Open in new tab

[jbm]

When the Option key is held down and there is a repo window open, File > Open turns into Open in New Tab. When selected, it opens the new repo into a new tab in the existing window, rather than opening in a new window.

The reason for this is I always operate in a single, full-screen window for visibility and to ensure I see vertical side by side diffs. This streamlines the workflow so I don't have to repeatedly open in a window, zoom the window, then merge all windows. Hopefully done in a way that is minimally invasive and affects nobody if you don't look for it.

This also revealed a potential bug for other future UI changes where the "viewing 'repo branch'" toast was not relative to the content, and so got shown "under" the tab bar.

I AGREE TO THE GITUP CONTRIBUTOR LICENSE AGREEMENT

As noted in the commit comments, these changes were assisted by Claude Opus 5.5, including app tests that I kept local since there doesn't seem to be an overarching automated test scheme. No offense intended if I missed commentary forbidding AI assisted submissions, and none taken if rejected for same.

[greptile-apps]

Confidence Score: 5/5

[Medium impact] The PR appears safe to merge; no actionable issues were found.

Summary

Adds an Option-key alternate for opening repositories in tabs and moves notifications below the window’s top safe area.

• Holding Option lets you open another repository in a GitUp tab.
• Toast messages follow the content area as the tab bar changes.

No actionable issues were found.

Diagram

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  A["Option + File > Open"] --> B["Choose repository folders"]
  B --> C{"Any documents still open?"}
  C -->|Yes| D["Use existing tab-opening helper"]
  C -->|No| E["Open in a window"]
  D --> F{"Repository already open?"}
  F -->|Yes| G["Show existing repository"]
  F -->|No| H["Create window with tabbing preferred"]

Loading

_{Reviews (1) · Last reviewed commit: "Keep "Open…" when pressing Option withou..." · Reviewed by Greptile}