Giovambattista Fazioli

FinderGit 0.6.0 is out — virtual groups, clearer commits, and a friendlier sidebar

Just shipped FinderGit 0.6.0, the biggest update since the original launch.

Quick reminder for anyone who doesn't know it yet: FinderGit is a native macOS file browser with Git baked in. Every folder shows its branch, clean / dirty / ahead-behind state, and modified file count, live. Click any modified file to see the diff and stage it with one click.

What's new in 0.6.0:

  • 🗂 Virtual groups in the sidebar — Tower-style containers to organise your root folders into "Work", "Side projects", "Dotfiles", whatever fits. Drag to reorder, drag a root onto a group to assign it, right-click to rename or delete.

  • 🔎 Inline filter at the top of the sidebar — narrows long lists by name; also matches group names, so typing "Work" surfaces every root inside the Work group.

  • 📋 Staged / Unstaged are now visually separated in the detail panel, each with its own count and per-file controls. "What am I about to commit" is obvious at a glance.

  • 🎯 Per-column controls — the Git Only toggle and the file filter sit above the file browser column instead of floating in the window toolbar, so the relationship is visually clear.

  • ⌘? opens the live online documentation in your browser, always in sync with the version you're running.

  • 🆕 A small What's New panel introduces every minor release on first launch.

Plus dozens of accessibility refinements (VoiceOver labels, ARIA semantics across sidebar / file browser / lightbox controls) and quality fixes — sidebar drag is bounded so it stops squeezing the detail panel off-screen, window resize no longer flips your detail layout silently, and a fix to a regression where clicking a virtual group header would merge files from every root inside.

The update is automatic — existing users will see it on next launch.

Fresh install: https://findergit.app

Would love feedback from anyone tracking more than 3 or 4 repos in parallel — does the virtual groups idea match how you mentally organise your projects, or do you bucket them differently?

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