ForgeFlow/CHANGELOG.md

# Changelog

## 0.8.2 - 2026-07-26

- enabled checksum-verified binary auto-update for installed and portable Windows builds;
- added an external binary updater that waits for ForgeFlow to close, applies the verified release and restarts the application;
- added reproducible SHA-256 sidecars and authenticated Gitea release publishing;
- made packaged update checks fail clearly when a matching published release asset is incomplete.

## 0.8.1 - 2026-07-26

- introduced a refined premium visual system with clearer hierarchy, richer depth, responsive density and reduced-motion support;
- added a live open pull-request overview per repository instead of only pull-request creation;
- added a safe installed-connection self-test for DPAPI, Gitea identity, repository access and Actions access;
- verified the existing dedicated Unraid Ed25519 key and strict host fingerprint against the configured server;
- expanded compact-window visual acceptance at 1120 × 720 and the dashboard check at 1440 × 900.

## 0.8.0 - 2026-07-25

- Added partial-hunk staging, conflict guidance, protected-branch awareness and Gitea pull requests.
- Added configurable editor/terminal integration, tray, notifications and login startup.
- Added deployment policies, release notes, append-only audit export and encrypted configuration backup/restore.
- Added a guarded end-to-end environment acceptance harness.

## 0.7.0

- Added server-authoritative adoption of existing Unraid/Compose deployments.
- Added Docker, Compose, Git and DockerMan discovery with provenance and complete runtime metadata.
- Added a general one-click troubleshooter for common Git and deployment failures.
- Added safe abort recovery for interrupted Git operations and protected divergence repair.
- Fixed Unraid WebUI placeholder validation, serialized config saves, malformed config recovery and CRLF manifest verification.

## 0.6.1

- Fixed Windows PowerShell 5.1 updater status replacement and STARTED handshake.
- Added helper-log diagnostics and update-request identity validation.


## 0.6.0

- Added complete repository troubleshooting for stale `HEAD.lock`, `index.lock`, ref locks and diverged branches.
- Added safe one-click fetch, fast-forward, push and backup-then-reset synchronization repairs.
- Reconciled interrupted SSH deployments from live Unraid state at startup and on demand.
- Added DockerMan WebUI, icon and shell metadata plus a persistent XML template fallback for repository and generated Compose deployments.
- Added a built-in high-contrast ITWorx icon, local PNG upload, DockerMan image storage and metadata/icon-cache invalidation.
- Enforced lowercase internal Compose identities while preserving visible names such as `Portfolio`.
- Hardened source updater startup, status reporting, rollback and restart behavior.
- Completed successful SSH operations before post-deployment reconciliation to prevent stale deployment mode.
- Added startup server-truth refresh, batch DockerMan repair and healthy-live-SHA deploy suppression.
- Added lockfile-aware updater installs and direct Electron restart.
- Expanded automated coverage to Git lock, divergence, DockerMan, deployment reconciliation and updater regressions.

## 0.5.4

- Added exact Unraid-to-Gitea clone preflight.
- Made SSH deployments background operations with automatic polling.
- Preserved configured Compose casing such as Portfolio.
- Guaranteed failed remote operations become terminal failed records.


## 0.5.3

- Confirmed updater handoff before application exit.
- Persistent lifecycle state and startup result notification.
- Reliable success/rollback restart tracking.

## 0.5.2

- Made release verification and built-in update validation independent of Windows Bash shims.
- Added portable structural safety validation for the Unraid deployment script.
- Kept GNU Bash syntax validation on Linux and other non-Windows systems.


## 0.5.1

- Fixed Windows publication quality gate by validating Bash syntax through standard input.
- Added regression coverage for path-independent shell validation.

## 0.5.0

- Viewport-safe scrollable dialogs with persistent actions.
- NUL-delimited Git pathspec transport for large selections.
- Per-repository mutation serialization and stale lock repair.
- Bulk normalization of legacy Gitea origins.
- Expanded regression coverage.


- Correctly stage deleted and renamed paths.
- Preserve and surface local commits when push fails.
- Always refresh the actual Git state after operation errors.
- Add end-to-end Git regression coverage for deletion and push recovery.

## 0.4.3

- Removed the platform-dependent Unraid inspection integration test that mixed Windows temporary paths with remote Linux semantics.
- Added deterministic SSH inspection contract coverage.
- Released as one complete clean source archive.

## 0.4.2

- Replaced nested SSH Bash quoting with a single-line base64 transport.
- Fixed Windows Git Bash inspection failures caused by multiline quote parsing.
- Made temporary test cleanup resilient to short-lived Windows directory locks.
- Corrected remote status-file base64 invocation.
- Added Windows-focused regression coverage and a recovery updater from 0.4.0/0.4.1.

## 0.4.1

- Fixed Windows `bash -n` verification for ForgeFlow paths such as `C:\Projects\ForgeFlow`.
- Bash now receives a relative POSIX script path with the project root supplied through `cwd`.
- Added cross-platform regression tests, including a project root containing spaces.

## 0.4.0

- Made the changed-file panel independently scrollable for large working trees.
- Added explicit commit-message readiness and clarified that commit actions stage selected files automatically.
- Integrated the supplied ITWorx.tech logo into the title bar, setup and desktop icons.
- Added a private-Gitea source updater pinned to an exact update-branch commit.
- Added secure SSH / Unraid server profiles with host-key pinning.
- Added exact-SHA deployment to Git-backed `/mnt/user/appdata/<project>` folders.
- Added existing deployment inspection, tracked-change blocking, origin alignment and nested-Git warnings.
- Added repository Compose adoption and basic generated Compose for simple Dockerfile applications.
- Added exact previous-SHA rollback with repeat health verification.
- Added the LumaOps server-versus-Gitea migration audit.
- Expanded the automated suite to 59 passing tests.

## 0.3.2

- Clone from Gitea now uses the first configured project root automatically.
- Repository-named target folders are created without reopening the folder picker.
- Added an explicit Choose another location action for exceptional clones.
- Existing matching checkouts are linked instead of cloned again.
- Different repositories, non-empty ordinary folders and file conflicts are blocked.
- Clone identity and destination are resolved again in the privileged backend.
- Added a Windows source-update script and upgrade guide.
- Expanded the automated suite from 39 to 45 passing tests.

## 0.3.1

- Fixed the Windows environment doctor failing with `spawn npm ENOENT` after a successful npm installation.
- Added safe npm invocation through `npm_execpath` with a `cmd.exe` fallback.
- Added Windows and cross-platform regression tests for npm discovery.
- Removed the duplicated hard-coded doctor version.

## 0.1.0 — Functional MVP foundation

- Reworked the Stitch static screens into one coherent desktop application.
- Added secure Electron main/preload/renderer architecture.
- Added real Gitea connection and repository loading.
- Added bounded local Git repository discovery and remote matching.
- Added real Git status, diff, staging, commit, push, fetch and fast-forward pull.
- Added deployment profiles and exact-SHA Gitea Actions dispatch.
- Added deployment confirmation, operation history and healthcheck foundation.
- Added dark/light themes, onboarding and browser demo.
- Added unit tests and a real temporary Git remote integration test.
- Added safe workflow and server deployment examples.

## 0.4.5
- Fixed commit/push after manually staging a deleted file.
- Already staged deletions and renames are no longer re-added as missing pathspecs.
- Added a real bare-remote regression test for `silent-zebra-glow.zip`.