Opening the Panel
There are two ways into the Git panel: open it on a group that already exists in your workspace, or create a new group by cloning a remote repository. Both paths land on the same Git panel.
Opening an Existing Group
In either the Flow Runner sidebar or the Load Test sidebar, click the three-dot button next to a group (or right-click the group) to open its context menu, then pick Git. The Git panel takes over the main area and shows the repository state for that specific group.
The context menu items are consistent across both sidebars:
- •Flow group menu: Rename, Environments, Git, Delete.
- •Spec group menu (Load Test): Add Spec, Rename, Environments, Git, Delete.
If the group folder has never been touched by Git before, the panel opens on the Setup Wizard (covered next). If it already contains a repository, the panel opens straight to the last active section for that workspace, defaulting to Overview on first visit.
Cloning a Remote as a New Group
At the top of the Flow Runner sidebar and the Load Test sidebar there is a Clone repository button. Clicking it opens the Clone dialog:
- •Remote URL: the HTTPS URL of the Git repository you want to clone (for example https://github.com/team/specs.git).
- •Access Token: the personal access token the panel should use to authenticate. A show/hide toggle next to the field lets you reveal what you typed. The field is optional for public repositories and for hosts whose token is already saved under Settings → Saved Servers.
When you confirm, Tigrister creates a new group folder named after the repository (the .git suffix is stripped and any conflicting name gets a numeric suffix like specs-2), clones the remote into it, wires up every item inside (flows or specs, depending on the sidebar), and then opens the Git panel on the freshly populated group. From that moment on, the new group behaves exactly like any group you created manually.
What the Panel Looks Like
Once the panel is open, it replaces the main area of the app with a self-contained Git workspace. The top of the panel is a fixed header bar, followed by a toolbar, and the rest of the space is split between a left navigation column and the active section on the right.
Header bar (top):
- •Back arrow: closes the Git panel and returns you to the feature you came from.
- •Sidebar toggle: hides or reveals Tigrister's main left sidebar, giving the Git panel the full width of the app when you need it.
- •Scope label: reads Git · flows/<group-name> or Git · load-tests/<group-name>, so you always know which repository you are operating on.
Body (below the header):
- •Toolbar: a single row with quick-access controls — an Overview / Commit mode toggle, Pull, Push, Fetch, and the active branch label. Covered in detail in The Toolbar.
- •Left navigation column: six section entries — Overview, Changes, History, Branches, Stashes, Settings. Selecting one updates the right side of the panel and, for Overview, Changes, History, Branches, and Settings, shows a short inline preview underneath the entry.
- •Right section panel: the active section's full view — status cards, file lists, commit graph, branch lists, stash lists, or settings forms, depending on the selection.
A second layout — Commit Mode — temporarily replaces the section navigation with a dedicated file picker and commit form. You enter it from the toolbar or from the Overview Quick Actions row and leave it by toggling back to Overview. Commit Mode is covered in its own sub-section.