filestab

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A read-only Files tab for the dsh web GUI. Use it to review changes and preview any file right in the harness.

Features

The plugin adds a file browser to the harness featuring:

• Live change tracking for both jj and git-only repos.
• Side-by-side diff support, able to view any change in repo history.
• Preview files right in the harness. First-class rendering for Markdown, syntax highlighting for source code, and HTML preview in a sandboxed frame.

What it looks like

Reviewing changes

Per-folder change rollups, per-file status markers (M, A), and the side-by-side diff of a changed file:

History: snapshot mode

The commit dropdown selects the current state or any recent commit. Picking a commit shows its exact tree, here with an added file (A) and a binary change rendered as a card:

Preview: Markdown

Rendered Markdown with task lists, a syntax-highlighted code fence, and a mermaid diagram rendered in a sealed iframe:

Preview: source and binaries

Syntax-highlighted source in the View pane, and image/PDF files rendered inline:

Preview: HTML

HTML files run in a sealed iframe:

Install

dsh plugin --profile web add filestab

Install it into the web profile, the one that runs the GUI.

Safety

• Read-only. The host half exposes read-only methods; nothing in the workspace is ever modified.
• Sealed renderers. File-derived scripts never run in the GUI's origin: sandboxed HTML and mermaid diagrams run in an opaque-origin iframe (sandbox="allow-scripts" only, no same-origin access, CSP default-src 'none'), and mermaid renders at its antiscript security level. Some interactive functionality is blocked along with the possible malicious code.

Development

To test a local checkout instead of the published package, install it directly: dsh plugin --profile web add /path/to/filestab

The published npm package ships a prebuilt dist/ bundle (built during prepack), so registry installs need no build step. For a source checkout or local path install, run pnpm install && npm run build first so the bundle exists. dsh.cordis.yml is the plugin's registration manifest; its header comment documents the constraints.

pnpm install     # a local (uncommitted) .npmrc may pin the pnpm store repo-locally
npm run build    # tsc (host + client) + tsdown bundle
npm test         # build + the full suite (pure parser tests + real jj/git I/O when the binaries are on PATH)
npm run e2e      # browser journeys against a sandboxed dsh instance

The test files are plain node scripts (assert + a counter), run one by one by the test script. They are not node:test suites, so node --test will discover nothing in them.

The client bundle must keep its CJS interop shape (window.__ModuleLoader__.load wrapper, flat named exports); see tsdown.config.ts.

Changelog

Coarse, per-release: CHANGELOG.md · Releases.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.