# Overview

Learn the Git panel workflow from status and diff review through staging, committing, branching, and safe recovery.

![Source Control in Foxora Desktop v5.0.3](/docs/images/v5.0.3/desktop/stage-source-control.webp)

## Where this lives

Open a Git-backed project, then choose **Stage → Source control**.

Source control shows repository status, diffs, staging, commits, branches, worktrees, and conflict state associated with the active project and task.

> **Safety:** Never discard, reset, force-push, or overwrite changes merely to obtain a clean status. Preserve work before recovery operations.

## Steps

1. Open a Git-backed project, then choose **Stage → Source control**.
2. Learn the Git panel workflow from status and diff review through staging, committing, branching, and safe recovery.
3. Inspect the branch and clean/dirty state first, review every changed file, stage intentionally, and commit only a coherent verified change.
4. **Confirm the result.** Run tests, inspect `git status`, and review the final commit diff or pull request.

## Choose the right path

- Use a branch for isolated work.
- Use a worktree when parallel tasks need separate working directories.
- Create a checkpoint before risky conflict resolution.


## Confirm it worked

- Run tests, inspect `git status`, and review the final commit diff or pull request.
- The screen, command, file, run, or destination named in this guide reflects the expected state.