Git in the window
The Git window in Buff Code: what changed, a commit with a message from the agent, push, branches, history. The branch chip shows the state and opens it.
Under the input field there is the ⎇ branch ±N chip: the current branch and the number of changed files, and if the branch has diverged from the remote one — ↑ and ↓ arrows. A click opens the Git window with three tabs: “Changes”, “Branches”, “History”.
The window watches the disk: the agent’s changes, commands in the terminal and your edits in an editor show up without a reload.
Changes
- Files — with a check mark showing whether the file goes into the commit, and a state: “modified”, “new”, “deleted”, “conflict”.
- Commit message — write it yourself or click “Compose the message”: the agent reads the changes of the checked files and the session’s conversation and suggests a message in the style of the recent commits. You can edit it before committing. In a long session the answer may take a minute or two.
- “Commit” — commit the checked files. “Commit and push” — commit and push to the remote repository.
- At the bottom there is the sync line: “main · in sync with origin/main” or how many commits ahead and behind, with a push button.
If a commit or push fails, the reason is written in words under the buttons: no remote branch, a server refusal, a conflict. “Compose the message” works in a session that already has a conversation: before the first message the window says so.
Branches
The list of the project’s branches: the current one is marked, and you can switch to any other; at the bottom — “New branch from the current state” and “Create and switch”. If the working copy has uncommitted changes, the tab warns: on switching they stay in the working copy, and if they get in the way, git refuses and they need to be committed first.
History
Commits of all branches over time — as a line with dots: branch and tag labels (HEAD → main,
origin/main), the message, the short hash, the author and the date. A long history loads more with the
“Show more” button.
In the console
- The branch is in the line under the input field.
/commit— the list of files that will go into the commit, and a confirmation;/push— push the branch./diff— view the changes.
Side conversation
A side conversation: ask something along the way without derailing the main task. It sees the main session, which does not see it; selections go as quotes.
Automations
Scheduled tasks for the agent: schedules, run permissions, manual runs, pause, history. A service on the machine runs them — even with the window closed.