Working Area screen shot

View the files that GIT can see in your file system

If file content extraction is enabled then we'll see each files contents here

Staging Area screen shot

View the files that are currently in the GIT Staging/Index

If file content extraction is enabled then we'll see each files contents here

Staging Area screen shot

Note we can collapse this container down by clicking the * in the upper right hand corner

Changing Auto Update Checkbox

By default the visualisation will update automatically whenever a change is made to the repo

We can pause the visualisation by unchecking the 'AutoUpdate' check box

The inclusion of Tree objects in the visualisation is only really useful when explicitly looking into how Git Trees work.

For all other scenarios it is best to remove them to reduce clutter on the screen

Simply click the <Hide Tree> button to remove them

Hiding Trees within the visualisation option Graph showing screen when trees are hidden

Similarly to removing Tree object we can remove BLOB objects if desired too

Simply click the <Hide Blob> button to remove them

Hiding Blobs within the visualisation option Graph showing screen when Bloba are hidden