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Native status text in light and dark mode

Source baseline: TortoiseGit 7338078f8ddd924b8cddee35f512f2286072136d, Colors.cpp, Theme.cpp::GetThemeColor and GitStatusListCtrl.cpp::OnNMCustomdraw.

TurtleGit retains the source RGB defaults, role precedence, packed preference values and HSL dark conversion. The source conversion inverts lightness, so saturated blue at 50 percent lightness stays blue. That source result had poor contrast against the macOS dark table in the current Log rename capture.

Status text now has a separate native presentation step. Light appearance keeps source RGB exactly. In dark appearance, text already readable against native plain/alternating table and window backgrounds stays unchanged; other text mixes toward white only as far as needed for a 4.5 contrast target. Increase Contrast uses a target of 7. Hue and the distinctions between modified, added, deleted, renamed and conflict text remain visible. These numerical targets do not certify all rendered states or accessibility.

This adaptation does not overwrite saved colors, change the color-well values, or replace the source palette used by Log graph lanes/reference badges. Source RGB/HSL methods remain independently available for the original palette oracle. The Colors page explains the native text adaptation. Selected text retains native semantic primary; unrelated/gray and normal/untracked text retain their existing semantic roles.

The shared status/entry/file renderer covers Commit, Working Tree, historical Log files and other callers such as Rebase conflict files and operation status text. Send Patch sending/error labels use it too. Working Tree now consistently uses its model's color store for all file columns, and Commit line-count columns use the owning Commit store rather than global defaults. Apply notifications update existing owners; Cancel and Default preserve the existing draft workflow.

Verification and remaining work

The grouped native runner links current Debug objects and retains the independent pinned C++ RGB/HSL oracle and earlier preference/settings checks. The added real repository fixture covers Commit/Working Tree/Log roles, private stores and live Apply/Cancel/Default, source light RGB, actual native dark backgrounds and both contrast targets. Optional compositor captures require actual adjusted rename color pixels in all three dialogs, including after a custom Apply. Raw captures are saved unchanged; pixel conversion is analysis only.

The Debug build, 29-input source oracle/retained settings receiver and both native text engine cases passed after the recorded fixture/background repairs. See batch evidence. Physical gestures, active/ inactive selection, every customized palette/window/theme/scale, actual system Increase Contrast toggling, signed/minimum-OS and complete application acceptance remain open. The adaptation is deliberately documented as macOS rendering rather than a claim that upstream uses the same contrast step.

The reviewed default captures show unchanged source light RGB and the adjusted dark status text. The same open dialogs also produced distinct custom-color Apply pixels. These demonstrate the tested rename/default/custom states without certifying every role or selected-row appearance.