Enhanced Git Integration - Push to Gitxxx button

Feature Requests
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Summary

Add comprehensive Git integration with semantic versioning support, commit message validation, and signed commit capabilities through a streamlined UI interface, supporting major Git providers (GitHub, GitLab, etc.).

Detailed Description

Primary Features

  1. Universal Git Push Button Integration
  • Add a dedicated button in the UI for pushing changes to remote repositories
  • Implement automatic diff detection for changed files
  • Include semantic versioning support with automatic version bumping options
  • Provide visual confirmation of files to be included in the push
  • Support for multiple Git providers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.)
  1. Semantic Versioning Implementation
  • Automatic version detection from existing tags
  • Smart version bump suggestions based on diff analysis
  • Options for major, minor, and patch version increments
  • Preview of the new version before pushing
  1. Commit Message Validation
  • Support for custom commit message regex patterns
  • Configuration option to specify regex patterns in project settings
  • Real-time validation of commit messages against defined patterns
  • Visual feedback for message validation status
  1. Signed Commits Support
  • Option to enable GPG signing for commits
  • Integration with system GPG keys
  • Visual indicator for signed/unsigned commit status
  • Configuration panel for GPG key management

User Experience

Push Flow

  1. User clicks the Git push button
  2. OPTIONAL - System shows diff summary
  3. OPTIONAL - User selects semantic version bump type
  4. OPTIONAL - System validates commit message against regex (if configured)
  5. OPTIONAL - User confirms GPG signing (if enabled)
  6. System pushes changes to remote repository

Configuration

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{
  "git": {
    "provider": "auto-detect",  // or specify "github", "gitlab", etc.
    "commitMessageRegex": "^(feat|fix|docs|style|refactor|test|chore)(\\([a-z]+\\))?:\\s.+",
    "enableSemanticVersioning": true,
    "requireSignedCommits": false,
    "gpgKeyId": "optional-key-id"
  }
}

Technical Considerations

Integration Requirements

  • Generic Git operations support
  • Provider-specific API integrations (GitHub API, GitLab API, etc.)
  • Local Git command execution capabilities
  • GPG integration for signed commits
  • Semantic versioning parser and bump calculator

Security Considerations

  • Secure storage of Git provider credentials
  • GPG key protection
  • Support for 2FA where configured
  • Provider-specific security requirements

Benefits

  1. Streamlined workflow for all Git users regardless of provider
  2. Enforced commit message standards
  3. Automatic semantic versioning
  4. Enhanced security with signed commits
  5. Reduced human error in version management
  6. Flexibility to switch between Git providers

Implementation Priority

  • High priority for basic Git push integration
  • Medium priority for semantic versioning
  • Medium priority for commit message validation
  • Lower priority for signed commits
  • Ongoing priority for additional provider support

Future Enhancements

  • Branch management integration
  • Pull/Merge request creation from IDE
  • CI/CD pipeline status visualization
  • Conflict resolution assistance
  • Support for self-hosted Git instances