Add Remote and Select Remote Ref

Pinned reference: 7338078f8ddd924b8cddee35f512f2286072136d, AddRemoteDlg.cpp, SelectRemoteRefDlg.cpp, PullFetchDlg.cpp and the corresponding IDD_ADD_REMOTE / IDD_SELECTREMOTEREF resources.

Add Remote has Name, URL, OK/Cancel/Help in a compact native sheet owned by Browse References. Its original-icon Add Remote entry appears in the remotes folder beside Manage Remotes. Accepted inputs are captured before asynchronous work. Git validates/adds the local remote without overwriting an existing one, changing unrelated settings or fetching. Errors retain the draft; closing or retiring cancels owned work and the parent refreshes after settlement.

The pinned AddRemote form only returns its fields; BrowseRefs has a dormant handler that opens it and refreshes, with no add operation or emitted menu entry. The native fork deliberately completes that intended workflow through the existing remote-settings backend. It does not reproduce the source no-op.

Fetch and Pull now own Select remote ref as a separate native sheet. It shows the captured Remote read-only, an editable Remote Branch combo, OK and Cancel. Loading clears old values; successful loading selects the first result. An empty or failed query disables OK; F5 refreshes. Case-sensitive typed values are kept. Lists use exact UTF-8 identity, including canonically equivalent names.

The source CLI uses ls-remote --refs, excludes tags, strips refs/heads/ and keeps other namespaces. The new backend follows that contract, validates returned OID/UTF-8 records, and applies natural ordering with a byte tie-breaker. Exact Windows logical ordering for every locale remains unverified. Merely listing remote refs does not fetch or update local refs, HEAD or index.

The picker owns its authentication coordinator and passphrase sheets, so SSH questions attach to that child rather than its blocked parent. The remote and repository/access lease remain captured. Closing during loading requests cancellation and waits for owned work; forced closure fences late replies. Active accounting guards Quit after forced closure. An accepted branch updates the parent only if its captured remote is still current. Rejected presentations release the parent gate. Refresh never applies an operation to the repository.

Loading is an inline native progress state instead of the Windows system progress dialog. Source layout, physical combo/F5/Return/Escape/VoiceOver, authenticated servers, signed file grants and complete dialog acceptance remain open. The existing focused Core/native checks establish their recorded scope, not the full application or App Store release.

Fetch/Pull branch history now also follows the source’s case-sensitive setting, using exact byte identity and retaining the chosen spelling rather than replacing it with a case-insensitive historical entry. Sheet completion explicitly ends the child sheet before delivering its once-only result to the parent.

The connected remote-dialog batch passed 22 Core tests and six grouped native checks across system and bundled Git. See the scoped QA record.

Connected source forms and native ownership — October 17, 2026

Add Remote retains the pinned Name/URL and OK/Cancel/Help order in its fixed compact window. Both inputs are now native NSTextFields. Select Remote Ref retains the read-only Remote field, editable branch combo and OK/Cancel footer, with horizontal-only resizing as in CHorizontalResizableStandAloneDialog. The read-only field remains selectable and both forms retain a compact status row while loading/saving. The editable controls use the existing Git URL/path word commands and avoid resetting a native selection on unrelated updates.

The branch combo disables automatic completion, retaining exact typed spelling and byte-distinct Unicode choices. Every refresh/submission/acknowledgement/close replaces its form context. Old bindings, combo delegates and retained buttons cannot change or accept the new result; dismantling detaches native delegates. F5 is unmodified and scoped to the exact event window with no attached sheet. An accepted chooser remains consumed.

Native error sheets replace inline diagnostics that could grow/clamp these compact source forms. Each sheet belongs to its controller and error context; an old acknowledgement cannot clear a newer failure. Refresh, submission, close and Quit wait for acknowledgement. An auth sheet can finish before a queued error is shown. Forced closure retires the presenter before dismissing its sheet and refuses delayed replies. Query/write lifetime and private repository grants remain owned until the worker drains.

Browse References ends its field editor before opening Add Remote, passes its private preferences/appearance and owns presentation rejection and refresh after child settlement. Fetch/Pull retain their existing captured remote/draft and SSH child ownership. Add Remote still completes the intended local configuration workflow rather than reproducing the pinned dormant handler's no-op.

Grouped source QA records the actual native/real-local-Git scope. Full physical combo/keyboard/IME/VoiceOver, authenticated remote servers and signed Finder/App Store acceptance remain open.

Native Add Remote, light Native Add Remote, dark Native Select Remote Ref, light Native Select Remote Ref, dark

The final Debug build and six distinct native case/engine combinations pass across the grouped runs. Initial compilation needed explicit main-actor input coordinators. Capture review then exposed Add Remote hosting collapse; fixed native/root bounds retain its complete fields and footer. Browser fixture setup now creates a real tracking namespace; the consumed chooser fixture uses a fresh model for later independent cases and acknowledges errors before Retry. An older management cancellation helper also needed Git global-option parsing; only that affected pair was repeated. Four unaffected passing combinations were retained. All nine owned receivers were reaped and independently absent. Four final raw light/dark captures were individually reviewed. Native hidden split-view warnings remain in the retained logs. Core was unchanged and not repeated. See the linked QA record for attempts, exact scope and remaining acceptance.

Optional remote-reference engine — October 19, 2026

The remote-reference workflow continuation connects source-selected libgit2 reference/tag reads and remote-ref deletions, including the branch picker's source-specific HEAD choice, captured native preferences and post-delete refill. Ordinary Push stays on its CLI source path. Actual grouped evidence and remaining certificate-cache, public/signed/physical and complete source acceptance are recorded with that family.