped in the middle of something it says so ahead of the counts — MERGING, REBASING 2/5, CHERRY-PICKING, REVERTING, BISECTING or APPLYING (a stopped git am), with the number of unmerged files after it (· 3 conflicts); conflicts left by a stash pop or checkout are shown on their own. The web viewer shows the same in its footer. Errors from Git, a diff load, terminal creation, or repository selection appear in the notice row until resolved or dismissed by app input. Repository-dialog validation messages appear below the dialog.
Open it with <prefix> o. The field accepts an existing directory path, including absolute paths, paths relative to the current directory, and a leading ~. It is a path field, not a shell: cd, environment variables, and globs are not expanded. An empty or nonexistent path is rejected and leaves the dialog open for correction.
Tab completes directory names. Down opens a keyboard-only directory browser; it lists visible directories, and Right/Left expand and collapse. Enter in the browser opens the selected directory directly; Enter in the field submits its text. Esc closes the browser first and then cancels the dialog. Opening a directory inside an existing worktree resolves to that worktree; a directory outside Git shows a repository error when its views load.