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History graph rendering performance

Summary

Reduces redraw work in the history branch graph by caching per-row drawing geometry and making row canvases equatable, and centralizes history context-menu handling in the scroll coordinator. The change also avoids recomputing subtracting in CommitFileListView selection handling.

Changes

  • Per-row geometry cache (CommitGraphRowGeometryCache.swift, new): builds and memoizes CommitGraphRowGeometry per row index in an NSCache (count limit 512). Ownership is per CommitGraphModel snapshot, so the cache is invalidated automatically when the graph changes.
  • Immutable row geometry (CommitGraphRowGeometry.swift, new): holds strokes (path/color index/highlight) and dots.
  • Canvas uses cached geometry (BranchGraphRowCanvas.swift): BranchGraphRowCanvas is now Equatable and stores precomputed geometry instead of model. drawRow iterates cached strokes/dots; bounds checks moved into the cache builder.
  • Equatable dot (CommitGraphTypes.swift): GraphDot now conforms to Equatable, and CommitGraphModel carries the rowGeometryCache.
  • Context menu handling: centralized in HistoryTableScrollCoordinator.swift (details truncated).
  • Selection handling (CommitFileListView.swift): new.subtracting(old) is computed once into addedFiles and reused in the first(where:) predicate.

Notes

  • Context-menu changes in HistoryTableScrollCoordinator.swift and HistoryView.swift are not fully visible in the supplied patch (truncated), so their exact behavior is not described here.
  • No testing or verification is claimed; nothing in the supplied changes evidences it.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Right-clicking or Control-clicking a history row now displays its context menu without interfering with native table interactions.
    • Commit file and diff loading responds to selection changes, cancels outdated requests, and resumes unfinished loads when the history view reappears.
    • History table interactions and visible column widths are restored more consistently.
  • Improvements
    • History graph rows render more efficiently when displaying commit history.
    • Repository status refreshes at more timely points during app activation and automatic fetches.

Precompute row strokes and dots so appending commits no longer invalidates every visible canvas, and skip redundant table coordinator updates.
Remove per-cell tap and context menu gestures so native table selection drives focus, keyboard input, and double-clicks. Present the SwiftUI commit menu through AppKit from the context click monitor.
Reuse per-row stroke and dot geometry through an immutable graph snapshot cache, so appending history no longer rebuilds every visible row canvas. Cancel in-flight commit file and diff loads when selection changes or the view disappears.
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The history view now caches commit graph row geometry, routes row interactions through the native table, and manages commit file and diff load tasks. Repository refresh timing also changes around app activation and automatic fetches.

Changes

History view

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cached graph row geometry
macgit/Views/History/CommitGraphTypes.swift, macgit/Views/History/CommitGraphRowGeometry.swift, macgit/Views/History/CommitGraphRowGeometryCache.swift, macgit/Views/History/BranchGraphRowCanvas.swift
The model stores a row geometry cache. The cache builds strokes and dots for valid row indices, and the canvas draws the cached geometry.
Native-table selection and row interactions
macgit/Views/History/HistoryTableScrollCoordinator.swift, macgit/Views/History/HistoryView.swift, macgit/Views/History/CommitFileListView.swift
The table coordinator presents a returned menu for eligible context clicks. Context clicks select an unselected row before menu creation, and history cells disable hit testing. Column widths are restored after customization changes. The file list computes newly selected files once.
Commit file and diff load lifecycle
macgit/Views/History/HistoryView.swift
Selection changes cancel prior loads. Load routines check cancellation and selection before applying results. The view cancels loads on disappearance and restarts them on appearance.

Repository state refresh

Layer / File(s) Summary
Refresh and automatic-fetch timing
macgit/Services/SyncState.swift, macgit/Views/MainWindow/MainWindowView.swift
The sync loop refreshes before automatic-fetch checks and performs a forced refresh after a successful fetch. The main window refreshes local state before an optional fetch and posts the local-state notification after refresh.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Refactor

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 80c42

No actionable regression remains from the reviewed changes; the PR is mergeable after normal checks.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to cca0c

No increased access or weakened security control was identified in the examined flows. Existing repository identity, fetch controls, and patch safeguards remain in place. Risk appears localized, but unexamined paths limit assurance.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The traced exposure remains the selected local repository, its configured remotes, and existing user-invoked repository actions. The examined changes alter scheduling and presentation routing rather than adding credential sources or remote-operation authority. This conclusion does not establish coverage of every dependent.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The removed menu-construction gate was an event-location check, not an authorization check. The replacement local event monitor still requires the matching window, visible table hit, and valid row before presenting the existing action menu.
  • observed — Patch actions remain disabled while eligibility is unresolved or has failed. Diff patch requests require matching commit and file identity, and patch preparation independently resolves the commit, validates selected files, and checks a working-copy fingerprint.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The existing process runner handles cancellation before startup and during execution, terminates child processes, and waits for exit and output draining before completion. Fetch credential cleanup remains deferred until the remote command returns. These unchanged controls provide counterevidence against the added refresh suspension creating a new credential-lifecycle gap.
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Review comments at @macgit/Views/History/HistoryView.swift:
- Around line 253-255: Update the cancelled-task restart branch around
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Track loaded commit files and line counts so reappearing detail views resume unfinished stages and preserve file selection.

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Review comments at @macgit/Views/History/HistoryView.swift:
- Line 260: Update the restart condition around diffLoadTask so it does not
treat a completed task’s cancellation state as evidence that the diff needs
reloading. Compare diffCommitHash and diffFilePath with the current selection,
and restart loadDiff only when the selected diff is not already loaded and the
prior diff load is unfinished.
- Line 1794: Update the line-count loading flow around commitLineChangeCounts so
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