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The Git backend provides the data foundation for transparency, enabling humans to see, understand, and respond to AI work.

The Core Connection

Work-Wiki’s purpose is not measuring what AI did, but building an environment where the Human-AI feedback loop can operate. Three elements are required:
  1. TRANSPARENCY: AI work is visible to human
  2. VISUALIZATION: Presented in a form human can understand
  3. FEEDBACK: Human can efficiently respond/correct/direct AI via prompt
The Git backend provides the data for all three elements.

Attribution Data Flow

WHO Changed What

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|                                                                               |
|  ATTRIBUTION DATA EXTRACTION                                                  |
|                                                                               |
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|                                                                               |
|  SOURCE: Git commits with author information                                  |
|                                                                               |
|  AI commits typically include:                                                |
|  - Author: Human name (from git config)                                       |
|  - Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>                             |
|                                                                               |
|  Git backend extracts this via:                                               |
|                                                                               |
|  1. Commit Detail                                                             |
|     - Author and email from commit                                            |
|     - Full message containing Co-Authored-By                                  |
|     - Files changed with additions/deletions                                  |
|                                                                               |
|  2. Blame Tracking                                                            |
|     - Line number                                                             |
|     - Author who wrote THIS line                                              |
|     - Commit hash that introduced it                                          |
|     - Timestamp when it was written                                           |
|     - Actual line content                                                     |
|                                                                               |
|  3. Author Timeline                                                           |
|     - Total commits per author                                                |
|     - Total additions/deletions                                               |
|     - Time-ordered commit list                                                |
|     - Most modified files                                                     |
|                                                                               |
|  4. Project Summary                                                           |
|     - Top contributors                                                        |
|     - Author count                                                            |
|     - Contribution rankings                                                   |
|                                                                               |
+===============================================================================+

WHAT Changed

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|                                                                               |
|  CHANGE VISUALIZATION DATA                                                    |
|                                                                               |
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|                                                                               |
|  1. Parsed Diff - Line-level changes                                          |
|                                                                               |
|     ParsedDiff {                                                              |
|       path: String,                                                           |
|       lines: Vec<ParsedDiffLine>,                                             |
|       additions: usize,                                                       |
|       deletions: usize                                                        |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
|     ParsedDiffLine {                                                          |
|       line_type: String,    // "header", "hunk", "addition",                  |
|                             //  "deletion", "context", "meta"                 |
|       content: String,                                                        |
|       old_line: Option<u32>,                                                  |
|       new_line: Option<u32>                                                   |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
|  Frontend can directly render:                                                |
|  +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+  |
|  | Old  | New  | Content                                    | Type         |  |
|  |------|------|---------------------------------------------|-------------|  |
|  |      |      | @@ -10,5 +10,7 @@                           | hunk        |  |
|  | 10   | 10   |     function calculate() {                  | context     |  |
|  | 11   |      | -       return a + b;                       | deletion    |  |
|  |      | 11   | +       // AI: Adding validation            | addition    |  |
|  |      | 12   | +       if (a === undefined) return 0;      | addition    |  |
|  |      | 13   | +       return a + b;                       | addition    |  |
|  | 12   | 14   |     }                                       | context     |  |
|  +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+  |
|                                                                               |
|  2. Commit Detail - Commit-level changes                                      |
|                                                                               |
|     CommitFile {                                                              |
|       path: String,                                                           |
|       status: String,    // "M", "A", "D", "R"                                |
|       additions: usize,                                                       |
|       deletions: usize                                                        |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
|  3. Branch Relationships - Merge topology                                     |
|                                                                               |
|     BranchRelationship {                                                      |
|       nodes: Vec<BranchNode>,                                                 |
|       merge_events: Vec<MergeEventInfo>                                       |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
+===============================================================================+

WHEN and HOW

Timeline data shows work progression:
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|                                                                               |
|  TIMELINE DATA EXTRACTION                                                     |
|                                                                               |
+===============================================================================+
|                                                                               |
|  1. Commit Graph - Visual commit timeline                                     |
|                                                                               |
|     CommitGraph {                                                             |
|       nodes: Vec<CommitGraphNode>,                                            |
|       branches: Vec<BranchInfo>,                                              |
|       total_commits: usize,                                                   |
|       max_columns: usize                                                      |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
|     CommitGraphNode {                                                         |
|       hash: String,                                                           |
|       short_hash: String,                                                     |
|       message: String,                                                        |
|       author: String,                                                         |
|       timestamp: i64,                                                         |
|       relative_time: String,     // "5m ago", "2h ago", etc.                  |
|       column: usize,             // Visual column for rendering               |
|       parents: Vec<String>,                                                   |
|       children: Vec<String>,                                                  |
|       is_merge: bool,                                                         |
|       is_branch_tip: bool,                                                    |
|       connections: Vec<GraphConnection>                                       |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
|  2. Timeline Board - Time-bucketed view                                       |
|                                                                               |
|     TimelineData {                                                            |
|       commits: Vec<TimelineCommit>,                                           |
|       time_range: TimeRange                                                   |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
|  3. Branch Timeline - Branch-specific timeline                                |
|                                                                               |
|     BranchTimelineCommits {                                                   |
|       branch: String,                                                         |
|       buckets: Vec<CommitBucket>                                              |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
|     CommitBucket {                                                            |
|       date: String,         // "2025-01-17"                                   |
|       commits: Vec<...>,                                                      |
|       count: usize                                                            |
|     }                                                                         |
|                                                                               |
+===============================================================================+

AI Contribution Detection

The backend provides data for detecting AI contributions through multiple patterns:

Pattern 1: Co-Authored-By Marker

commit abc123...
Author: John Doe <[email protected]>

Add new validation feature

- Added input validation
- Added error handling

Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>  <-- AI marker
Backend provides: Commit full message Frontend can parse for “Co-Authored-By”

Pattern 2: Author Email Detection

Some setups may have AI as direct author: Backend provides: Commit email, Blame author Frontend can match against known AI email patterns

Pattern 3: Commit Message Analysis

AI commits often contain specific patterns:
  • “Generated with [Claude Code]”
  • “Created by GitHub Copilot”
  • Tool-specific markers
Backend provides: Commit message Frontend can use regex matching

Data Refresh Strategy

Initial Page Load

Use batch refresh for fast loading:
const fullData = await invoke('git_full_refresh', {
    path: repoPath,
    commit_limit: 100
});

// Single call provides:
// - status (current branch, staged/unstaged files)
// - branches (all local and remote)
// - commits (last N commits)
// - worktrees (all worktrees)
// - stashes (all stashes)

File Selection

On-demand loading when user selects a file:
// Load blame for selected file
const blame = await invoke('git_blame', { path, file_path });

// Load diff for selected file
const diff = await invoke('git_diff_parsed', {
    path, file_path, staged: false
});

// Load file timeline
const timeline = await invoke('git_file_timeline', {
    path, file_path
});

History Exploration

Incremental loading for commit history:
// Load commit graph
const graph = await invoke('git_commit_graph', {
    path, limit: 500
});

// User clicks on commit - load details
const detail = await invoke('git_commit_detail', {
    path, commit_id: selectedCommitId
});

The Complete Feedback Loop

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|                                                                               |
|  THE COMPLETE FEEDBACK LOOP WITH GIT BACKEND                                  |
|                                                                               |
+===============================================================================+
|                                                                               |
|       +-----------------------------------------------------------+          |
|       |                                                           |          |
|       |    AI Work                                                |          |
|       |       |                                                   |          |
|       |       | Creates commits with Co-Authored-By               |          |
|       |       v                                                   |          |
|       |  +=======================+                                |          |
|       |  ||  Git Repository     ||                                |          |
|       |  +===========+===========+                                |          |
|       |             |                                             |          |
|       |             | Git backend extracts                        |          |
|       |             v                                             |          |
|       |  +-----------------------+                                |          |
|       |  |    TRANSPARENCY       |                                |          |
|       |  |-----------------------|                                |          |
|       |  | - Who: blame,         |                                |          |
|       |  |   author_timeline     |                                |          |
|       |  | - What: diffs,        |                                |          |
|       |  |   commit_detail       |                                |          |
|       |  | - When: log,          |                                |          |
|       |  |   timeline_board      |                                |          |
|       |  +-----------+-----------+                                |          |
|       |             |                                             |          |
|       |             | Tauri IPC                                   |          |
|       |             v                                             |          |
|       |  +-----------------------+                                |          |
|       |  |    VISUALIZATION      |                                |          |
|       |  |    Work-Wiki          |                                |          |
|       |  |    Frontend           |                                |          |
|       |  +-----------+-----------+                                |          |
|       |             |                                             |          |
|       |             | Human sees AI work                          |          |
|       |             v                                             |          |
|       |  +-----------------------+                                |          |
|       |  |  Human Understands    |                                |          |
|       |  |-----------------------|                                |          |
|       |  | - What changed        |                                |          |
|       |  | - Who changed it      |                                |          |
|       |  | - Why/How             |                                |          |
|       |  +-----------+-----------+                                |          |
|       |             |                                             |          |
|       |             | FEEDBACK via prompt                         |          |
|       |             v                                             |          |
|       |  +-----------------------+                                |          |
|       |  |   Human Responds      |                                |          |
|       |  |-----------------------|                                |          |
|       |  | - Corrections         |                                |          |
|       |  | - Directions          |                                |          |
|       |  | - Approvals           |                                |          |
|       |  +-----------+-----------+                                |          |
|       |             |                                             |          |
|       |             | Prompt to AI                                |          |
|       |             |                                             |          |
|       +-------------+---------------------------------------------+          |
|                     |                                                        |
|                     v                                                        |
|                AI Work                                                       |
|            (loop continues)                                                  |
|                                                                               |
|  This loop as ONE MOTION = Monokinetics                                       |
|                                                                               |
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THE CENTER

The Git backend is essential to THE CENTER. Without it:
  • No transparency (the loop is BLIND)
  • No visualization (the loop is INCOMPREHENSIBLE)
  • No efficient feedback (the loop is BROKEN)
The Git backend is not just a technical component. It is the foundation of Monokinetic transparency.