Git Integration needs serious work.

  1. After committing and pushing code changes, the Repository Up Arrow remains. Not matter how many times you Refresh or Fetch..it only goes away when you shutdown Xcode and restart.

  2. .gitignore processing is a nightmare to correct. There should be a clearer way to remove/delete files from the repository and also synch with new .gitignore settings. But even the .gitignore file name is misleading. Please clean this up in the settings and/or IDE. It costs huge time to correct.

  3. Not seeing a difference between, Fetch Changes, Refresh, or Pull. The only indications of a code changes seems to occur with a Pull. Just not clear what is supposed to happen at the code level.

Do you really have to use Xcode to manage Git repositories? I use Sourcetree and GitHub Desktop.

  1. What's the "Repository Up Arrow"? I don't see any arrows. The closest thing I can find suggests it may be part of GitHub Desktop, which I don't use.

  2. .gitignore is part of git. You'll have to take that up with Linus. However, this is a good use of AI. Forget "vibe coding", use AI to explain how to do things in Git.

This is probably causing your issue #1. You probably have some IDE data files managed by Git. You don't want that. Try this for a .gitignore file:

.DS_Store
xcschememanagement.plist
**/xcuserdata/
**/xcshareddata/
  1. That's another Git issue. Use Fetch Changes to do things like detect new branched added elsewhere. I forget what Refresh is good for. I have used a couple of times, but only a couple of times.

It sounds like most of your complaints are just about Git. Source control system were much easier and straightforward 20 years ago.

Git Integration needs serious work.
 
 
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