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Log reference/view controls and pane layout

This batch compares LogDlg.cpp/LogDlg.h at pinned upstream commit 7338078f8ddd924b8cddee35f512f2286072136d: constructor/destructor AllBranch preferences, SetParams, OnContextMenu, OnBnClickedAllBranch, OnBnClickedWalkBehaviour, OnBnClickedView and SaveSplitterPos. The reference screenshot is doc/images/en/LogMessages.png at that pin.

Reference range and scope

The reference label remains a native link-style button. Left click opens the shared native reference browser, including multiple references and range choices. Right click opens the source-order Browse references, HEAD/current branch, FETCH_HEAD, All, All basic refs, All local branches and recent-expression menu. The All Branches checkbox exposes the same right-click menu and retains the source off/on/mixed representation. A mixed-state click returns to the current range; it does not cycle through a third user-toggle state.

Reference-set masks retain the underlying range/tips. All branches can temporarily show every reference, then switch off to the branch, multiple tips or range that was displayed before it was enabled. The actual Git query omits the retained explicit range while a broader mask is active, so the explicit range cannot accidentally override All/basic/local. Choosing a new reference/range clears the mask as in the source. An explicitly supplied initial revision also clears a remembered mask for that window.

The repository/store-scoped AllBranch preference retains the source numeric values: current 0, all 1, local 2, basic 3. The checkbox saves immediately so another Log window can see its change; other mask changes save when the owner closes. Invalid saved values fall back to current. Label visibility and reference-set scope remain separate preferences.

Native menus and ownership

Walk Behavior and View now use native popup buttons/NSMenus. Walk keeps the source First Parent, No merges, Follow renames, Full history, separator, Compressed Graph, Show labeled commits only order and checked states. Follow is unavailable without a single-file scope. View keeps Hide/Gray paths, Show Unversioned Files, nested Labels, Gravatar and View Patch in source order. The existing Mac working-tree visibility choice remains an additional final group. Original command artwork uses the shared context-icon preference, with native menu checkmarks and theme colors. Reference/user-derived menu titles never pass through localization.

Each popup and its nested leaves share one receipt. Busy, child-modal, revision projection/selection changes, another accepted control command and retirement refuse old callbacks; a popup can accept only one command. Native button representables clear their target/callbacks when dismantled. Reference left click continues through the existing owned picker and its cancellation/close handling.

Three-pane layout

The three existing panes remain revision list, message and changed files. A noninteractive bridge binds to their actual native horizontal NSSplitView without replacing its delegate, keyboard behavior or drag handling. Closing the owner records the pane proportions in its supplied preferences. A later Log restores those proportions at its actual available height, clamping revision/message/file panes to 200/110/130 points. Smaller hypothetical bounds scale those minima to fit; the normal window retains its existing minimum size. The source stores unscaled splitter coordinates; proportional restoration is the native resize adaptation.

Minimized windows do not replace the saved layout. Corrupt/nonfinite/zero/negative or wrong-version layouts are ignored. The bridge is retired with its hosting view; late notifications or saved callbacks cannot write preferences after close.

Evidence and limits

Nine relevant Core cases and six distinct native case/engine combinations passed across the grouped checkpoint and affected native recheck. All nine recorded receiver/helper PIDs were reaped and independently absent. Both final native captures were inspected. Grouped evidence and actual repairs are recorded in Log controls/layout QA. This is partial Log acceptance. Native menu item dispatch, picker choices, saved state and native divider positions are checked in private repositories/preferences; those checks do not establish physical popup tracking, divider dragging, VoiceOver or signed App Store/Finder access. New owned-window light/dark captures document the visible main-window result, not every menu state or every upstream Log variant.

Current native captures

The owned-window captures below retain the three source panes, compact colored graph before the revision list, colored branch labels and file status artwork. The standard reference-scope caption has dedicated width; footer menu captions include room for the native arrow. These controlled fixtures contain three commits and do not represent a large-history or every-menu visual audit.

The pinned source screenshot was compared directly; its image blob matches the pinned resource. The retained zero-size, two-pane NSSplitView warning during shared child handling also occurs in earlier reference-navigation records. This batch does not claim that warning is resolved, nor identify a unique production root cause from the message alone.

Primary conditional control follow-up

The shared conditional UI audit records the Commit split control, Log control states and Working Tree refresh/cancellation follow-up, with focused validation and remaining acceptance kept explicit.