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Command palette & keyboard

GitCat is built to be driven from the keyboard. The ⌘K palette reaches anything; vim-style keys move around the graph.

This page is being expanded

The full walkthrough is on its way. Here's the outline of what it covers.

What this page will cover

  • The command palette (⌘K) — fuzzy search across commits, refs (including branches not shown in the sidebar), and every tool, plus an in-app Help page.
  • Vim-style navigationj/k, gg/G, Ctrl-D/Ctrl-U, / to search.

Shortcut reference (so far)

ShortcutAction
⌘KCommand palette
⌘OOpen / switch repository
⌘,Settings
⌘⇧HRecentre the graph on HEAD
⌘ZUndo the last mutation
⌘⇧NNew branch
⌘NNew window
⌘FSearch Code
⌘⇧FSearch Commit Content (pickaxe)
⌘`Toggle the built-in terminal

(On Windows/Linux, use Ctrl in place of .)

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