TurtleGit user manual

Work with Git in native Mac windows and Finder. Learn how to open a repository, choose changes for a commit, explore history and resolve conflicts.

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• Native About dialog familySource audit
• Saved progress action logGuide / reference
• Add selector drops and owned lifetimeSource audit
• Source-selected Add and index filtersSource audit
• Add dialog and progressSource audit
• Add and Revert file-command flowSource audit
• Add and working-file Revert selection identitySource audit
• Advanced Settings port auditSource audit
• App Store submission dossier — draft, 25 October 2026Guide / reference
• Appearance and color parityGuide / reference
• Application and patch-document identityGuide / reference
• Autotext TesterSource audit
• Backend metadata readsSource audit
• Bisect progress, guarded review and owned continuations — October 18, 2026Source audit
• Bisect paritySource audit
• Find the commit that introduced a problemGuide / reference
• Blame author and revision detailsSource audit
• Blame embedded-language presentationGuide / reference
• Blame File Open and recent filesGuide / reference
• Native Blame Find workflowGuide / reference
• Blame embedded history action policySource audit
• Blame embedded Log presentation and interactionsSource audit
• Native Blame menu context and panesGuide / reference
• Blame historical parent and origin-file actionsSource audit
• Blame paritySource audit
• Blame zoom and revision tooltipsSource audit
• Blame source rendering and attribution datesSource audit
• New Branch/Tag dialog paritySource audit
• Bundled binary and Mathematica comparisonsGuide / reference
• Status-cache menu bar interfaceGuide / reference
• Inspecting and exporting a server certificateGuide / reference
• Cherry Pick parity auditSource audit
• Cherry Pick from LogGuide / reference
• CI runtime reuseGuide / reference
• Clean portSource audit
• Client Hook Scripts — implementation in progressSource audit
• Clone checkout filtersSource audit
• Clone completion, warnings and historiesSource audit
• Clone dialog paritySource audit
• Native dialog command-line entryGuide / reference
• Commit category check linksSource audit
• Checkbox commits and unchecked index entriesGuide / reference
• Commit code-symbol completion auditSource audit
• Commit filename completion auditSource audit
• Conflicted Commit selection and index preparationSource audit
• References commit is onSource audit
• Commit file and folder dropsSource audit
• Commit status-list workflow ownershipSource audit
• Commit native focus readiness — October 24, 2026Source audit
• Commit identity preparation and SSH signingSource audit
• Commit checkbox index engineSource audit
• Commit author controls and metadata lifetimeSource audit
• Commit options, list suspension and amend draft transitionsSource audit
• Commit dialog paritySource audit
• Commit and Push continuationSource audit
• Commit report-row geometrySource audit
• Commit result recovery and the next draftSource audit
• Commit detached HEAD and cancelled-draft recoverySource audit
• Commit scope and file-list message reportSource audit
• Commit template and operation-message decodingSource audit
• Changed Files comparison workflowSource audit
• Selected-file comparison workflowSource audit
• Comparison marks: app and FinderSource audit
• Hierarchical settings operation ownershipSource audit
• Conflict editor command and shared routingSource audit
• Conflict side identitiesGuide / reference
• Exact conflict paths in Resolve and RebaseSource audit
• Application context-menu icon preferenceSource audit
• Context Menu settings — implementation in progressSource audit
• Native problem reports and remaining crash-sender workSource audit
• Credential advanced editing — October 18, 2026Source audit
• Git credential settings — implementation in progressSource audit
• Credential settingsGuide / reference
• Git daemon — native implementation and remaining acceptanceSource audit
• Delete/modify conflict paritySource audit
• Dialog coverage and remaining reviewGuide / reference
• Dialog sizes and positionsGuide / reference
• TurtleGit dialog guideGuide / reference
• Dialog launch ownershipSource audit
• Selected unified-diff and history-file backendsSource audit
• Rename and copy detection familySource audit
• Diff tools and associations — implementation in progressSource audit
• Distributing TurtleGit for MacGuide / reference
• Native Dock command progressGuide / reference
• Edit Notes paritySource audit
• EditorConfig integration auditSource audit
• EditorConfig reflected-file and pane ownership familySource audit
• Email settings and SMTP credentialsSource audit
• Microsoft Excel workbook comparisonGuide / reference
• Export paritySource audit
• Fetch dialog paritySource audit
• Fetch/Pull completion and Rebase handoffsSource audit
• Fetch and Pull literal refspecsSource audit
• Dropped-file transfer workflowSource audit
• Dragging files from Git listsSource audit
• File-list refresh and native reading positionSource audit
• File Move and Move/Rename paritySource audit
• Clipboard and Copy/Add transfersSource audit
• Finder cache persistence and publisher lifetimeGuide / reference
• Independent cache runtimeGuide / reference
• Cancellable Finder cache collectionSource audit
• Finder command handoffs — implementation in progressSource audit
• Finder creation workflowsSource audit
• First-use Finder comparison, patch and export deliverySource audit
• Filesystem event monitoringSource audit
• Finder cache filename identityGuide / reference
• Helper-owned persistent permissionsGuide / reference
• First-use history and reference ServicesSource audit
• Finder LFS and Send Mail — implementation in progressSource audit
• Finder command order and separatorsSource audit
• Finder overlay settings — implementation in progressSource audit
• Finder path and selection conditionsSource audit
• Shared Finder snapshot publicationSource audit
• Finder snapshot query lifetime and directory menusSource audit
• Finder first-use registration and automatic Clone watchesSource audit
• Finder repository metadata and command availabilitySource audit
• Finder repository-root identitySource audit
• Finder selection context and ownershipGuide / reference
• Finder menu selection dispatchSource audit
• Finder cache agent deploymentGuide / reference
• Private cache-service permission handoffGuide / reference
• TurtleGit Finder commands and selected-file ServiceGuide / reference
• Finder selected-file transfersSource audit
• Finder status collection and cache policySource audit
• Choosing Finder status behaviorGuide / reference
• Finder registered submodule rootsSource audit
• Finder submodule cache treeSource audit
• Finder clipboard transfersSource audit
• Finder two-file DiffSource audit
• Persistent watched repositoriesSource audit
• Finder to New Worktree and post-create continuationSource audit
• First Start SSH setup continuation — October 24, 2026Source audit
• First Start Wizard — implementation in progressSource audit
• Format Patch port auditSource audit
• General settings — implementation in progressSource audit
• Getting started with TurtleGit for MacGuide / reference
• Git CLI authentication prompt paritySource audit
• Git authentication promptsGuide / reference
• Git configuration page — implementation in progressSource audit
• Editing Git notesGuide / reference
• Git property-page paritySource audit
• Git PropertiesGuide / reference
• Private Git SVN runtimeGuide / reference
• Revision Graph layout runtimeGuide / reference
• Shared graph drawing and enhanced-metafile exportSource audit
• Applied-filter feedback and complete command/hover presentation — October 20, 2026Source audit
• Revision Graph save workflowSource audit
• Author pictures in LogGuide / reference
• Contextual Mac HelpSource audit
• Help in TurtleGit for MacGuide / reference
• Historical file materializationSource audit
• Historical navigation and revision ownershipSource audit
• Historical file and folder transferSource audit
• Historical viewer identity and retirementSource audit
• Combine commits (implementation in progress)Guide / reference
• Historical file comparison and Browser transfer deliverySource audit
• History navigation, deletion and submodule inspectionSource audit
• Connected history and reference workflowsGuide / reference
• Mailmap identity display across native viewersSource audit
• Ignore paritySource audit
• Image transparent colors and local appearanceSource audit
• Native image commands and toolbarsSource audit
• Image comparisonSource audit
• Comparing imagesGuide / reference
• Image conflict selectionSource audit
• Image frame/page controls and playbackSource audit
• Windows metafile image comparisonSource audit
• Load Images and standalone image viewingSource audit
• Automatic overlay inspectionSource audit
• Historical implementation notesSource audit
• Import Patch portSource audit
• Inaccessible repository diagnosis and explicit trustSource audit
• Create Repository paritySource audit
• Shared Input dialogSource audit
• URL and path word navigationGuide / reference
• Optional comparison and commit interfacesGuide / reference
• Issue tracker providersGuide / reference
• Configured issue-regex failure behaviorSource audit
• Issue tracker integration auditSource audit
• LanguagesGuide / reference
• Legacy text formats in Compare and MergeGuide / reference
• Git LFS locking paritySource audit
• Git LFS locksGuide / reference
• Optional libgit2 Clone, Fetch and Sync paritySource audit
• Optional libgit2 engineGuide / reference
• LibreOffice document comparison and mergeGuide / reference
• Source list-selection presentationSource audit
• Choosing list selection highlightingGuide / reference
• Literal tool configuration and association routing — October 24, 2026Source audit
• Local command progress familySource audit
• Trying the local previewGuide / reference
• Local reference engine source familySource audit
• Log cache implementation continuationSource audit
• Log revision context consumer policiesSource audit
• Log reference/view controls and pane layoutSource audit
• Log external document openingSource audit
• Log changed-file identities and captured commandsSource audit
• Log filter controls and layoutSource audit
• Finding revisions in Log MessagesGuide / reference
• Log scope, changed-path filters and information lineSource audit
• Expanding compressed historyGuide / reference
• Log Merge and Rebase commandsGuide / reference
• Log rich message pane — partial portSource audit
• Log commit orderingSource audit
• Log Messages paritySource audit
• Log revision popup variantsGuide / reference
• Log reference metadata and native interactionSource audit
• Log reference navigationSource audit
• Log Revert paritySource audit
• Log keyboard, focus and message commandsSource audit
• Log statistics portSource audit
• TurtleGit user manual planGuide / reference
• Standalone Compare/Merge authorizationSource audit
• Merge Blame comparison keysSource audit
• Compare and merge clipboard workflowsSource audit
• Merge Colors pageSource audit
• Native Merge command menusSource audit
• Comment comparisonSource audit
• Comparison common records and moved intervalsSource audit
• Merge comparison optionsSource audit
• Three-way Merge line inspectionSource audit
• Default to UTF-8 encodingSource audit
• Two-pane final NoEnding recordsSource audit
• Merge external-source reload workflowSource audit
• Merge comparison filtersGuide / reference
• Merge Find and ReplaceSource audit
• Collapsed comparison view — partial native paritySource audit
• Merge Encoding and Go To dialogsSource audit
• Merge General settingsSource audit
• Inline differences and navigationSource audit
• Compare and Merge input encodingSource audit
• Merge Line Diff BarSource audit
• Merge locator barSource audit
• Merge line-change marginsSource audit
• Moved blocksSource audit
• Native Compare and Merge command toolbarGuide / reference
• Merge block navigationSource audit
• One-pane context commandsSource audit
• Combined one-pane comparisonSource audit
• TurtleGitMerge OpenSource audit
• Merge operation and message preparationSource audit
• Compare and Merge pane-header workflowsSource audit
• Compare and Merge pane inputSource audit
• Compare and Merge pane identity and statusSource audit
• Merge dialog paritySource audit
• Create patch file and General context settingSource audit
• Source text-patch adapter implementation and remaining acceptanceGuide / reference
• Reflected names in Merge unified patchesSource audit
• Merge regex filtersSource audit
• Merge resolved and edited presentationSource audit
• Merge save workflowsSource audit
• Merge source-pane tools — partial native paritySource audit
• Three-way row states and visibilitySource audit
• Standalone two-file Merge-tool comparisonSource audit
• Standalone TurtleGitMerge command entrySource audit
• Merge command frame continuitySource audit
• Standalone Merge application presentationSource audit
• Use TurtleGitMerge with GitGuide / reference
• Merge typing and current-line endingsSource audit
• Merge view controls and input orientationSource audit
• Merge whitespace displaySource audit
• Compare and Merge word inputSource audit
• Wrap long linesSource audit
• Shared Commit and Merge message historySource audit
• Shared message hotspot interaction — partial portSource audit
• Commit and Rebase message wrappingSource audit
• EMF+ indexed and 16-bit bitmap comparisonSource audit
• Classic monochrome and bitmap pattern brushesSource audit
• Classic EMF clippingSource audit
• Classic EMF extended pensSource audit
• Classic region and flood paintingSource audit
• Compressed raster sources in Windows metafilesSource audit
• Native Windows metafile consumersSource audit
• EMF+ custom line capsSource audit
• Classic metafile stock drawing stateSource audit
• Embedded metafile images and texturesSource audit
• General EMF+ path-gradient boundariesSource audit
• High-depth EMF+ bitmap displaySource audit
• EMF+ painting interoperabilitySource audit
• Path-gradient painting in image comparisonSource audit
• EMF+ compressed paths across image comparisonSource audit
• EMF+ pen strokesSource audit
• Positioned metafile text in image comparisonSource audit
• Classic WMF/EMF Boolean raster operationsSource audit
• Bounded metafile raster regions and ordered checkpointsSource audit
• EMF+ region and pattern paintingSource audit
• Packaged WMF / EMF / EMF+ rendererGuide / reference
• Classic metafile direct scanlines and gradient meshesSource audit
• EMF+ SourceCopy compositionSource audit
• EMF+ formatted text in Image CompareSource audit
• Missing staged-file recovery source familySource audit
• Missing staged filesGuide / reference
• Moving and copying filesGuide / reference
• Native issue-provider integrationSource audit
• Native file-list interaction ownershipSource audit
• Network settings — implementation in progressSource audit
• Notes backend and owned editingSource audit
• OpenSSH runtime preparationGuide / reference
• Clipboard patch entry through Finder and the native file chooserSource audit
• Clipboard patches and target matchingSource audit
• Patch file encoding and recoveryGuide / reference
• Patch and comparison appearance ownershipSource audit
• Patch export to mail deliverySource audit
• Native patch file panelSource audit
• Patch filenames, renames and recoveryGuide / reference
• Recorded-base patch recoverySource audit
• Patch application and explicit Save policiesSource audit
• Binary, symbolic-link and deletion patch recoverySource audit
• Filesystem completion across path-entry dialogsSource audit
• TurtleGit for Mac — full port trackingGuide / reference
• PowerPoint comparison source familySource audit
• PowerPoint presentation comparisonGuide / reference
• Presentation comment revision family — October 24, 2026Source audit
• Primary dialog command bandsGuide / reference
• Primary dialog conditional controlsSource audit
• Commit, Log and Settings controlsSource audit
• Primary dialog visual review — 14 October 2026Guide / reference
• Privacy in TurtleGit for MacGuide / reference
• Command identity and progress failuresGuide / reference
• Git command progress paritySource audit
• Pull dialog paritySource audit
• Push destination and saved-mapping paritySource audit
• Push dialog paritySource audit
• Regional text in patch windowsGuide / reference
• TurtleGit documentationGuide / reference
• Rebase action controlsGuide / reference
• Add commits to Rebase / Cherry PickSource audit
• Rebase and Cherry Pick amend-failure recoverySource audit
• Rebase completion actionsGuide / reference
• Rebase completion export and Send MailSource audit
• Rebase Conflict FilesGuide / reference
• Rebase conflict commit and message phasesSource audit
• Empty-message Rebase and Cherry Pick recoverySource audit
• Empty replay results and conflict-message hintsGuide / reference
• Empty Squash groupsGuide / reference
• Rebase and Cherry Pick execution recoverySource audit
• Rebase history tools family — October 18, 2026Source audit
• Live replay progress and completionSource audit
• Reached Cherry Pick merge-parent selectionSource audit
• Rebase and advanced Cherry Pick message editingSource audit
• Rebase paritySource audit
• Editing future replay actions — October 18, 2026Source audit
• Rebase replay rowsGuide / reference
• Rebase embedded history reference contextSource audit
• Rebase reference controls and preparationSource audit
• Rebase reference recoveryGuide / reference
• Rebase replay progress and recoverySource audit
• Rebase Revision FilesGuide / reference
• Rebase revision menu family — October 18, 2026Source audit
• Rebase row menusGuide / reference
• Older and external paused Rebase sessions — October 20, 2026Source audit
• Rebase session contextGuide / reference
• Edit and Split CommitGuide / reference
• Squash conflict recoveryGuide / reference
• Squash messages and author datesGuide / reference
• Reference browser paritySource audit
• Reference browser presentation and keyboardGuide / reference
• Reference comparison and action ownershipSource audit
• Reference metadata text and literal identitiesSource audit
• Reference refresh: Rebase, Fetch/Pull and PushSource audit
• RefLog Bisect and CombineSource audit
• RefLog native commands and column resetSource audit
• RefLog notes and patch creationSource audit
• RefLog revision operation handoffsSource audit
• RefLog and Stash List paritySource audit
• RefLog named-reference selection and actionsSource audit
• Native RefLog report listSource audit
• Preview and release blockersGuide / reference
• Release update checking — implementation in progressSource audit
• Shared Git transport authenticationSource audit
• Add Remote and Select Remote RefSource audit
• Clone and Fetch reference/checkout notificationsSource audit
• Remote-reference engine workflowSource audit
• Manage RemotesSource audit
• Delete remote tag paritySource audit
• Delete / Delete (keep local) paritySource audit
• Rename paritySource audit
• Replay Git compatibilityGuide / reference
• Replay, merge and resolution inspection enginesSource audit
• Repository Browser Git filename handlingSource audit
• Repository Browser parity auditSource audit
• Repository creation navigation and result setupSource audit
• Repository folder accessGuide / reference
• Clone and Submodule Add input defaultsSource audit
• Repository titles and file path tooltipsSource audit
• Request Pull dialog paritySource audit
• Reset execution, recovery and native follow-upsSource audit
• Reset paritySource audit
• Reset and Log commit-revert selected backendSource audit
• Resolve paritySource audit
• Reverting a commit from LogGuide / reference
• Working-file Revert paritySource audit
• Revert completed-file resultsSource audit
• Reverting working filesGuide / reference
• Review/apply single patch — native implementationSource audit
• Revision ExportGuide / reference
• Revision Graph portSource audit
• Revision GraphGuide / reference
• Revision lookup and exact reference existenceSource audit
• Production runtime layoutGuide / reference
• Save As targets in Compare, Review and MergeGuide / reference
• Saved Data settingsGuide / reference
• Send Mail and patch deliverySource audit
• Settings source appearance and configuration pagesSource audit
• Settings completion and owned closeSource audit
• Settings context and page handoffsSource audit
• Exact text in connected Git settings — October 19, 2026Source audit
• Native Settings tree — implementation in progressSource audit
• Captured Settings sheet handoffs — October 18, 2026Source audit
• Settings graph teardown and owned continuationsSource audit
• Shared message formatting and issue linksGuide / reference
• Signed Finder developmentGuide / reference
• Single-commit details and message workflowsSource audit
• SMTP certificate review paritySource audit
• Reviewing an SMTP server certificateGuide / reference
• Native source form controlsSource audit
• Unicode and source text patchesSource audit
• SSH identity and agent portSource audit
• Saved SSH authenticationGuide / reference
• Native SSH identity selectionSource audit
• Native SSH key generation — implementation in progressSource audit
• SSH encrypted-key response portSource audit
• SSH preparation at Git transport boundariesSource audit
• Stash preparation, completion and ownershipSource audit
• Stash Save paritySource audit
• Statistics save and calculation family — October 21, 2026Source audit
• StatisticsGuide / reference
• Working Tree dialog paritySource audit
• Working Tree, Commit, Log and Finder refresh ownershipSource audit
• Native status text in light and dark modeGuide / reference
• Submodule Add paritySource audit
• Submodule Add recovery and mutation reportingSource audit
• Submodule conflict dialog paritySource audit
• Submodule comparison and conflict dialog actionsSource audit
• Submodule Diff and Changed Files paritySource audit
• Submodule Sync paritySource audit
• Submodule Update paritySource audit
• Submodule Update and Sync execution/recovery — October 18, 2026Source audit
• Subversion merge engine adapterGuide / reference
• SVN native authentication and certificate promptsSource audit
• SVN authenticationGuide / reference
• SVN command workflows — native implementationSource audit
• Switch execution, recovery and completionSource audit
• Switch/Checkout dialog paritySource audit
• Symbolic-link Blame workflowSource audit
• Synchronization, Add and Resolve progress familySource audit
• Synchronization incoming and outgoing commit listsSource audit
• Synchronization incoming and outgoing file listsSource audit
• Synchronization literal reference identitySource audit
• Synchronization reference and tag resultsSource audit
• Synchronization Fetch reference-result logSource audit
• Git Synchronization paritySource audit
• Temporary files and Saved Data cleanupGuide / reference
• Testing TurtleGit for MacGuide / reference
• Text conflict editor paritySource audit
• Transport and command progress preferencesGuide / reference
• UI comparison requirementsSource audit
• Byte-backed unified diff editingGuide / reference
• Standalone Unified Diff input and document ownershipSource audit
• Unified diff viewer selectionSource audit
• Shared editable revision comboSource audit
• Revision Graph and comparison viewport navigationSource audit
• Project website and screenshotsGuide / reference
• Word and LibreOffice comparison handoffsSource audit
• Microsoft Word document comparisonGuide / reference
• Microsoft Word three-way mergeGuide / reference
• Working-copy revision utilityGuide / reference
• Working-file identity and metadataSource audit
• Workspace file workflowsGuide / reference
• External workspace requests during standalone MergeSource audit
• Workspace ownership, retired documents and report listsSource audit
• Worktree port auditSource audit
• ZIP archive comparisonGuide / reference