Kinds of Workspace

Workspaces come in three kinds, depending on who records changes. When the folder is a Git repository, Git records them. When it's outside Git and Track Changes is on, Resomark records them. When it's outside Git and not tracked, nobody does. You don't pick the kind yourself: when you add a folder, Resomark checks whether it's in a Git repository, and then whether you turned on Track Changes.

	Git repository	Outside Git, Track Changes on	Outside Git, not tracked
Changes are compared with	The last commit	What you've accepted	Nothing
Changes in the sidebar, file name colors, marks in the text	Yes	Yes	No
Keep and revert	No; use your Git tools	Yes	No
History of the whole folder	Commit History	Workspace History	None
History of a single file	Git (committed files), Mac	Reso, Mac	Mac
Needs Plus	Seeing changes is free; opening commits and switching worktrees and branches need Plus	Plus, with a free 14-day trial	Free

How each column works: Uncommitted changes in a Git repository, Track Changes, Three kinds of history.

Add the repository's top-level folder (the one that contains .git), and the card in the add window says Git repository. A Git repository has no Track Changes switch, and Resomark doesn't keep a separate history for it.

If you add a subfolder inside a repository, Git still manages those files, but this Workspace doesn't show Git changes or commits. Where Changes would be, there's only the line "This folder is inside a Git repository. Add the repository root as a Workspace to review its changes." When you add such a folder, the card has a Use “repository name” button; click it to switch to the repository's root folder.

Track Changes is on by default in the add window. With it on, Resomark records what's in the folder from that moment, and lists whatever other apps change afterward. With it off, it's an ordinary folder: you can read and write, and nothing is compared. You can change this at any time by right-clicking the Workspace and choosing Workspace Settings….

Once the trial is over and you don't have Plus, the switch is off by default for newly added folders, with a PLUS badge next to it.

• Temporary Location: when you open a file from Finder that isn't in any Workspace, the sidebar shows the folder it's in. That isn't a Workspace: changes aren't tracked, there's no Changes section or folder history, and there are no backlinks. To use it for the long run, click Add as Workspace.
• Remote Workspaces: folders you open over SSH come in the same three kinds. Their changes and history are recorded on the remote computer, so several Macs opening the same remote folder see the same records. Remote files have no Mac versions. Remote Workspaces are a Plus feature; see Remote Workspaces.

• You run git init in the folder: Changes switches to Git's, and a one-time notice says "“folder name” is a Git repository now. Workspace History is paused, and existing history stays."
• You delete .git: if Track Changes is on, tracking starts again from what's on disk at that moment, and the existing Workspace History carries on. A remote Workspace switches over only after you reconnect.
• Another Git repository is nested inside the folder: that subfolder isn't tracked, and the ⓘ next to the Changes heading lists it. To see its changes, add it as a Workspace of its own.

Look at the button next to the big title on the folder page. A Git repository has Commit History. A folder with Track Changes on has a clock, Workspace History. One with tracking off has a clock with a slash through it; hover over it to see "Workspace History · Tracking Off". The folder page of a Git repository also has a button at the top showing the worktree and branch.

• Track Changes
• Three kinds of history