feat(tui): (experimental) show repo state, messages and git log

Cargo.toml

@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ git-next-forge-github = { path = "crates/forge-github", version = "0.13" }
 
 # TUI
 ratatui = "0.28"
+directories = "5.0.1"
+lazy_static = "1.5.0"
+color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 
 # CLI parsing
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 
 # logging
 tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+tracing-error = "0.2.0"
 
 # base64 decoding
 base64 = "0.22"

crates/cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ keywords = { workspace = true }
 categories = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["forgejo", "github"]
+# default = ["forgejo", "github"]
+default = ["forgejo", "github", "tui"]
 forgejo = ["git-next-forge-forgejo"]
 github = ["git-next-forge-github"]
-tui = ["ratatui"]
+tui = ["ratatui", "directories", "lazy_static"]
 
 [dependencies]
 git-next-core = { workspace = true }
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ git-next-forge-github = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # TUI
 ratatui = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+directories = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+lazy_static = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+color-eyre = { workspace = true }
 
 # CLI parsing
 clap = { workspace = true }
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ kxio = { workspace = true }
 # logging
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
+tracing-error.workspace = true
 
 # Conventional Commit check
 git-conventional = { workspace = true }

crates/cli/src/init.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use color_eyre::{eyre::Context, Result};
 use kxio::fs::FileSystem;
 
 pub fn run(fs: &FileSystem) -> Result<()> {

crates/cli/src/main.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 //
+#![allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
+
 mod alerts;
 mod file_watcher;
 mod forge;
@@ -17,8 +19,8 @@ use git_next_core::git;
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
+use color_eyre::Result;
 use kxio::{fs, network::Network};
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]

crates/cli/src/repo/branch.rs

@@ -17,15 +17,13 @@ use tracing::{info, instrument, warn};
 // advance next to the next commit towards the head of the dev branch
 #[instrument(fields(next), skip_all)]
 pub fn advance_next(
-    next: &Commit,
-    main: &Commit,
-    dev_commit_history: &[Commit],
+    commit: Option<Commit>,
+    force: git_next_core::git::push::Force,
     repo_details: RepoDetails,
     repo_config: RepoConfig,
     open_repository: &dyn OpenRepositoryLike,
     message_token: MessageToken,
 ) -> Result<MessageToken> {
-    let (commit, force) = find_next_commit_on_dev(next, main, dev_commit_history);
     let commit = commit.ok_or_else(|| Error::NextAtDev)?;
     validate_commit_message(commit.message())?;
     info!("Advancing next to commit '{}'", commit);

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/advance_main.rs

@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ use git_next_core::RepoConfigSource;
 
 use tracing::warn;
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         branch::advance_main,
         do_send,
         messages::{AdvanceMain, LoadConfigFromRepo, ValidateRepo},
         RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 impl Handler<AdvanceMain> for RepoActor {
@@ -26,13 +29,13 @@ impl Handler<AdvanceMain> for RepoActor {
         let repo_details = self.repo_details.clone();
         let addr = ctx.address();
         let message_token = self.message_token;
+        let commit = msg.unwrap();
 
-        match advance_main(
-            msg.unwrap(),
-            &repo_details,
-            &repo_config,
-            &**open_repository,
-        ) {
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::AdvancingMain {
+            commit: commit.clone(),
+        });
+
+        match advance_main(commit, &repo_details, &repo_config, &**open_repository) {
             Err(err) => {
                 warn!("advance main: {err}");
             }

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/advance_next.rs

@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ use actix::prelude::*;
 
 use tracing::warn;
 
-use crate::repo::{
-    branch::advance_next,
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
+        branch::{advance_next, find_next_commit_on_dev},
         do_send,
         messages::{AdvanceNext, AdvanceNextPayload, ValidateRepo},
         RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 impl Handler<AdvanceNext> for RepoActor {
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ impl Handler<AdvanceNext> for RepoActor {
         let Some(open_repository) = &self.open_repository else {
             return;
         };
+
         let AdvanceNextPayload {
             next,
             main,
@@ -29,10 +33,15 @@ impl Handler<AdvanceNext> for RepoActor {
         let repo_config = repo_config.clone();
         let addr = ctx.address();
 
+        let (commit, force) = find_next_commit_on_dev(&next, &main, &dev_commit_history);
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::AdvancingNext {
+            commit: commit.clone(),
+            force: force.clone(),
+        });
+
         match advance_next(
-            &next,
-            &main,
-            &dev_commit_history,
+            commit,
+            force,
             repo_details,
             repo_config,
             &**open_repository,

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/check_ci_status.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ use actix::prelude::*;
 
 use tracing::{debug, Instrument as _};
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         do_send,
         messages::{CheckCIStatus, ReceiveCIStatus},
         RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 impl Handler<CheckCIStatus> for RepoActor {
@@ -14,11 +17,13 @@ impl Handler<CheckCIStatus> for RepoActor {
 
     fn handle(&mut self, msg: CheckCIStatus, ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
         crate::repo::logger(self.log.as_ref(), "start: CheckCIStatus");
+
         let addr = ctx.address();
         let forge = self.forge.duplicate();
         let next = msg.unwrap();
         let log = self.log.clone();
 
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::CheckingCI);
         // get the status - pass, fail, pending (all others map to fail, e.g. error)
         async move {
             let status = forge.commit_status(&next).await;

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/clone_repo.rs

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ use actix::prelude::*;
 use git_next_core::git;
 use tracing::{debug, instrument, warn};
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         do_send, logger,
         messages::{CloneRepo, LoadConfigFromRepo, RegisterWebhook},
         RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 impl Handler<CloneRepo> for RepoActor {
@@ -15,11 +18,13 @@ impl Handler<CloneRepo> for RepoActor {
     #[instrument(name = "RepoActor::CloneRepo", skip_all, fields(repo = %self.repo_details))]
     fn handle(&mut self, _msg: CloneRepo, ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
         logger(self.log.as_ref(), "Handler: CloneRepo: start");
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::Opening);
         debug!("Handler: CloneRepo: start");
         match git::repository::open(&*self.repository_factory, &self.repo_details) {
             Ok(repository) => {
                 logger(self.log.as_ref(), "open okay");
                 debug!("open okay");
+                self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::Opened);
                 self.open_repository.replace(repository);
                 if self.repo_details.repo_config.is_none() {
                     do_send(&ctx.address(), LoadConfigFromRepo, self.log.as_ref());
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ impl Handler<CloneRepo> for RepoActor {
             Err(err) => {
                 logger(self.log.as_ref(), "open failed");
                 warn!("Could not open repo: {err:?}");
+                self.alert_tui(err.to_string());
             }
         }
         debug!("Handler: CloneRepo: finish");

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/load_config_from_repo.rs

@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ use git_next_core::git::UserNotification;
 
 use tracing::{debug, instrument, Instrument as _};
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         do_send, load,
         messages::{LoadConfigFromRepo, ReceiveRepoConfig},
         notify_user, RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 impl Handler<LoadConfigFromRepo> for RepoActor {
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ impl Handler<LoadConfigFromRepo> for RepoActor {
     #[instrument(name = "Repocrate::repo::LoadConfigFromRepo", skip_all, fields(repo = %self.repo_details))]
     fn handle(&mut self, _msg: LoadConfigFromRepo, ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
         debug!("Handler: LoadConfigFromRepo: start");
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::LoadingConfigFromRepo);
         let Some(open_repository) = &self.open_repository else {
             return;
         };

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/receive_ci_status.rs

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ use actix::prelude::*;
 use git_next_core::git::{forge::commit::Status, graph, UserNotification};
 use tracing::debug;
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         delay_send, do_send, logger,
         messages::{AdvanceMain, ReceiveCIStatus, ValidateRepo},
         notify_user, RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 impl Handler<ReceiveCIStatus> for RepoActor {
@@ -22,6 +25,11 @@ impl Handler<ReceiveCIStatus> for RepoActor {
         let repo_alias = self.repo_details.repo_alias.clone();
         let message_token = self.message_token;
         let sleep_duration = self.sleep_duration;
+        let graph_log = graph::log(&self.repo_details);
+        self.update_tui_log(graph_log.clone());
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::ReceiveCIStatus {
+            status: status.clone(),
+        });
 
         debug!(?status, "");
         match status {
@@ -34,13 +42,14 @@ impl Handler<ReceiveCIStatus> for RepoActor {
             }
             Status::Fail => {
                 tracing::warn!("Checks have failed");
+
                 notify_user(
                     self.notify_user_recipient.as_ref(),
                     UserNotification::CICheckFailed {
                         forge_alias,
                         repo_alias,
                         commit: next,
-                        log: graph::log(&self.repo_details),
+                        log: graph_log,
                     },
                     log.as_ref(),
                 );

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/receive_repo_config.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 use actix::prelude::*;
 use tracing::instrument;
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         do_send,
         messages::{ReceiveRepoConfig, RegisterWebhook},
         RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 impl Handler<ReceiveRepoConfig> for RepoActor {
@@ -13,8 +16,11 @@ impl Handler<ReceiveRepoConfig> for RepoActor {
     #[instrument(name = "RepoActor::ReceiveRepoConfig", skip_all, fields(repo = %self.repo_details, branches = ?msg))]
     fn handle(&mut self, msg: ReceiveRepoConfig, ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
         let repo_config = msg.unwrap();
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::ReceiveRepoConfig {
+            repo_config: repo_config.clone(),
+        });
         self.repo_details.repo_config.replace(repo_config);
-
+        self.update_tui_branches();
         do_send(&ctx.address(), RegisterWebhook::new(), self.log.as_ref());
     }
 }

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/register_webhook.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 //
 use actix::prelude::*;
 
-use tracing::{debug, Instrument as _};
+use tracing::{debug, error, Instrument as _};
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         do_send,
         messages::{RegisterWebhook, WebhookRegistered},
         notify_user, RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 use git_next_core::git::UserNotification;
@@ -25,11 +28,12 @@ impl Handler<RegisterWebhook> for RepoActor {
             let addr = ctx.address();
             let notify_user_recipient = self.notify_user_recipient.clone();
             let log = self.log.clone();
+            self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::RegisteringWebhook);
             debug!("registering webhook");
             async move {
                 match forge.register_webhook(&repo_listen_url).await {
                     Ok(registered_webhook) => {
-                        debug!(?registered_webhook, "");
+                        debug!(?registered_webhook, "webhook registered");
                         do_send(
                             &addr,
                             WebhookRegistered::from(registered_webhook),
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ impl Handler<RegisterWebhook> for RepoActor {
                         );
                     }
                     Err(err) => {
+                        error!(?err, "failed to register webhook");
                         notify_user(
                             notify_user_recipient.as_ref(),
                             UserNotification::WebhookRegistration {
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ impl Handler<RegisterWebhook> for RepoActor {
             .in_current_span()
             .into_actor(self)
             .wait(ctx);
+        } else {
+            self.alert_tui("already have a webhook id - cant register webhook");
         }
     }
 }

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/unregister_webhook.rs

@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ use actix::prelude::*;
 
 use tracing::{debug, warn, Instrument as _};
 
-use crate::repo::{messages::UnRegisterWebhook, RepoActor};
+use crate::{
+    repo::{messages::UnRegisterWebhook, RepoActor},
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
+};
 
 impl Handler<UnRegisterWebhook> for RepoActor {
     type Result = ();
 
     fn handle(&mut self, _msg: UnRegisterWebhook, ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
         if let Some(webhook_id) = self.webhook_id.take() {
+            self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::UnregisteringWebhook);
             let forge = self.forge.duplicate();
             debug!("unregistering webhook");
             async move {

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/validate_repo.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 //
 use actix::prelude::*;
 
-use tracing::{debug, instrument, Instrument as _};
+use tracing::{debug, info, instrument, Instrument as _};
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         do_send, logger,
         messages::{AdvanceNext, AdvanceNextPayload, CheckCIStatus, MessageToken, ValidateRepo},
         notify_user, RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
-use git_next_core::git::validation::positions::{validate, Error, Positions};
+use git_next_core::git::{
+    self,
+    validation::positions::{validate, Error, Positions},
+};
 
 impl Handler<ValidateRepo> for RepoActor {
     type Result = ();
@@ -41,19 +47,34 @@ impl Handler<ValidateRepo> for RepoActor {
             format!("accepted token: {}", self.message_token),
         );
 
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::ValidateRepo);
+
         // Repository positions
         let Some(ref open_repository) = self.open_repository else {
             logger(self.log.as_ref(), "no open repository");
+            self.alert_tui("repo not open");
             return;
         };
         logger(self.log.as_ref(), "have open repository");
         let Some(repo_config) = self.repo_details.repo_config.clone() else {
             logger(self.log.as_ref(), "no repo config");
+            self.alert_tui("no repo config");
             return;
         };
         logger(self.log.as_ref(), "have repo config");
 
-        match validate(&**open_repository, &self.repo_details, &repo_config) {
+        info!("collecting git graph log");
+        let git_log = git::graph::log(&self.repo_details);
+        info!(?git_log, "collected git graph log");
+        self.update_tui_log(git_log.clone());
+        info!("sent to ui git graph log");
+
+        match validate(
+            &**open_repository,
+            &self.repo_details,
+            &repo_config,
+            git_log,
+        ) {
             Ok(Positions {
                 main,
                 next,
@@ -75,10 +96,11 @@ impl Handler<ValidateRepo> for RepoActor {
                         self.log.as_ref(),
                     );
                 } else {
-                    // do nothing
+                    self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::Okay { main, next, dev });
                 }
             }
             Err(Error::Retryable(message)) => {
+                self.alert_tui(format!("[retryable: {message}]"));
                 logger(self.log.as_ref(), message);
                 let addr = ctx.address();
                 let message_token = self.message_token;
@@ -95,12 +117,16 @@ impl Handler<ValidateRepo> for RepoActor {
                 .into_actor(self)
                 .wait(ctx);
             }
-            Err(Error::UserIntervention(user_notification)) => notify_user(
+            Err(Error::UserIntervention(user_notification)) => {
+                self.alert_tui(format!("[USER INTERVENTION: {user_notification}]"));
+                notify_user(
                     self.notify_user_recipient.as_ref(),
                     user_notification,
                     self.log.as_ref(),
-            ),
+                );
+            }
             Err(Error::NonRetryable(message)) => {
+                self.alert_tui(format!("[Error: {message}]"));
                 logger(self.log.as_ref(), message);
             }
         }

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/webhook_notification.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ use actix::prelude::*;
 
 use tracing::{info, instrument, warn};
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         do_send, logger,
         messages::{ValidateRepo, WebhookNotification},
         ActorLog, RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 use git_next_core::{
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ impl Handler<WebhookNotification> for RepoActor {
                     return;
                 }
                 Some(Branch::Main) => {
+                    self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::WebhookReceived {
+                        branch: Branch::Main,
+                        push: push.clone(),
+                    });
                     if handle_push(
                         push,
                         &config.branches().main(),
@@ -64,6 +71,10 @@ impl Handler<WebhookNotification> for RepoActor {
                     };
                 }
                 Some(Branch::Next) => {
+                    self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::WebhookReceived {
+                        branch: Branch::Next,
+                        push: push.clone(),
+                    });
                     if handle_push(
                         push,
                         &config.branches().next(),
@@ -76,6 +87,10 @@ impl Handler<WebhookNotification> for RepoActor {
                     };
                 }
                 Some(Branch::Dev) => {
+                    self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::WebhookReceived {
+                        branch: Branch::Dev,
+                        push: push.clone(),
+                    });
                     if handle_push(
                         push,
                         &config.branches().dev(),
@@ -135,7 +150,7 @@ fn handle_push(
     last_commit: &mut Option<Commit>,
     log: Option<&ActorLog>,
 ) -> Result<(), ()> {
-    logger(log, "message is for dev branch");
+    logger(log, format!("message is for {branch} branch"));
     let commit = Commit::from(push);
     if last_commit.as_ref() == Some(&commit) {
         logger(log, format!("not a new commit on {branch}"));

crates/cli/src/repo/handlers/webhook_registered.rs

@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 use actix::prelude::*;
 use tracing::instrument;
 
-use crate::repo::{
+use crate::{
+    repo::{
         do_send,
         messages::{ValidateRepo, WebhookRegistered},
         RepoActor,
+    },
+    server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate,
 };
 
 impl Handler<WebhookRegistered> for RepoActor {
     type Result = ();
     #[instrument(name = "RepoActor::WebhookRegistered", skip_all, fields(repo = %self.repo_details, webhook_id = %msg.webhook_id()))]
     fn handle(&mut self, msg: WebhookRegistered, ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
+        self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::RegisteredWebhook);
         self.webhook_id.replace(msg.webhook_id().clone());
         self.webhook_auth.replace(msg.webhook_auth().clone());
         do_send(

crates/cli/src/repo/mod.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 //
 use actix::prelude::*;
 
-use crate::alerts::messages::NotifyUser;
+use crate::{
+    alerts::messages::NotifyUser,
+    server::{
+        actor::messages::{RepoUpdate, ServerUpdate},
+        ServerActor,
+    },
+};
 use derive_more::Deref;
 use kxio::network::Network;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use tracing::{info, warn, Instrument};
+use tracing::{info, instrument, warn, Instrument};
 
 use git_next_core::{
     git::{
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ pub struct RepoActor {
     forge: Box<dyn git::ForgeLike>,
     log: Option<ActorLog>,
     notify_user_recipient: Option<Recipient<NotifyUser>>,
+    server_addr: Option<Addr<ServerActor>>,
 }
 impl RepoActor {
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
@@ -71,6 +78,7 @@ impl RepoActor {
         repository_factory: Box<dyn RepositoryFactory>,
         sleep_duration: std::time::Duration,
         notify_user_recipient: Option<Recipient<NotifyUser>>,
+        server_addr: Option<Addr<ServerActor>>,
     ) -> Self {
         let message_token = messages::MessageToken::default();
         Self {
@@ -90,6 +98,55 @@ impl RepoActor {
             sleep_duration,
             log: None,
             notify_user_recipient,
+            server_addr,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn update_tui_branches(&self) {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+        {
+            use crate::server::actor::messages::RepoUpdate;
+            let Some(repo_config) = &self.repo_details.repo_config else {
+                return;
+            };
+            let branches = repo_config.branches().clone();
+            self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::Branches { branches });
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[instrument]
+    fn update_tui_log(&self, log: git::graph::Log) {
+        info!("ready to send log");
+        #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+        {
+            info!("sending...");
+            self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::Log { log });
+            info!("sent");
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn alert_tui(&self, alert: impl Into<String>) {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+        {
+            self.update_tui(RepoUpdate::Alert {
+                alert: alert.into(),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn update_tui(&self, repo_update: RepoUpdate) {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+        {
+            let Some(server_addr) = &self.server_addr else {
+                return;
+            };
+
+            let update = ServerUpdate::RepoUpdate {
+                forge_alias: self.repo_details.forge.forge_alias().clone(),
+                repo_alias: self.repo_details.repo_alias.clone(),
+                repo_update,
+            };
+            server_addr.do_send(update);
         }
     }
 }

crates/cli/src/repo/tests/branch/advance_next.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 //
+use crate::repo::branch::find_next_commit_on_dev;
+
 use super::*;
 
+fn advance_next_sut(
+    next: &Commit,
+    main: &Commit,
+    dev_commit_history: &[Commit],
+    repo_details: RepoDetails,
+    repo_config: RepoConfig,
+    open_repository: &dyn OpenRepositoryLike,
+    message_token: MessageToken,
+) -> branch::Result<MessageToken> {
+    let (commit, force) = find_next_commit_on_dev(next, main, dev_commit_history);
+    branch::advance_next(
+        commit,
+        force,
+        repo_details,
+        repo_config,
+        open_repository,
+        message_token,
+    )
+}
+
 mod when_at_dev {
     // next and dev branches are the same
     use super::*;
@@ -16,7 +38,7 @@ mod when_at_dev {
         // no on_push defined - so any call to push will cause an error
         let message_token = given::a_message_token();
         let_assert!(
-            Err(err) = branch::advance_next(
+            Err(err) = advance_next_sut(
                 &next,
                 main,
                 dev_commit_history,
@@ -51,7 +73,7 @@ mod can_advance {
             // no on_push defined - so any call to push will cause an error
             let message_token = given::a_message_token();
             let_assert!(
-                Err(err) = branch::advance_next(
+                Err(err) = advance_next_sut(
                     &next,
                     main,
                     dev_commit_history,
@@ -82,7 +104,7 @@ mod can_advance {
             // no on_push defined - so any call to push will cause an error
             let message_token = given::a_message_token();
             let_assert!(
-                Err(err) = branch::advance_next(
+                Err(err) = advance_next_sut(
                     &next,
                     main,
                     dev_commit_history,
@@ -122,7 +144,7 @@ mod can_advance {
                 expect::push(&mut open_repository, Err(git::push::Error::Lock));
                 let message_token = given::a_message_token();
                 let_assert!(
-                    Err(err) = branch::advance_next(
+                    Err(err) = advance_next_sut(
                         &next,
                         main,
                         dev_commit_history,
@@ -154,7 +176,7 @@ mod can_advance {
                 expect::push_ok(&mut open_repository);
                 let message_token = given::a_message_token();
                 let_assert!(
-                    Ok(mt) = branch::advance_next(
+                    Ok(mt) = advance_next_sut(
                         &next,
                         main,
                         dev_commit_history,

crates/cli/src/repo/tests/given.rs

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ pub fn a_repo_actor(
             repository_factory,
             std::time::Duration::from_nanos(1),
             None,
+            None,
         )
         .with_log(actors_log),
         log,

crates/cli/src/repo/tests/handlers/loaded_config.rs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async fn should_store_repo_config_in_actor() -> TestResult {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[actix::test]
+#[test_log::test(actix::test)]
 async fn should_register_webhook() -> TestResult {
     //given
     let fs = given::a_filesystem();
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ async fn should_register_webhook() -> TestResult {
 
     //then
     tracing::debug!(?log, "");
-    log.read().map_err(|e| e.to_string()).map(|l| {
-        assert!(l
-            .iter()
-            .any(|message| message.contains("send: RegisterWebhook")));
-    })?;
+    log.require_message_containing("send: RegisterWebhook")?;
     Ok(())
 }

crates/cli/src/server/actor/handlers/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod file_updated;
 mod receive_app_config;
 mod receive_valid_app_config;
+mod server_update;
 mod shutdown;
 mod subscribe_updates;

crates/cli/src/server/actor/handlers/receive_valid_app_config.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::{
     alerts::messages::UpdateShout,
     repo::{messages::CloneRepo, RepoActor},
     server::actor::{
-        messages::{ReceiveValidAppConfig, ValidAppConfig},
+        messages::{ReceiveValidAppConfig, ServerUpdate, ValidAppConfig},
         ServerActor,
     },
     webhook::{
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use crate::{
 impl Handler<ReceiveValidAppConfig> for ServerActor {
     type Result = ();
 
-    fn handle(&mut self, msg: ReceiveValidAppConfig, _ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
+    fn handle(&mut self, msg: ReceiveValidAppConfig, ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
         let ValidAppConfig {
             app_config,
             socket_address,
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ impl Handler<ReceiveValidAppConfig> for ServerActor {
         let webhook_router = WebhookRouterActor::default().start();
         let listen_url = app_config.listen().url();
         let notify_user_recipient = self.alerts.clone().recipient();
+        let server_addr = Some(ctx.address());
         // Forge Actors
         for (forge_alias, forge_config) in app_config.forges() {
             let repo_actors = self
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ impl Handler<ReceiveValidAppConfig> for ServerActor {
                     &server_storage,
                     listen_url,
                     &notify_user_recipient,
+                    server_addr.clone(),
                 )
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(start_repo_actor)
@@ -69,9 +71,18 @@ impl Handler<ReceiveValidAppConfig> for ServerActor {
             WebhookActor::new(socket_address, webhook_router.recipient()).start();
         self.webhook_actor_addr.replace(webhook_actor_addr);
         let shout = app_config.shout().clone();
-        self.app_config.replace(app_config);
+        self.app_config.replace(app_config.clone());
+        self.do_send(
+            ServerUpdate::AppConfigLoaded {
+                app_config: ValidAppConfig {
+                    app_config,
+                    socket_address,
+                    storage: server_storage,
+                },
+            },
+            ctx,
+        );
         self.alerts.do_send(UpdateShout::new(shout));
-        self.send_server_updates();
     }
 }
 

crates/cli/src/server/actor/handlers/server_update.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use actix::Handler;
+
+//
+use crate::server::{actor::messages::ServerUpdate, ServerActor};
+
+impl Handler<ServerUpdate> for ServerActor {
+    type Result = ();
+
+    fn handle(&mut self, msg: ServerUpdate, _ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
+        self.subscribers.iter().for_each(move |subscriber| {
+            subscriber.do_send(msg.clone());
+        });
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/server/actor/messages.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+//
 use actix::{Message, Recipient};
-//-
 use derive_more::Constructor;
 
 use git_next_core::{
-    git::graph::Log,
+    git::{self, forge::commit::Status, graph::Log, Commit},
     message,
     server::{AppConfig, Storage},
-    ForgeAlias, RepoAlias, RepoBranches,
+    webhook::{push::Branch, Push},
+    ForgeAlias, RepoAlias, RepoBranches, RepoConfig,
 };
 
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
@@ -40,20 +41,57 @@ message!(Shutdown, "Notification to shutdown the server actor");
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Message)]
 #[rtype(result = "()")]
 pub enum ServerUpdate {
-    /// Status of a repo
-    UpdateRepoSummary {
+    /// List of all configured forges and aliases
+    AppConfigLoaded { app_config: ValidAppConfig },
+
+    RepoUpdate {
         forge_alias: ForgeAlias,
         repo_alias: RepoAlias,
+        repo_update: RepoUpdate,
+    },
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum RepoUpdate {
+    Branches {
         branches: RepoBranches,
+    },
+    Log {
         log: Log,
     },
-    /// remove a repo
-    RemoveRepo {
-        forge_alias: ForgeAlias,
-        repo_alias: RepoAlias,
+    ValidateRepo,
+    Okay {
+        main: Commit,
+        next: Commit,
+        dev: Commit,
     },
-    /// test message
-    Ping,
+    Alert {
+        alert: String,
+    },
+    CheckingCI,
+    AdvancingNext {
+        commit: Option<git::Commit>,
+        force: git::push::Force,
+    },
+    AdvancingMain {
+        commit: git::Commit,
+    },
+    Opening,
+    LoadingConfigFromRepo,
+    ReceiveCIStatus {
+        status: Status,
+    },
+    ReceiveRepoConfig {
+        repo_config: RepoConfig,
+    },
+    RegisteringWebhook,
+    UnregisteringWebhook,
+    WebhookReceived {
+        branch: Branch,
+        push: Push,
+    },
+    RegisteredWebhook,
+    Opened,
 }
 
 message!(

crates/cli/src/server/actor/mod.rs

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ impl ServerActor {
         server_storage: &Storage,
         listen_url: &ListenUrl,
         notify_user_recipient: &Recipient<NotifyUser>,
+        server_addr: Option<Addr<Self>>,
     ) -> Vec<(ForgeAlias, RepoAlias, RepoActor)> {
         let span =
             tracing::info_span!("create_forge_repos", name = %forge_name, config = %forge_config);
@@ -125,8 +126,13 @@ impl ServerActor {
         let _guard = span.enter();
         tracing::info!("Creating Forge");
         let mut repos = vec![];
-        let creator =
-            self.create_actor(forge_name, forge_config.clone(), server_storage, listen_url);
+        let creator = self.create_actor(
+            forge_name,
+            forge_config.clone(),
+            server_storage,
+            listen_url,
+            server_addr,
+        );
         for (repo_alias, server_repo_config) in forge_config.repos() {
             let forge_repo = creator((
                 repo_alias,
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ impl ServerActor {
         forge_config: ForgeConfig,
         server_storage: &Storage,
         listen_url: &ListenUrl,
+        server_addr: Option<Addr<Self>>,
     ) -> impl Fn(
         (RepoAlias, &ServerRepoConfig, Recipient<NotifyUser>),
     ) -> (ForgeAlias, RepoAlias, RepoActor) {
@@ -194,6 +201,7 @@ impl ServerActor {
                 repository_factory.duplicate(),
                 sleep_duration,
                 Some(notify_user_recipient),
+                server_addr.clone(),
             );
             (forge_name.clone(), repo_alias, actor)
         }
@@ -242,10 +250,4 @@ impl ServerActor {
             ctx.address().do_send(msg);
         }
     }
-
-    fn send_server_updates(&self) {
-        self.subscribers.iter().for_each(|subscriber| {
-            subscriber.do_send(ServerUpdate::Ping);
-        });
-    }
 }

crates/cli/src/server/mod.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub use actor::ServerActor;
 
 use git_next_core::git::RepositoryFactory;
 
-use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use color_eyre::{eyre::Context, Result};
 use kxio::{fs::FileSystem, network::Network};
 use tracing::info;
 
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ pub fn start(
     repo: Box<dyn RepositoryFactory>,
     sleep_duration: std::time::Duration,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    if !ui {
+    if ui {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+        {
+            crate::tui::logging::initialize_logging()?;
+        }
+    } else {
         init_logging();
     }
 
@@ -59,7 +64,6 @@ pub fn start(
         info!("Starting Server...");
         let server =
             ServerActor::new(fs.clone(), net.clone(), alerts_addr, repo, sleep_duration).start();
-        server.do_send(FileUpdated);
 
         info!("Starting File Watcher...");
         #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
@@ -75,18 +79,18 @@ pub fn start(
 
                 let (tx_shutdown, rx_shutdown) = channel::<()>();
                 let tui_addr = tui::Tui::new(tx_shutdown).start();
-                // tui_addr.do_send(tui::Tick);
-                let _ = tui_addr.send(tui::Tick).await;
                 server.do_send(SubscribeToUpdates::new(tui_addr.clone().recipient()));
+                server.do_send(FileUpdated); // update file after ui subscription in place
                 loop {
                     let _ = tui_addr.send(tui::Tick).await;
                     if rx_shutdown.try_recv().is_ok() {
                         break;
                     }
-                    // actix_rt::task::yield_now().await;
+                    actix_rt::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(16)).await;
                 }
             }
         } else {
+            server.do_send(FileUpdated);
             info!("Server running - Press Ctrl-C to stop...");
             let _ = signal::ctrl_c().await;
             info!("Ctrl-C received, shutting down...");
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ pub fn start(
         // shutdown
         fw_shutdown.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
         server.do_send(crate::server::actor::messages::Shutdown);
-        actix_rt::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+        actix_rt::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
         System::current().stop();
     };
 

crates/cli/src/tui/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# TUI Actor
+
+- Maintains it's own copy of data for holding state
+- Is notified of update via actor messages from the Server and Repo Actors
+- State is somewhat heirarchical
+
+## State
+
+```rust
+enum TuiState {
+ Initial,
+ Configured {
+   app_config: ValidAppConfig,
+   forges: BTreeMap<ForgeAlias, RepoState>,
+ },
+}
+enum RepoState {
+ Identified { repo_alias: RepoAlias },
+ Configured { repo_alias: RepoAlias, branches: RepoBranches },
+ Ready { repo_alias: RepoAlias, branches: RepoBranches, main: Commit, next: Commit, dev: Commit, log: Log },
+ Alert { repo_alias: RepoAlias, message: String, branches: RepoBranches, main: Commit, next: Commit, dev: Commit, log: Log },
+}
+```
+
+## State Transitions:
+
+### `TuiState`
+
+```mermaid
+stateDiagram-v2
+  * --> Initial
+  Initial --> Configured
+```
+
+- `message!(Configure, ValidAppConfig, "Initialise UI with valid config");`
+
+### `RepoState`
+
+```mermaid
+stateDiagram-v2
+  * --> Identified
+  Identified --> Configured
+  Identified --> Ready
+  Configured --> Ready
+  Ready --> Alert
+  Configured --> Alert
+  Identified --> Alert
+  Alert --> Ready
+```
+
+- `Identified` - from AppConfig where a repo alias is listed, but repo config needs to be loaded from `.git-next.toml`
+- `Configured` - as `Identified` but either branches are identified in server config, OR the `.git-next.toml` file has been loaded
+- `Ready` - as `Configured` but the branch positions have been validated and do not require user intervention
+- `Alert` - as `Ready` but user intervention is required
+
+## Widget
+
+Initial mock up of UI. Possibly add some borders and padding as it looks a little squached together.
+
+```
++ gh
+- jo
+  + test (main/next/dev)
+  - tasyn (main/next/dev)
+    * 12ab32f (dev) added feature X
+    * bce43b1 (next) added feature Y
+    * f43e379 (main) added feature Z
+  - git-next (main/next/dev) DEV NOT AHEAD OF MAIN - rebase onto main
+    * 239cefd (main/next) fix bug A
+    * b4c290a (dev)
+```
+
+Adding a border around open forges:
+
+```
++ gh
+- jo --------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| + test (main/next/dev)                                                 |
+| - tasyn (main/next/dev)                                                |
+|   * 12ab32f (dev) added feature X                                      |
+|   * bce43b1 (next) added feature Y                                     |
+|   * f43e379 (main) added feature Z                                     |
+| - git-next (main/next/dev) DEV NOT AHEAD OF MAIN - rebase onto main    |
+|   * 239cefd (main/next) fix bug A                                      |
+|   * b4c290a (dev)                                                      |
++------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+```
+
+Adding a border around open forges and repos (I like this one the best):
+
+```
++ gh
+- jo --------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| + test (main/next/dev)                                                 |
+| - tasyn (main/next/dev) ---------------------------------------------+ |
+| | * 12ab32f (dev) added feature X                                    | |
+| | * bce43b1 (next) added feature Y                                   | |
+| | * f43e379 (main) added feature Z                                   | |
+| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
+| - git-next (main/next/dev) DEV NOT AHEAD OF MAIN - rebase onto main -+ |
+| | * 239cefd (main/next) fix bug A                                    | |
+| | * b4c290a (dev)                                                    | |
+| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
++------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+```
+
+## Logging
+
+- tui-logger to create an optional panel to show the normal server logs
+
+## Branch Graph
+
+- tui-nodes ?
+
+## Scrolling
+
+- tui-scrollview
+
+## Tree View
+
+- tui-tree-widget

crates/cli/src/tui/actor/handlers/server_update.rs

@@ -1,27 +1,88 @@
-use std::time::Instant;
-
+//
 use actix::Handler;
 
-use crate::{server::actor::messages::ServerUpdate, tui::Tui};
+use crate::{
+    server::actor::messages::{RepoUpdate, ServerUpdate},
+    tui::{actor::ServerState, Tui},
+};
 
-//
 impl Handler<ServerUpdate> for Tui {
     type Result = ();
 
     fn handle(&mut self, msg: ServerUpdate, _ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
+        self.state.tap();
         match msg {
-            ServerUpdate::UpdateRepoSummary {
+            ServerUpdate::AppConfigLoaded { app_config } => {
+                self.state.mode = ServerState::from(app_config);
+            }
+
+            ServerUpdate::RepoUpdate {
                 forge_alias,
                 repo_alias,
-                branches,
-                log,
-            } => todo!(),
-            ServerUpdate::RemoveRepo {
-                forge_alias,
-                repo_alias,
-            } => todo!(),
-            ServerUpdate::Ping => {
-                self.last_ping = Instant::now();
+                repo_update,
+            } => {
+                if let ServerState::Configured { forges } = &mut self.state.mode {
+                    let Some(forge_state) = forges.get_mut(&forge_alias) else {
+                        return;
+                    };
+                    let Some(repo_state) = forge_state.repos.get_mut(&repo_alias) else {
+                        return;
+                    };
+                    match repo_update {
+                        RepoUpdate::Branches { branches } => {
+                            repo_state.update_branches(branches);
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::Log { log } => {
+                            repo_state.update_log(log);
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::ValidateRepo => repo_state.update_message("polling..."),
+                        RepoUpdate::Okay { main, next, dev } => {
+                            repo_state.clear_alert();
+                            repo_state.update_message("okay");
+                            *repo_state = repo_state.clone().ready(main, next, dev);
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::Alert { alert } => {
+                            repo_state.alert(alert);
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::CheckingCI => {
+                            repo_state.update_message("Checking CI status");
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::AdvancingNext {
+                            commit: _,
+                            force: _,
+                        } => (),
+                        RepoUpdate::AdvancingMain { commit } => {
+                            repo_state.update_message(format!("advancing main to {commit}"));
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::Opening => {
+                            repo_state.update_message("opening...");
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::Opened => {
+                            repo_state.update_message("opened");
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::LoadingConfigFromRepo => {
+                            repo_state.update_message("loading config from repo...");
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::ReceiveCIStatus { status } => {
+                            repo_state.update_message(format!("ci status: {status:?}"));
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::ReceiveRepoConfig { repo_config: _ } => {
+                            repo_state.update_message("loaded config from repo");
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::RegisteringWebhook => {
+                            repo_state.update_message("registering webhook...");
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::UnregisteringWebhook => {
+                            repo_state.update_message("unregistering webhook...");
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::WebhookReceived { branch, push: _ } => {
+                            repo_state.update_message(format!("webhook update: {branch:?}"));
+                        }
+                        RepoUpdate::RegisteredWebhook => {
+                            repo_state.update_message("registered webhook");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }

crates/cli/src/tui/actor/handlers/tick.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 //
-use std::{borrow::BorrowMut, time::Instant};
-
-use actix::{ActorContext, Handler};
-use ratatui::{
-    crossterm::event::{self, KeyCode, KeyEventKind},
-    style::Stylize as _,
-    widgets::Paragraph,
-};
+use actix::Handler;
 
 use crate::tui::actor::{messages::Tick, Tui};
 
@@ -14,44 +7,9 @@ impl Handler<Tick> for Tui {
     type Result = std::io::Result<()>;
 
     fn handle(&mut self, _msg: Tick, ctx: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
-        if let Some(terminal) = self.terminal.borrow_mut() {
-            terminal.draw(|frame| {
-                let area = frame.area();
-                frame.render_widget(
-                    Paragraph::new(format!(
-                        "(press 'q' to quit) Ping:[{:?}] UI:[{:?}]",
-                        self.last_ping,
-                        Instant::now()
-                    ))
-                    .white()
-                    .on_blue(),
-                    area,
-                );
-            })?;
-        } else {
-            eprintln!("No terminal setup");
-        }
-        if event::poll(std::time::Duration::from_millis(16))? {
-            if let event::Event::Key(key) = event::read()? {
-                if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press {
-                    match key.code {
-                        KeyCode::Char('q') => {
-                            // execute!(stderr(), LeaveAlternateScreen)?;
-                            // disable_raw_mode()?;
-                            ctx.stop();
-                            if let Err(err) = self.signal_shutdown.send(()) {
-                                tracing::error!(?err, "Failed to signal shutdown");
-                            }
-                        }
-                        KeyCode::Esc => {
-                            //
-                        }
-                        _ => (),
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
+        self.state.tap();
+        self.draw()?;
+        self.handle_input(ctx)?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }

crates/cli/src/tui/actor/messages.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 //
 use git_next_core::message;
 
-message!(Tick => std::io::Result<()>, "Start the TUI");
+message!(Tick => std::io::Result<()>, "Update the TUI");

crates/cli/src/tui/actor/mod.rs

@@ -1,56 +1,33 @@
 //
 mod handlers;
 pub mod messages;
+mod model;
 
-use std::{
-    io::{stderr, Stderr},
-    sync::mpsc::Sender,
-    time::Instant,
-};
+use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 
-use actix::{Actor, Context};
+use actix::{Actor, ActorContext as _, Context};
+
+pub use model::*;
 
 use ratatui::{
-    crossterm::{
-        execute,
-        terminal::{disable_raw_mode, enable_raw_mode, EnterAlternateScreen, LeaveAlternateScreen},
-    },
-    prelude::CrosstermBackend,
-    Terminal,
+    crossterm::event::{self, KeyCode, KeyEventKind},
+    DefaultTerminal,
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Tui {
-    terminal: Option<Terminal<CrosstermBackend<Stderr>>>,
+    terminal: Option<DefaultTerminal>,
     signal_shutdown: Sender<()>,
-    last_ping: Instant,
+    pub state: State,
 }
 impl Actor for Tui {
     type Context = Context<Self>;
     fn started(&mut self, _ctx: &mut Self::Context) {
-        match init() {
-            Err(err) => {
-                eprintln!("Failed to enable raw mode: {err:?}");
-            }
-            Ok(terminal) => {
-                self.terminal.replace(terminal);
-            }
-        }
+        self.terminal.replace(ratatui::init());
     }
     fn stopped(&mut self, _ctx: &mut Self::Context) {
-        if let Err(err) = restore() {
-            match std::env::consts::OS {
-                "linux" | "macos" => {
-                    eprintln!(
-                        "Failed to restore terminal: Type `reset` to restore terminal: {err:?}"
-                    );
-                }
-                "windows" => {
-                    println!("Failed to restore terminal: Reopen a new terminal: {err:?}");
-                }
-                _ => println!("Failed to restore terminal: {err:?}"),
-            }
-        }
+        self.terminal.take();
+        ratatui::restore();
     }
 }
 impl Tui {
@@ -58,18 +35,46 @@ impl Tui {
         Self {
             terminal: None,
             signal_shutdown,
-            last_ping: Instant::now(),
-        }
+            state: State::initial(),
         }
     }
 
-fn init() -> std::io::Result<Terminal<CrosstermBackend<Stderr>>> {
-    execute!(stderr(), EnterAlternateScreen)?;
-    enable_raw_mode()?;
-    Terminal::new(CrosstermBackend::new(stderr()))
+    pub const fn state(&self) -> &State {
+        &self.state
     }
 
-fn restore() -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    execute!(stderr(), LeaveAlternateScreen)?;
-    disable_raw_mode()
+    fn draw(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        let t = self.terminal.take();
+        if let Some(mut terminal) = t {
+            terminal.draw(|frame| {
+                frame.render_widget(self.state(), frame.area());
+            })?;
+            self.terminal = Some(terminal);
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("No terminal setup");
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn handle_input(&self, ctx: &mut <Self as actix::Actor>::Context) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        if event::poll(std::time::Duration::from_millis(16))? {
+            if let event::Event::Key(key) = event::read()? {
+                if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press {
+                    match key.code {
+                        KeyCode::Char('q') => {
+                            ctx.stop();
+                            if let Err(err) = self.signal_shutdown.send(()) {
+                                tracing::error!(?err, "Failed to signal shutdown");
+                            }
+                        }
+                        KeyCode::Esc => {
+                            //
+                        }
+                        _ => (),
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }

crates/cli/src/tui/actor/model.rs

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+//
+use ratatui::{
+    layout::Alignment,
+    prelude::{Buffer, Rect},
+    style::Stylize as _,
+    symbols::border,
+    text::Line,
+    widgets::{block::Title, Block, Paragraph, Widget},
+};
+
+use git_next_core::{
+    git::{self, graph::Log, Commit},
+    ForgeAlias, RepoAlias, RepoBranches,
+};
+use tracing::info;
+
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, fmt::Display, time::Instant};
+
+use crate::{server::actor::messages::ValidAppConfig, tui::components::ConfiguredAppWidget};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct State {
+    last_update: Instant,
+    started: Instant,
+    pub mode: ServerState,
+}
+impl State {
+    pub fn initial() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            last_update: Instant::now(),
+            started: Instant::now(),
+            mode: ServerState::Initial { tick: 0 },
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn tap(&mut self) {
+        self.last_update = Instant::now();
+        if let ServerState::Initial { tick } = &mut self.mode {
+            *tick += 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ServerState {
+    /// UI has started but has no information on the state of the server
+    Initial { tick: usize }, // NOTE: for use with throbber-widgets-tui ?
+
+    /// The application configuration has been loaded, individual forges and repos have their own
+    /// states
+    Configured {
+        forges: BTreeMap<ForgeAlias, ForgeState>,
+    },
+}
+impl ServerState {
+    pub fn update_branches(
+        &mut self,
+        forge_alias: &ForgeAlias,
+        repo_alias: &RepoAlias,
+        branches: RepoBranches,
+    ) {
+        if let Self::Configured { forges } = self {
+            let Some(forge_state) = forges.get_mut(forge_alias) else {
+                return;
+            };
+            let Some(repo_state) = forge_state.repos.get_mut(repo_alias) else {
+                return;
+            };
+            match repo_state {
+                RepoState::Configured {
+                    branches: state_branches,
+                    ..
+                }
+                | RepoState::Ready {
+                    branches: state_branches,
+                    ..
+                } => *state_branches = branches,
+
+                RepoState::Identified { .. } => (),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn update_log(&mut self, forge_alias: &ForgeAlias, repo_alias: &RepoAlias, log: Log) {
+        if let Self::Configured { forges } = self {
+            let Some(forge_state) = forges.get_mut(forge_alias) else {
+                return;
+            };
+            let Some(repo_state) = forge_state.repos.get_mut(repo_alias) else {
+                return;
+            };
+            match repo_state {
+                RepoState::Ready { log: state_log, .. } => *state_log = log,
+
+                RepoState::Identified { .. } | RepoState::Configured { .. } => (),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl From<ValidAppConfig> for ServerState {
+    fn from(app_config: ValidAppConfig) -> Self {
+        Self::Configured {
+            forges: app_config
+                .app_config
+                .forges()
+                .map(|(forge_alias, config)| {
+                    (
+                        forge_alias,
+                        config
+                            .repos()
+                            .map(|(repo_alias, server_repo_config)| {
+                                (repo_alias, server_repo_config.repo_config())
+                            })
+                            .map(
+                                |(repo_alias, option_repo_config)| match option_repo_config {
+                                    Some(rc) => (
+                                        repo_alias.clone(),
+                                        RepoState::Configured {
+                                            repo_alias,
+                                            message: "configured".into(),
+                                            messages: Vec::new(),
+                                            alert: None,
+                                            branches: rc.branches().clone(),
+                                            histories: None,
+                                            log: git::graph::Log::default(),
+                                        },
+                                    ),
+                                    None => (
+                                        repo_alias.clone(),
+                                        RepoState::Identified {
+                                            repo_alias,
+                                            message: "identified".into(),
+                                            messages: Vec::new(),
+                                            alert: None,
+                                        },
+                                    ),
+                                },
+                            )
+                            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                    )
+                })
+                .map(|(forge_alias, vec_repo_alias_state)| {
+                    let forge_state: ForgeState = ForgeState {
+                        alias: forge_alias.clone(),
+                        view_state: ViewState::default(),
+                        repos: vec_repo_alias_state.into_iter().collect::<BTreeMap<_, _>>(),
+                    };
+                    (forge_alias, forge_state)
+                })
+                .collect::<BTreeMap<_, _>>(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ViewState {
+    Collapsed,
+    #[default]
+    Expanded,
+}
+impl Display for ViewState {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let view_state = match self {
+            Self::Collapsed => "+",
+            Self::Expanded => "-",
+        };
+        write!(f, "{view_state}")
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ForgeState {
+    pub alias: ForgeAlias,
+    pub view_state: ViewState,
+    pub repos: BTreeMap<RepoAlias, RepoState>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum RepoState {
+    Identified {
+        repo_alias: RepoAlias,
+        message: String,
+        messages: Vec<String>,
+        alert: Option<String>,
+    },
+    Configured {
+        repo_alias: RepoAlias,
+        message: String,
+        messages: Vec<String>,
+        alert: Option<String>,
+        branches: RepoBranches,
+        histories: Option<git::commit::Histories>,
+        log: Log,
+    },
+    Ready {
+        repo_alias: RepoAlias,
+        message: String,
+        messages: Vec<String>,
+        alert: Option<String>,
+        branches: RepoBranches,
+        histories: Option<git::commit::Histories>,
+        view_state: ViewState,
+        main: Commit,
+        next: Commit,
+        dev: Commit,
+        log: Log,
+    },
+}
+impl RepoState {
+    #[tracing::instrument]
+    pub fn update_branches(&mut self, branches: RepoBranches) {
+        match self {
+            Self::Configured {
+                branches: state_branches,
+                ..
+            }
+            | Self::Ready {
+                branches: state_branches,
+                ..
+            } => {
+                *state_branches = branches;
+            }
+
+            Self::Identified { .. } => (),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tracing::instrument]
+    pub fn update_log(&mut self, log: Log) {
+        match self {
+            Self::Configured { log: state_log, .. } | Self::Ready { log: state_log, .. } => {
+                *state_log = log;
+            }
+
+            Self::Identified { .. } => {
+                info!("git graph log ignored by ui");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tracing::instrument]
+    pub fn update_message(&mut self, msg: impl Into<String> + std::fmt::Debug) {
+        tracing::info!("new tui message");
+        let msg: String = msg.into();
+        match self {
+            Self::Identified {
+                message, messages, ..
+            }
+            | Self::Configured {
+                message, messages, ..
+            }
+            | Self::Ready {
+                message, messages, ..
+            } => {
+                messages.push(msg.clone());
+                *message = msg;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tracing::instrument]
+    pub fn clear_alert(&mut self) {
+        match self {
+            Self::Identified { .. } | Self::Configured { .. } => (),
+            Self::Ready { alert, .. } => *alert = None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tracing::instrument]
+    pub fn alert(&mut self, msg: impl Into<String> + std::fmt::Debug) {
+        let msg: String = msg.into();
+        tracing::info!(%msg, "new tui alert");
+        self.update_message("ALERT");
+        match self {
+            Self::Identified { alert, .. }
+            | Self::Configured { alert, .. }
+            | Self::Ready { alert, .. } => *alert = Some(msg),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn ready(self, main: Commit, next: Commit, dev: Commit) -> Self {
+        match self {
+            Self::Identified {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+            } => Self::Identified {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+            },
+            Self::Configured {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+                branches,
+                histories,
+                log,
+            } => Self::Ready {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+                branches,
+                histories,
+                view_state: ViewState::Expanded,
+                main,
+                next,
+                dev,
+                log,
+            },
+            Self::Ready {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+                branches,
+                histories,
+                view_state,
+                log,
+                .. // drop existing main, next and dev to use parameters
+            } => Self::Ready {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+                branches,
+                histories,
+                view_state,
+                main,
+                next,
+                dev,
+                log,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Widget for &State {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        let block = Block::bordered()
+            .title(Title::from(" Git-Next ".bold()).alignment(Alignment::Center))
+            .title(
+                Title::from(Line::from(vec![
+                    " [q]uit ".into(),
+                    format!(
+                        "{}s ",
+                        self.last_update.duration_since(self.started).as_secs()
+                    )
+                    .into(),
+                ]))
+                .alignment(Alignment::Center)
+                .position(ratatui::widgets::block::Position::Bottom),
+            )
+            .border_set(border::THICK);
+        let interior = block.inner(area);
+        block.render(area, buf);
+        match &self.mode {
+            ServerState::Initial { tick } => Paragraph::new(format!("Loading...{tick}"))
+                .centered()
+                .render(interior, buf),
+            ServerState::Configured { forges } => {
+                ConfiguredAppWidget { forges }.render(interior, buf);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/configured_app.rs

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+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use git_next_core::ForgeAlias;
+use ratatui::{
+    buffer::Buffer,
+    layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect},
+    text::Line,
+    widgets::Widget,
+};
+
+use crate::tui::actor::{ForgeState, ViewState};
+
+use super::forge::ForgeWidget;
+
+pub struct ConfiguredAppWidget<'a> {
+    pub forges: &'a BTreeMap<ForgeAlias, ForgeState>,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for ConfiguredAppWidget<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        let layout_app = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+            .constraints(vec![Constraint::Length(1), Constraint::Fill(1)])
+            .split(area);
+
+        Line::from(format!("Forges: ({})", self.forges.keys().len())).render(layout_app[0], buf);
+
+        let layout_forge_list = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+            .constraints(
+                self.forges
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(_alias, state)| match state.view_state {
+                        ViewState::Collapsed => Constraint::Length(1),
+                        ViewState::Expanded => Constraint::Fill(1),
+                    }),
+            )
+            .split(layout_app[1]);
+
+        self.forges
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(forge_alias, state)| ForgeWidget {
+                forge_alias,
+                repos: &state.repos,
+                view_state: state.view_state,
+            })
+            .enumerate()
+            .for_each(|(i, w)| w.render(layout_forge_list[i], buf));
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/forge/collapsed.rs

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+//
+use git_next_core::ForgeAlias;
+use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::Rect, text::Text, widgets::Widget};
+
+pub struct CollapsedForgeWidget<'a> {
+    pub forge_alias: &'a ForgeAlias,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for CollapsedForgeWidget<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        Text::from(format!("- {}", self.forge_alias)).render(area, buf);
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/forge/expanded.rs

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+//
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use git_next_core::{ForgeAlias, RepoAlias};
+use ratatui::{
+    buffer::Buffer,
+    layout::{Alignment, Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect},
+    widgets::{block::Title, Block, Borders, Widget},
+};
+
+use crate::tui::{actor::RepoState, components::repo::RepoWidget};
+
+pub struct ExpandedForgeWidget<'a> {
+    pub forge_alias: &'a ForgeAlias,
+    pub repos: &'a BTreeMap<RepoAlias, RepoState>,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for ExpandedForgeWidget<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        let block = Block::default()
+            .title(Title::from(self.forge_alias.to_string()).alignment(Alignment::Center))
+            .borders(Borders::ALL);
+        let layout = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+            .constraints(
+                self.repos
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(_alias, _state)| Constraint::Fill(1)),
+            )
+            .split(block.inner(area));
+        block.render(area, buf);
+        self.repos
+            .values()
+            .map(|repo_state| RepoWidget { repo_state })
+            .enumerate()
+            .for_each(|(i, w)| w.render(layout[i], buf));
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/forge/mod.rs

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+//
+mod collapsed;
+mod expanded;
+
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use git_next_core::{ForgeAlias, RepoAlias};
+use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::Rect, widgets::Widget};
+
+use crate::tui::actor::{RepoState, ViewState};
+
+pub struct ForgeWidget<'a> {
+    pub forge_alias: &'a ForgeAlias,
+    pub repos: &'a BTreeMap<RepoAlias, RepoState>,
+    pub view_state: ViewState,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for ForgeWidget<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        match self.view_state {
+            ViewState::Collapsed => collapsed::CollapsedForgeWidget {
+                forge_alias: self.forge_alias,
+            }
+            .render(area, buf),
+            ViewState::Expanded => expanded::ExpandedForgeWidget {
+                forge_alias: self.forge_alias,
+                repos: self.repos,
+            }
+            .render(area, buf),
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/history.rs

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+use git_next_core::git::graph::Log;
+//
+use ratatui::{
+    text::{Line, Text},
+    widgets::{Paragraph, Widget},
+};
+
+pub struct CommitLog<'a> {
+    pub log: &'a Log,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for CommitLog<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: ratatui::prelude::Rect, buf: &mut ratatui::prelude::Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        Paragraph::new(Text::from(
+            self.log
+                .iter()
+                .map(ToString::to_string)
+                .map(Line::from)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        ))
+        .render(area, buf);
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/mod.rs

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+//
+mod configured_app;
+mod forge;
+mod history;
+mod repo;
+
+pub use configured_app::ConfiguredAppWidget;
+pub use history::CommitLog;

crates/cli/src/tui/components/repo/configured.rs

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+//
+use git_next_core::{git, RepoAlias, RepoBranches};
+
+use ratatui::{
+    buffer::Buffer,
+    layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect},
+    widgets::{Block, Borders, Widget},
+};
+
+use crate::tui::components::CommitLog;
+
+use super::{identity::Identity, messages::Messages};
+
+pub struct ConfiguredRepoWidget<'a> {
+    pub repo_alias: &'a RepoAlias,
+    pub message: &'a str,
+    pub messages: &'a Vec<String>,
+    pub alert: Option<&'a str>,
+    pub branches: &'a RepoBranches,
+    pub log: &'a git::graph::Log,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for ConfiguredRepoWidget<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        let block = Block::default()
+            .title(Identity::new(
+                self.repo_alias,
+                self.alert,
+                self.message,
+                Some(self.branches),
+            ))
+            .borders(Borders::ALL);
+        let layout = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+            .constraints(vec![Constraint::Fill(1), Constraint::Fill(1)])
+            .split(block.inner(area));
+        block.render(area, buf);
+        Messages::new(self.messages).render(layout[0], buf);
+        CommitLog { log: self.log }.render(layout[1], buf);
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/repo/identified.rs

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+//
+use git_next_core::RepoAlias;
+
+use ratatui::{
+    buffer::Buffer,
+    layout::Rect,
+    widgets::{Block, Borders, Widget},
+};
+
+use super::{identity::Identity, messages::Messages};
+
+pub struct IdentifiedRepoWidget<'a> {
+    pub repo_alias: &'a RepoAlias,
+    pub message: &'a str,
+    pub messages: &'a Vec<String>,
+    pub alert: Option<&'a str>,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for IdentifiedRepoWidget<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        let block = Block::default()
+            .title(Identity::new(
+                self.repo_alias,
+                self.alert,
+                self.message,
+                None,
+            ))
+            .borders(Borders::ALL);
+        Messages::new(self.messages).render(block.inner(area), buf);
+        block.render(area, buf);
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/repo/identity.rs

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+//
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
+use git_next_core::{RepoAlias, RepoBranches};
+use ratatui::{
+    layout::Alignment,
+    text::Text,
+    widgets::{block::Title, Widget},
+};
+
+pub struct Identity<'a> {
+    pub repo_alias: &'a RepoAlias,
+    pub alert: Option<&'a str>,
+    pub message: &'a str,
+    pub repo_branches: Option<&'a RepoBranches>,
+}
+impl<'a> Identity<'a> {
+    pub const fn new(
+        repo_alias: &'a RepoAlias,
+        alert: Option<&'a str>,
+        message: &'a str,
+        repo_branches: Option<&'a RepoBranches>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            repo_alias,
+            alert,
+            message,
+            repo_branches,
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for Identity<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: ratatui::prelude::Rect, buf: &mut ratatui::prelude::Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        Text::from(self.to_string()).render(area, buf);
+    }
+}
+impl<'a> Display for Identity<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let repo_alias = self.repo_alias;
+        let alert = self.alert.unwrap_or("");
+        let message = self.message;
+        let text = self.repo_branches.map_or_else(
+            || format!("{repo_alias} {alert} (_/_/_) [{message}]"),
+            |branches| {
+                let main = branches.main();
+                let next = branches.next();
+                let dev = branches.dev();
+                format!("{repo_alias} {alert} ({main}/{next}/{dev}) [{message}]")
+            },
+        );
+        f.write_str(text.as_str())
+    }
+}
+impl<'a> From<Identity<'a>> for Title<'a> {
+    fn from(identity: Identity<'a>) -> Self {
+        Self::from(identity.to_string()).alignment(Alignment::Left)
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/repo/messages.rs

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+//
+use ratatui::{
+    text::{Line, Text},
+    widgets::Widget,
+};
+
+pub struct Messages<'a>(&'a Vec<String>);
+impl<'a> Messages<'a> {
+    pub const fn new(messages: &'a Vec<String>) -> Self {
+        Self(messages)
+    }
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for Messages<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: ratatui::prelude::Rect, buf: &mut ratatui::prelude::Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        Text::from(
+            self.0
+                .iter()
+                .map(|m| Line::from(format!("- {m}")))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        )
+        .render(area, buf);
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/repo/mod.rs

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+//
+mod configured;
+mod identified;
+mod identity;
+mod messages;
+mod ready;
+
+use std::string::String;
+
+use configured::ConfiguredRepoWidget;
+use identified::IdentifiedRepoWidget;
+use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::Rect, widgets::Widget};
+use ready::ReadyRepoWidget;
+
+use crate::tui::actor::RepoState;
+
+pub struct RepoWidget<'a> {
+    pub repo_state: &'a RepoState,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for RepoWidget<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        match self.repo_state {
+            RepoState::Identified {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+            } => {
+                IdentifiedRepoWidget {
+                    repo_alias,
+                    message,
+                    messages,
+                    alert: alert.as_ref().map(String::as_str),
+                }
+                .render(area, buf);
+            }
+
+            RepoState::Configured {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+                branches,
+                log,
+                ..
+            } => ConfiguredRepoWidget {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert: alert.as_ref().map(String::as_str),
+                branches,
+                log,
+            }
+            .render(area, buf),
+
+            RepoState::Ready {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert,
+                branches,
+                log,
+                // view_state,
+                // main,
+                // next,
+                // dev,
+                ..
+            } => ReadyRepoWidget {
+                repo_alias,
+                message,
+                messages,
+                alert: alert.as_ref().map(String::as_str),
+                branches,
+                log,
+                // view_state,
+                // main,
+                // next,
+                // dev,
+            }
+            .render(area, buf),
+        };
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/components/repo/ready.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//
+use git_next_core::{RepoAlias, RepoBranches};
+
+use ratatui::{
+    buffer::Buffer,
+    layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect},
+    widgets::{Block, Borders, Widget},
+};
+
+use crate::{git, tui::components::CommitLog};
+
+use super::{identity::Identity, messages::Messages};
+
+pub struct ReadyRepoWidget<'a> {
+    pub repo_alias: &'a RepoAlias,
+    pub message: &'a str,
+    pub messages: &'a Vec<String>,
+    pub alert: Option<&'a str>,
+    pub branches: &'a RepoBranches,
+    pub log: &'a git::graph::Log,
+    // pub view_state: &'a actor::ViewState,
+    // pub main: &'a Commit,
+    // pub next: &'a Commit,
+    // pub dev: &'a Commit,
+}
+impl<'a> Widget for ReadyRepoWidget<'a> {
+    fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        let block = Block::default()
+            .title(Identity::new(
+                self.repo_alias,
+                self.alert,
+                self.message,
+                Some(self.branches),
+            ))
+            .borders(Borders::ALL);
+        let layout_repo = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+            .constraints(vec![Constraint::Fill(1), Constraint::Fill(1)])
+            .split(block.inner(area));
+        block.render(area, buf);
+
+        Messages::new(self.messages).render(layout_repo[0], buf);
+
+        CommitLog { log: self.log }.render(layout_repo[1], buf);
+    }
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/logging.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+//
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use tracing_error::ErrorLayer;
+use tracing_subscriber::{self, layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, Layer};
+
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref PROJECT_NAME: String = env!("CARGO_CRATE_NAME").to_uppercase();
+    pub static ref DATA_FOLDER: Option<PathBuf> =
+        std::env::var(format!("{}_DATA", PROJECT_NAME.clone()))
+            .ok()
+            .map(PathBuf::from);
+    pub static ref LOG_ENV: String = format!("{}_LOGLEVEL", PROJECT_NAME.clone());
+    pub static ref LOG_FILE: String = format!("{}.log", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
+}
+
+fn project_directory() -> Option<ProjectDirs> {
+    ProjectDirs::from("net", "kemitix", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
+}
+
+pub fn get_data_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    let directory = DATA_FOLDER.clone().map_or_else(
+        || {
+            project_directory().map_or_else(
+                || PathBuf::from(".").join(".data"),
+                |proj_dirs| proj_dirs.data_local_dir().to_path_buf(),
+            )
+        },
+        |data_folder| data_folder,
+    );
+    directory
+}
+
+pub fn initialize_logging() -> Result<()> {
+    let directory = get_data_dir();
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(directory.clone())?;
+    let log_path = directory.join(LOG_FILE.clone());
+    let log_file = std::fs::File::create(log_path)?;
+    std::env::set_var(
+        "RUST_LOG",
+        std::env::var("RUST_LOG")
+            .or_else(|_| std::env::var(LOG_ENV.clone()))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| format!("{}=info", env!("CARGO_CRATE_NAME"))),
+    );
+    let file_subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+        .with_file(true)
+        .with_line_number(true)
+        .with_writer(log_file)
+        .with_target(false)
+        .with_ansi(false)
+        .with_filter(tracing_subscriber::filter::EnvFilter::from_default_env());
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(file_subscriber)
+        .with(ErrorLayer::default())
+        .init();
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Similar to the `std::dbg!` macro, but generates `tracing` events rather
+/// than printing to stdout.
+///
+/// By default, the verbosity level for the generated events is `DEBUG`, but
+/// this can be customized.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! trace_dbg {
+    (target: $target:expr, level: $level:expr, $ex:expr) => {{
+        match $ex {
+            value => {
+                tracing::event!(target: $target, $level, ?value, stringify!($ex));
+                value
+            }
+        }
+    }};
+    (level: $level:expr, $ex:expr) => {
+        trace_dbg!(target: module_path!(), level: $level, $ex)
+    };
+    (target: $target:expr, $ex:expr) => {
+        trace_dbg!(target: $target, level: tracing::Level::DEBUG, $ex)
+    };
+    ($ex:expr) => {
+        trace_dbg!(level: tracing::Level::DEBUG, $ex)
+    };
+}

crates/cli/src/tui/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //
 mod actor;
+pub mod components;
+pub mod logging;
 
 pub use actor::messages::Tick;
 pub use actor::Tui;

crates/core/src/config/server_repo_config.rs

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ impl ServerRepoConfig {
     }
 
     /// Returns a `RepoConfig` from the server configuration if ALL THREE branches were provided
-    pub(crate) fn repo_config(&self) -> Option<RepoConfig> {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn repo_config(&self) -> Option<RepoConfig> {
         match (&self.main, &self.next, &self.dev) {
             (Some(main), Some(next), Some(dev)) => Some(RepoConfig::new(
                 RepoBranches::new(main.to_string(), next.to_string(), dev.to_string()),

crates/core/src/config/webhook/push.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use crate::config::{BranchName, RepoBranches};
 use derive_more::Constructor;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Constructor, derive_with::With)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Constructor, PartialEq, Eq, derive_with::With)]
 pub struct Push {
     branch: BranchName,
     sha: String,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl Push {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Branch {
     Main,
     Next,

crates/core/src/git/commit.rs

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ newtype!(
     "The commit message for a git commit."
 );
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Histories {
     pub main: Vec<Commit>,
     pub next: Vec<Commit>,

crates/core/src/git/graph.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //
-
 use std::borrow::ToOwned;
 
 use take_until::TakeUntilExt;

crates/core/src/git/push.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 use crate::{git, git::repository::open::OpenRepositoryLike, BranchName};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Force {
     No,
     From(git::GitRef),

crates/core/src/git/repository/open/mod.rs

@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ pub trait OpenRepositoryLike: std::fmt::Debug + Sync {
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
-    /// Will return `Err` if there are any network connectivity issues with the remote server.
+    /// Will return `Err` if there are any problems with the branch name being invalid, or any
+    /// corruption of the git repository.
     fn commit_log(
         &self,
         branch_name: &BranchName,

crates/core/src/git/user_notification.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
 //
 use crate::{git::Commit, BranchName, ForgeAlias, RepoAlias};
 use serde_json::json;
@@ -115,3 +117,18 @@ impl UserNotification {
         }
     }
 }
+impl Display for UserNotification {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let message = match self {
+            Self::CICheckFailed { commit, .. } => format!("CI Check Failed [{commit}]"),
+            Self::RepoConfigLoadFailure { reason, .. } => {
+                format!("Failed to load repo config: {reason}")
+            }
+            Self::WebhookRegistration { reason, .. } => {
+                format!("Failed to register webhook: {reason}")
+            }
+            Self::DevNotBasedOnMain { .. } => "Dev not based on main".to_string(),
+        };
+        write!(f, "{message}")
+    }
+}

crates/core/src/git/validation/positions.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use tracing::{debug, instrument};
+
 //
 use crate::{
-    git::{self, graph::log, repository::open::OpenRepositoryLike, RepoDetails, UserNotification},
+    git::{self, repository::open::OpenRepositoryLike, RepoDetails, UserNotification},
     BranchName, RepoConfig,
 };
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ pub fn validate(
     open_repository: &dyn OpenRepositoryLike,
     repo_details: &git::RepoDetails,
     repo_config: &RepoConfig,
+    log: git::graph::Log,
 ) -> Result<Positions> {
     let main_branch = repo_config.branches().main();
     let next_branch = repo_config.branches().next();
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn validate(
                 main_branch,
                 dev_commit: dev,
                 main_commit: main,
-                log: log(repo_details),
+                log,
             },
         ));
     }
@@ -129,13 +132,23 @@ fn is_based_on(commits: &[git::commit::Commit], needle: &git::Commit) -> bool {
     commits.iter().any(|commit| commit == needle)
 }
 
-fn get_commit_histories(
+/// Returns the commit logs for the main, next and dev branches
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Will return `Err` if there are any problems with the branch names being invalid, or any
+/// corruption of the git repository.
+#[instrument]
+pub fn get_commit_histories(
     open_repository: &dyn OpenRepositoryLike,
     repo_config: &RepoConfig,
 ) -> git::commit::log::Result<git::commit::Histories> {
+    debug!("main...");
     let main = (open_repository.commit_log(&repo_config.branches().main(), &[]))?;
     let main_head = [main[0].clone()];
+    debug!("next");
     let next = open_repository.commit_log(&repo_config.branches().next(), &main_head)?;
+    debug!("dev");
     let dev = open_repository.commit_log(&repo_config.branches().dev(), &main_head)?;
     let histories = git::commit::Histories { main, next, dev };
     Ok(histories)

crates/core/src/git/validation/tests.rs

@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ mod positions {
             );
             let repo_config = given::a_repo_config();
 
-            let result = validate(&*repository, &repo_details, &repo_config);
+            let result = validate(
+                &*repository,
+                &repo_details,
+                &repo_config,
+                git::graph::Log::default(),
+            );
             println!("{result:?}");
             let_assert!(Err(err) = result, "validate");
 
@@ -115,7 +120,12 @@ mod positions {
                 "open repo"
             );
 
-            let result = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config);
+            let result = validate(
+                &*open_repository,
+                &repo_details,
+                &repo_config,
+                git::graph::Log::default(),
+            );
             println!("{result:?}");
 
             assert!(matches!(
@@ -154,7 +164,12 @@ mod positions {
                 "open repo"
             );
 
-            let result = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config);
+            let result = validate(
+                &*open_repository,
+                &repo_details,
+                &repo_config,
+                git::graph::Log::default(),
+            );
             println!("{result:?}");
 
             assert!(matches!(
@@ -193,7 +208,12 @@ mod positions {
                 "open repo"
             );
 
-            let result = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config);
+            let result = validate(
+                &*open_repository,
+                &repo_details,
+                &repo_config,
+                git::graph::Log::default(),
+            );
             println!("{result:?}");
 
             assert!(matches!(
@@ -240,7 +260,12 @@ mod positions {
 
             //when
             let_assert!(
-                Err(err) = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config),
+                Err(err) = validate(
+                    &*open_repository,
+                    &repo_details,
+                    &repo_config,
+                    git::graph::Log::default()
+                ),
                 "validate"
             );
 
@@ -325,7 +350,12 @@ mod positions {
 
             //when
             let_assert!(
-                Err(err) = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config),
+                Err(err) = validate(
+                    &*open_repository,
+                    &repo_details,
+                    &repo_config,
+                    git::graph::Log::default()
+                ),
                 "validate"
             );
 
@@ -394,7 +424,12 @@ mod positions {
 
             //when
             let_assert!(
-                Err(err) = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config),
+                Err(err) = validate(
+                    &*open_repository,
+                    &repo_details,
+                    &repo_config,
+                    git::graph::Log::default()
+                ),
                 "validate"
             );
 
@@ -481,7 +516,12 @@ mod positions {
 
             //when
             let_assert!(
-                Err(err) = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config),
+                Err(err) = validate(
+                    &*open_repository,
+                    &repo_details,
+                    &repo_config,
+                    git::graph::Log::default()
+                ),
                 "validate"
             );
 
@@ -567,7 +607,12 @@ mod positions {
 
             //when
             let_assert!(
-                Ok(positions) = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config),
+                Ok(positions) = validate(
+                    &*open_repository,
+                    &repo_details,
+                    &repo_config,
+                    git::graph::Log::default()
+                ),
                 "validate"
             );
 
@@ -626,7 +671,12 @@ mod positions {
 
             //when
             let_assert!(
-                Ok(positions) = validate(&*open_repository, &repo_details, &repo_config),
+                Ok(positions) = validate(
+                    &*open_repository,
+                    &repo_details,
+                    &repo_config,
+                    git::graph::Log::default()
+                ),
                 "validate"
             );