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Add new icons to the GitLens GL Icons font

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/add-icon - Add GL Icon

Usage

/add-icon [icon-name]
  • icon-name — kebab-case (e.g., my-new-icon)

Workflow

1. Add SVG File

Place in images/icons/{icon-name}.svg

Requirements:

  • Square viewBox (e.g., viewBox="0 0 16 16")
  • Single color (fill controlled by CSS)
  • No embedded <style> tags or fonts
  • Use fill="currentColor" for color inheritance

2. Update Mapping

Append to images/icons/template/mapping.json:

"icon-name": {next-available-code-point}

Code points are in the Private Use Area range (57344-63743). Check existing entries for next available.

3. Build

pnpm run icons:svgo        # Optimize SVGs
pnpm run build:icons       # Generate font (runs svgo + fantasticon + apply + export)

4. Verify Font Cache-Busting

pnpm run build:icons (via scripts/applyIconsContribution.mjs) now automatically propagates the new glicons.woff2?{hash} cache-bust hash into both src/webviews/apps/shared/glicons.scss and every per-app webview *.html file (each declares its own @font-face). No manual search-replace needed.

Verify they're all unified (every reference must be the same hash):

grep -rho "glicons.woff2?[a-f0-9]*" src/ dist/ | sort | uniq -c

If any HTML file lags behind, re-run pnpm run build:icons — a stale hash leaves that webview pointing at a cached font without the new glyph.

5. Use the Icon

In Lit components (via the shared <code-icon> element, src/webviews/apps/shared/components/code-icon.ts — gl- prefix maps to the glicons font):

html`<code-icon icon="gl-my-new-icon"></code-icon>`;

In CSS:

.my-element::before {
	font-family: 'glicons';
	content: '\{codepoint}';
}

Troubleshooting

  • Icon not showing: Check font URL is updated, verify code point in mapping.json, rebuild with pnpm run build:icons
  • SVG issues: Ensure single path/shape, remove <style> tags, use fill="currentColor"