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Message your team

GitM includes real-time 1:1 direct messaging per repository. Messages are separate from git history and engineering artifacts — they're a people layer for quick coordination without leaving SolidWorks.

Open messaging

Click the blue chat icon immediately to the left of the notification bell in the tab strip.

  • A red dot on the icon means you have unread messages.
  • The messaging panel slides open over the task pane.

Messaging panel open in GitM

People list

The left side of the panel shows your team. Each row has:

  • Avatar and display name (or GitHub login if no profile is set).
  • A preview of the last message in that conversation.
  • A red dot and bold name when there are unread messages.

Click a person's row to open the conversation.

Send a message

Type in the composer at the bottom and press Enter to send. Press Shift + Enter to insert a line break without sending.

The thread scrolls to the latest message automatically.

React to a message

Hover any message and click the 😊 button that appears. A popover shows six emoji:

👍 ❤️ 😂 😮 😢 🎉

Click one to add your reaction. It appears as a chip under the message. Click your own reaction chip again to remove it.

Unsend a message

You can delete your own messages for everyone in the thread:

  1. Hover your message.
  2. Click the 🗑 (delete) button.

The message disappears immediately for both sides. You cannot unsend messages sent by someone else.

Delete multiple messages

  1. Click Select in the thread header.
  2. Checkboxes appear on your messages (you can only select your own).
  3. Tick the messages you want to remove.
  4. Click Delete (n) to confirm.

Read receipts

Under the most recent message you sent that the other person has seen, you'll see:

  • Delivered — the message reached the server.
  • Read — the other person opened the conversation past that message.

Read receipts are always on in v1.

Message bubbles

  • Blue bubbles — your messages, on the right.
  • Grey bubbles — their messages, on the left.

Close messaging

Click the × or click outside the panel. The panel hides but stays connected in the background — unread counts update even while it's closed.

Known limitations

  • Messaging is 1:1 only in v1. Group channels are planned but not yet shipped.
  • Messages require an internet connection. The messaging icon is hidden when the add-in is offline — no error is shown.
  • Message history is stored per repository — switching repositories shows that repo's threads.