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# WizardMerge Roadmap
## Vision
WizardMerge aims to become the most intuitive and powerful tool for resolving merge conflicts in software development. By combining intelligent algorithms with a clean, accessible UI, we want to make merge conflict resolution from a dreaded task into a smooth, understandable process.
## Core Principles
1. **Visual Clarity**: Show conflicts in a way that makes the problem immediately obvious
2. **Smart Assistance**: Provide intelligent suggestions while keeping humans in control
3. **Context Awareness**: Understand code structure and semantics, not just text diffs
4. **Workflow Integration**: Seamlessly fit into developers' existing Git workflows
5. **Safety First**: Make it hard to accidentally lose changes or break code
---
## Phase 1: Foundation (0-3 months)
### 1.1 Enhanced Merge Algorithm
**Priority: HIGH**
- [ ] Implement three-way merge algorithm (base, ours, theirs)
- [ ] Add conflict detection and marking
- [ ] Support for different conflict markers (Git, Mercurial, etc.)
- [ ] Line-level granularity with word-level highlighting
- [ ] Handle common auto-resolvable patterns:
- Non-overlapping changes
- Identical changes from both sides
- Whitespace-only differences
**Deliverable**: `wizardmerge/algo/three_way_merge.py` module
### 1.2 File Input/Output
**Priority: HIGH**
- [ ] Parse Git conflict markers from files
- [ ] Load base, ours, and theirs versions from Git
- [ ] Save resolved merge results
- [ ] Support for directory-level conflict resolution
- [ ] Backup mechanism for safety
**Deliverable**: `wizardmerge/io/` module with file handlers
### 1.3 Core UI Components
**Priority: HIGH**
- [ ] Three-panel diff view (base, ours, theirs)
- [ ] Unified conflict view with inline markers
- [ ] Syntax highlighting for common languages
- [ ] Line numbering and navigation
- [ ] Conflict counter and navigation (next/previous conflict)
**Deliverable**: Enhanced `main.qml` with conflict viewer components
### 1.4 Basic Conflict Resolution Actions
**Priority: MEDIUM**
- [ ] Accept ours / Accept theirs buttons
- [ ] Accept both (concatenate) option
- [ ] Manual edit capability
- [ ] Undo/redo stack
- [ ] Keyboard shortcuts for common actions
**Deliverable**: Action handlers in QML and Python backend
### 1.5 Git Integration
**Priority: MEDIUM**
- [ ] Detect when running in Git repository
- [ ] Read `.git/MERGE_HEAD` to identify conflicts
- [ ] List all conflicted files
- [ ] Mark files as resolved in Git
- [ ] Launch from command line: `wizardmerge [file]`
**Deliverable**: `wizardmerge/git/` module and CLI enhancements
---
## Phase 2: Intelligence & Usability (3-6 months)
### 2.1 Smart Conflict Resolution
**Priority: HIGH**
- [ ] Semantic merge for common file types:
- JSON: merge by key structure
- YAML: preserve hierarchy
- Package files: intelligent dependency merging
- XML: structure-aware merging
- [ ] Language-aware merging (AST-based):
- Python imports and functions
- JavaScript/TypeScript modules
- Java classes and methods
- [ ] Auto-resolution suggestions with confidence scores
- [ ] Learn from user's resolution patterns
**Deliverable**: `wizardmerge/algo/semantic/` module
### 2.2 Enhanced Visualization
**Priority: MEDIUM**
- [ ] Side-by-side diff view option
- [ ] Minimap for large files
- [ ] Color-coded change types (added, removed, modified, conflicted)
- [ ] Collapsible unchanged regions
- [ ] Blame/history annotations
- [ ] Conflict complexity indicator
**Deliverable**: Advanced QML components and visualization modes
### 2.3 Code Intelligence
**Priority: MEDIUM**
- [ ] Integration with Language Server Protocol (LSP)
- [ ] Syntax validation during merge
- [ ] Show syntax errors in real-time
- [ ] Auto-formatting after resolution
- [ ] Import/dependency conflict detection
**Deliverable**: `wizardmerge/lsp/` integration module
### 2.4 Collaboration Features
**Priority: LOW**
- [ ] Add comments to conflicts
- [ ] Mark conflicts for review
- [ ] Export resolution report
- [ ] Share conflict context via link
- [ ] Team resolution patterns library
**Deliverable**: Collaboration UI and sharing infrastructure
### 2.5 Testing & Quality
**Priority: HIGH**
- [ ] Comprehensive test suite for merge algorithms
- [ ] UI automation tests
- [ ] Performance benchmarks for large files
- [ ] Fuzzing for edge cases
- [ ] Documentation and examples
**Deliverable**: `tests/` directory with full coverage
---
## Phase 3: Advanced Features (6-12 months)
### 3.1 AI-Assisted Merging
**Priority: MEDIUM**
- [ ] ML model for conflict resolution suggestions
- [ ] Pattern recognition from repository history
- [ ] Natural language explanations of conflicts
- [ ] Context-aware code completion during merge
- [ ] Risk assessment for resolution choices
**Deliverable**: `wizardmerge/ai/` module with ML models
### 3.2 Multi-Repository Support
**Priority: LOW**
- [ ] Support for monorepos
- [ ] Cross-repository dependency tracking
- [ ] Batch conflict resolution
- [ ] Conflict prevention suggestions during PR review
**Deliverable**: Enhanced Git integration with multi-repo awareness
### 3.3 Advanced Git Workflows
**Priority: MEDIUM**
- [ ] Rebase conflict resolution mode
- [ ] Cherry-pick conflict handling
- [ ] Merge strategy selection (recursive, ours, theirs, octopus)
- [ ] Submodule conflict resolution
- [ ] Partial staging of resolved conflicts
**Deliverable**: Comprehensive Git workflow support
### 3.4 Plugin Ecosystem
**Priority: LOW**
- [ ] Plugin API for custom merge strategies
- [ ] Community plugin repository
- [ ] Language-specific plugins (Go, Rust, C++, etc.)
- [ ] IDE integrations (VSCode, IntelliJ, etc.)
- [ ] Custom visualization plugins
**Deliverable**: Plugin system architecture and marketplace
### 3.5 Performance & Scale
**Priority: MEDIUM**
- [ ] Handle files with 100k+ lines
- [ ] Streaming diff for large files
- [ ] Incremental parsing and rendering
- [ ] Background processing for analysis
- [ ] Memory-efficient data structures
**Deliverable**: Performance optimizations throughout codebase
---
## Technical Architecture
### Current Stack
- **UI**: PyQt6 + QML (declarative UI)
- **Backend**: Python 3.8+
- **Themes**: Plugin-based theming system
- **Algorithms**: Custom merge utilities
### Proposed Additions
- **Diff Library**: `diff-match-patch` or `difflib` enhancements
- **Git Integration**: `GitPython` or `pygit2`
- **Syntax Highlighting**: `Pygments` or QML SyntaxHighlighter
- **AST Parsing**: Language-specific parsers (`ast`, `esprima`, `tree-sitter`)
- **LSP**: `python-lsp-server` integration
- **Testing**: `pytest`, `pytest-qt`
- **ML (future)**: `scikit-learn` or lightweight transformers
### Architecture Decisions
1. **Separation of Concerns**
- Keep merge algorithms pure and testable
- UI communicates via well-defined Python API
- Git operations isolated in dedicated module
2. **Performance First**
- Lazy loading for large files
- Background threads for expensive operations
- Incremental updates to UI
3. **Extensibility**
- Plugin system for merge strategies
- Theme system already in place
- Configuration file support
4. **Safety**
- Never modify original files until confirmed
- Auto-save drafts
- Full undo history
- Backup before resolve
---
## Success Metrics
### Phase 1
- [ ] Successfully resolve basic three-way merges
- [ ] Handle 90% of common conflict patterns
- [ ] Command-line integration working
- [ ] 5 active users providing feedback
### Phase 2
- [ ] Auto-resolve 50% of simple conflicts
- [ ] Support 10+ programming languages
- [ ] UI response time < 100ms for typical files
- [ ] 100+ active users
### Phase 3
- [ ] 80% user satisfaction rating
- [ ] Handle repositories with 1M+ lines
- [ ] 10+ community plugins
- [ ] 1000+ active users
---
## Community & Contribution
### Getting Involved
1. **Try it out**: Use WizardMerge on real conflicts
2. **Report issues**: Help us identify edge cases
3. **Suggest features**: What would make your life easier?
4. **Contribute code**: Pick an item from the roadmap
5. **Write plugins**: Extend for your use case
### Development Priorities
We'll prioritize based on:
- **User feedback**: What real developers need most
- **Impact**: Features that help the most people
- **Feasibility**: What we can build well with available resources
- **Foundation first**: Core functionality before advanced features
---
## Related Projects
- **mergebot**: https://github.com/JohnDoe6345789/mergebot - Companion automation tool
- **Git**: Native three-way merge
- **KDiff3**: Mature merge tool
- **Meld**: Visual diff and merge
- **Beyond Compare**: Commercial option
Our niche: **Modern UI + intelligent algorithms + seamless workflow integration**
---
## Timeline Summary
**Q1 2024**: Foundation - Core merge algorithm, file I/O, basic UI
**Q2 2024**: Intelligence - Semantic merging, enhanced visualization
**Q3 2024**: Polish - Testing, performance, collaboration features
**Q4 2024**: Advanced - AI assistance, plugins, scale
---
## Next Steps
1. **Immediate**: Implement three-way merge algorithm
2. **This Sprint**: Add file input/output and Git integration
3. **This Quarter**: Complete Phase 1 foundation items
4. **Feedback Loop**: Release early, get user feedback, iterate
---
*This roadmap is a living document. Priorities may shift based on user feedback and technical discoveries. Last updated: 2024*