Code editor Zed introduces native Git support for enhanced code collaboration

Zed, an AI-powered code editor, has introduced Git support starting from version 0.177, enhancing its high-performance collaboration capabilities. The new Git panel provides an overview of your working tree and Git's staging area, allowing users to quickly identify changed and staged files. Users can stage changes or restore files to their state in HEAD using keyboard shortcuts.

Zed actively monitors the repository, ensuring that command line changes are immediately reflected within the editor. Committing changes is streamlined with the cmd-enter shortcut, and Zed can utilize your preferred LLM to generate commit messages. During team collaborations, Zed automatically adds Co-Authored-By lines to commits.

The Diff View feature allows users to review commits line by line, similar to git add -p, with the ability to stage or skip hunks via the keyboard. As a text editor, Zed also permits on-the-fly file modifications. The command palette offers quick access to git::Commit for committing all changes to tracked files, akin to git commit -a, as well as fetch, pull, and push commands.

Future updates to Zed will include additional Git features such as conflict resolution, line by line staging, history visualization, and more.