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Commit, Log and Settings controls

This continuation compares the native main dialogs with pinned TortoiseGit 7338078f8ddd924b8cddee35f512f2286072136d. It addresses connected controls, layout, saved choices and their owning windows. It does not certify complete dialog or application parity.

Commit

The source form options and focus commands belong to the same Commit draft: new branch, amendment, author/date overrides and resets, comparison with the previous commit, staging support, unversioned files, submodule autoselection, whole-project scope and message-only commits. Native menu actions must obey the same conditional availability as their corresponding form controls.

Opening a menu does not authorize a later action against a changed draft or a closed window. Metadata reads must also remain tied to their accepted owner and Quit state; dismissing a Quit question does not make an old read current again. The existing checked-file/index preparation, staging transactions, status colors and remembered Commit/ReCommit/Commit & Push actions remain separate implemented parts of the family.

Log

The source ColumnManager excludes Graph from the visibility menu. The default native list keeps the small graph first and preserves source-supported column reordering. Reset and divider fitting use content and header measurements; Shift fitting returns a column to automatic sizing. These operations persist through the existing column preference store.

Header menus, their Reset confirmation and the delayed Ordering route must retain their accepted list, preferences and window context. Closing the parent must drain a real outstanding confirmation before releasing its repository access. The main native window also retains its declared minimum size when SwiftUI updates its content.

Source references: src/TortoiseProc/ColumnManager.h, src/TortoiseProc/ColumnManager.cpp and src/TortoiseProc/LogDlg.cpp in the pinned checkout. Existing graph painting, colored reference labels, search/date controls, split proportions and changed-file actions have their own family evidence; adding column controls does not replace that evidence.

Settings

Opening Colors directly must support saving appearance without first visiting General. The owning Settings transaction therefore registers its appearance draft independently of the currently constructed page. Theme changes preview immediately; Apply saves the accepted choice and Cancel restores the saved choice. Preview ownership must end when the sheet is retired.

Git configuration, Dialogs 3 and Colors retain the source groups with compact native fields and thin group frames. Status/reference color samples and graph lane samples reflect draft values before Apply. Restore Default participates in the same draft transaction. Existing config-source/inherit/save scopes and the bordered Remote list and repaired OK/Cancel closure remain part of the native Settings family.

Source references: SettingsColors.cpp, SettingsColors2.cpp, SettingsColors3.cpp, the Git configuration and Dialogs property pages and their resource definitions in the pinned checkout.

Validation and remaining work

The grouped checkpoint uses scripts/test-primary-parity-family.py for the three native families after the complete implementation freezes. The dated record reports actual results and failures; the presence of this guide alone does not establish a passing check.

Full upstream state/layout coverage, physical keyboard and accessibility acceptance, installed signed Finder entry points, minimum-version/Intel acceptance and a complete current hosted integration pass remain open. The dialog ledger tracks review coverage rather than a feature completion percentage.

Commit option bands and Log menu artwork — October 23, 2026

The pinned IDD_COMMITDLG resource places the conditional “Show diff to last commit” checkbox at the right of the Amend band. File statistics appear directly below the file list, above the patch links. The native dialog now follows those positions, with the lower checkbox and statistics columns aligned at their tops. The footer retains Commit's split action, Cancel and Help; Refresh remains on F5 and the Commit menu, as advertised in the Changes caption. No commit, staging, author/date or checked-file semantics change with this layout correction.

Log's native Copy submenu and merge-parent Revert submenu now obtain their icon visibility from the same captured preferences as the rest of that popup. This matters when an owning workspace has a distinct preference domain. The existing SwiftUI root already supplies that domain to its font and date consumers; no font/date propagation defect was established by this review.

The grouped checkpoint is recorded in the dated batch evidence. This correction does not certify every conditional layout or physical gesture.