What’s New in WorktreeWise 1.1.0

WorktreeWise 1.1.0 transforms how developers manage and collaborate across multiple Git worktrees. This release introduces a repository-wide overview dashboard, an advanced worktree creation wizard with sparse checkouts and environment isolation, a multi-pane workspace for terminal sessions and autonomous AI coding agents, reusable multi-step workflows, privacy-focused Git Log and Diff tools, and a review-first pruning workflow.

Release Highlights at a Glance

1. Repository & Worktree Overview Dashboard

WorktreeWise 1.1.0 introduces a comprehensive repository dashboard that gives developers instant visibility into all active checkouts without running manual Git CLI commands:

• 6 Metric Summary Cards: Real-time counters for Total Worktrees, Clean Worktrees, Dirty Worktrees, Ahead/Behind tracking, Total Disk Footprint, and Stale References.
• Clean / Dirty Donut Chart: Visual distribution of uncommitted working tree states across the entire repository.
• Worktree Details Inspector: Click any worktree in the table to open a detailed health panel showing latest commit info, branch tracking status, and large untracked file warnings.
• 4-Way Disk Breakdown: Track bars visually isolate space consumed by Project Files, Git metadata (.git), node_modules, and untracked artifacts.

👉 Learn more in the Worktree Overview Guide

2. Advanced Worktree Creation Wizard

Spinning up a worktree in version 1.1.0 goes far beyond standard git worktree add:

• 3 Creation Modes: Check out directly from HEAD, an existing local/remote tracking branch, or a Git release tag.
• Sparse Checkout: Browse the repository directory tree, inspect byte sizes for each folder, select only the directories you need, and monitor progress bars during sparse checkout initialization.
• Dependency Sharing: Symlink node_modules from your primary worktree to new checkouts instantly, saving gigabytes of disk space and eliminating repetitive pnpm install / npm install runs.
• Environment Isolation: Automatically discovers multiple .env files and templates (.env.local, .env.development, .env.example). Apply Shared, Suffix, or Auto-Port strategies with secret masking and copyable generated previews.
• Lifecycle Hooks: Attach custom shell pre-hooks and post-hooks that run automatically before and after worktree provisioning.

👉 Learn more in the Worktree Creation Guide

3. Multi-Pane Terminal & AI Agent Workspace

Version 1.1.0 brings first-class support for autonomous AI coding agents and multi-pane terminal workspaces:

• Multi-Pane Tiling: Split your workspace into 1, 2, or 3 columns, or use Auto layout to distribute panes dynamically based on your screen width.
• 7 Supported AI Agents: Native integration and detection for:
  • Claude Code (claude)
  • OpenAI Codex (codex)
  • Cursor CLI (cursor-agent)
  • Google Antigravity (agy)
  • Qwen Code (qwen)
  • Kimi CLI (kimi)
  • OpenCode (opencode)
• Smart Context: Generates and copies contextual prompts containing the worktree’s absolute path, active branch, latest commit, dirty files status, and instructions directly to the agent’s session.
• Sidebar Status Badges: The main navigation sidebar displays live glowing badges when AI agents or terminal tasks are actively executing in a worktree.

👉 Learn more in the AI Agents Integration Guide and Terminal Guide

4. Reusable Automation Workflows

Automate repetitive repository maintenance, build pipelines, and testing suites across multiple worktrees:

• Sequential vs. Parallel Execution: Execute command pipelines one worktree after another, or run them concurrently across all selected worktrees with worker pools (Promise.all).
• Pseudo-Terminal (node-pty) Engine: Commands run in full xterm-256color terminal sessions preserving colors, ANSI spinners, and formatting.
• JSON Import & Export: Import workflow definitions from any repository’s .git/WorktreeWise/ directory with interactive preview tables and conflict detection.
• Process Safeguards: Bounded 250,000-character output buffers prevent Electron memory leaks, interactive prompt interceptors prevent hanging processes, and the global Stop button (Esc) safely terminates all active PTY subprocesses.

👉 Explore the Workflows Documentation

5. Privacy-Focused Git Log & Pairwise Git Diff

Manage commits and evaluate code divergence directly inside WorktreeWise:

• Configurable Git Log Columns: Toggle Author, Date, SHA, and Refs columns on or off with a single click. Ideal for anonymized screencasts, team demos, or focused reviews.
• Integrated Staging & Commit Authoring: Inspect uncommitted files, stage/unstage with + and -, discard changes with safety prompts, author commit messages, and amend previous commits.
• Pairwise Comparison Matrix: Compare any two entities in your repository using a 4-way source/target selector (Worktree, Branch, Tag, or Commit).
• Dual Diff Views: Toggle between Side by Side dual-pane and Line by Line unified views with word-level change highlighting and automatic theme synchronization.

👉 Explore Git Log and Git Diff

6. Review-First Worktree Pruning

CLI git worktree prune can silently discard metadata if a network drive disconnects or if a path was temporarily moved. WorktreeWise 1.1.0 replaces destructive pruning with a safe, review-first workflow:

• Dry-Run Analysis: WorktreeWise runs preview-prune-worktrees to detect stale, detached, or missing worktrees without modifying repository records.
• Interactive Checkbox Selection: Review discovered entries with their paths and staleness reasons. Deselect any worktree you plan to reconnect.
• Safe Confirmation: Only confirmed worktrees are pruned, ensuring your working tree metadata remains intact.

👉 Learn more in the Pruning Guide

7. Deep Customization & Preferences

Tailor WorktreeWise to your exact development setup in the redesigned Settings panel:

• Worktree Naming Patterns: Configure automated folder naming using {repo} and {branch} tokens, custom separators (__wt__), or custom naming templates.
• Editor Auto-Detection: Automatically detect and launch VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains (WebStorm, IntelliJ, PyCharm, GoLand, etc.), Zed, and Sublime Text.
• Shell Profiles: Choose from PowerShell, Git Bash, WSL (wsl.exe), Bash, Zsh, Fish, Nushell, or specify custom shell binary paths.
• International Encoding: Support for 12+ international character encodings (UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252, Shift-JIS, GBK, EUC-KR, Windows-1251, etc.) ensures file diffs and logs render accurately across languages.

👉 Explore the Settings Guide

Upgrading to 1.1.0

WorktreeWise 1.1.0 is fully backward-compatible with repositories created in earlier versions. Existing worktrees, Git branches, and settings are detected automatically upon launching the updated application.