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What changed in each release of alpha.

1.2.2 — 2026-06-04

Fixed

  • Git diff semantics restored. v1.1.3's "shift all UI greens to red" bled into tokens whose green carries meaning — most importantly, additions in the diff view and added/untracked files in the explorer were showing in red. Restored to original greens: gitDecoration.addedResourceForeground, gitDecoration.untrackedResourceForeground, editorGutter.addedBackground, diffEditor.insertedLineBackground, diffEditor.insertedTextBackground, terminal.ansiGreen, terminal.ansiBrightGreen, editor.focusedStackFrameHighlightBackground, editor.selectionHighlightBackground, editorBracketMatch.background, editorBracketMatch.border, editorBracketHighlight.foreground2, symbolIcon.numberForeground, debugTokenExpression.boolean, debugTokenExpression.number.
  • Button base + active indicator red introduced in v1.2.1 is untouched — button.background, tab.activeBorderTop, activityBar.activeBorder, panelTitle.activeBorder all stay at #dc2626 in both variants.

1.2.1 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Description rewritten to drop "VS Code" from the lede across package.json, README hero, website hero, and OG meta. New copy: "Perceptually balanced syntax palette with a restrained interface. Two variants — alpha dark and alpha light."
  • README badges removed — the row felt cluttered against the hero block.
  • Primary button colors reverted from v1.2.0's pure red back to the v1.1.7 values, since the v1.2.0 shift was scoped to active indicators only. Dark button.background #e60000 → #dc2626, button.hoverBackground #ff1a1a → #ef4444; light button.background #cc0000 → #dc2626, button.hoverBackground #990000 → #b91c1c.
  • Active state indicators (tab/sidebar/panel) realigned to match the button base color: #dc2626 in both variants. Tab and button base now share one accent, so the active surface and the primary action speak in the same red.

1.2.0 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Active state indicators and primary buttons pushed to pure red (HSL hue 0°, saturation 100%). Previous values (#ef4444 / #dc2626 / #b91c1c) still read as salmon/coral against the surrounding UI. New: dark active indicators and button hover #ff1a1a, dark button base #e60000; light active indicators and button base #cc0000, light button hover #990000.

1.1.7 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Active state indicators pulled to a more dominant red. Dark #f76666 → #ef4444, light #fd7373 → #dc2626. Affects tab.activeBorderTop, activityBar.activeBorder, and panelTitle.activeBorder — the previous shade still read as salmon/orange against the surrounding UI.
  • Primary button colors moved from oxblood toward a familiar, recognizable button red. Dark button.background #862323 → #dc2626, button.hoverBackground #a02e2e → #ef4444. Light button.background #881f1f → #dc2626, button.hoverBackground #7f1a1a → #b91c1c (kept darker on light per the GitHub convention that hover deepens on white).

1.1.6 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Marketplace description, README hero, website hero, and about subtitle rewritten — none lead with "A VS Code theme…" or "Minimal VS Code color theme…" anymore. New copy: "Perceptually balanced syntax palette with a restrained interface. Two variants for VS Code — alpha dark and alpha light."
  • Changelog cleaned up: intro paragraphs ("All notable changes…", "The format is based on Keep a Changelog…") removed, and the 0.0.1 – 0.0.4 entries expanded to match the semantic detail of the newer ones.

1.1.5 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Active state indicators hue-shifted from orange to red, preserving saturation and lightness. Dark #f78166 → #f76666, light #fd8c73 → #fd7373. Affects activityBar.activeBorder (active sidebar icon), tab.activeBorderTop (active tab), and panelTitle.activeBorder (active panel) — all three share the same indicator color.

1.1.4 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • README hero rewritten — no longer leads with "A VS Code theme with…". Matches the Marketplace description.
  • README badges trimmed from five (version, installs, rating, Open VSX, license) down to two reliable, consistently styled ones (Marketplace + license). Rating, installs, and Open VSX badges were rendering as empty or inconsistent shields.

1.1.3 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Remaining UI greens hue-shifted to red, preserving saturation and lightness. Covers selection highlight, bracket match, diff inserts, gutter added, terminal ANSI green, git "added/untracked" decorations, debug expression highlights, symbol icons, and bracket pair colorization.
  • Marketplace description rewritten — no longer leads with "A VS Code theme with…". New: "Minimal VS Code color theme with two variants — alpha dark and alpha light — built around a perceptually balanced isoluminant syntax palette."

1.1.2 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Primary button colors hue-shifted from green to red, preserving saturation and lightness per variant. Dark: button.background #238636 → #862323, button.hoverBackground #2ea043 → #a02e2e. Light: button.background #1f883d → #881f1f, button.hoverBackground #1a7f37 → #7f1a1a. Semantic greens (git "added", diff inserts, terminal ANSI, bracket pair) are untouched.

1.1.1 — 2026-06-04

Reverted

  • Reverted the syntax palette change shipped in 1.1.0. Constants/numbers hue is back at 20° (dark #ff925c, light #d14600). 1.1.0 changed the syntax palette under a misread intent — the orange the maintainer wanted updated was on the project website, not in the theme. Users on 1.1.0 should upgrade to restore the original palette.

1.1.0 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Constants/numbers hue shifted from 20° (orange) toward red: 10°. Dark #ff925c → #ff775c, light #d14600 → #d12300. Lightness preserved per variant; numbers and constants now read as a deeper red while staying distinct from the variables/tags hue at 0°.

1.0.2 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • README rewritten with a centered hero (icon, title, badges, quick links), a "Why alpha" highlights block, an "In action" gallery, and a "Match your system theme" how-to.

1.0.1 — 2026-06-04

Changed

  • Screenshots converted to WebP (down from oversized PNG-disguised-as-JPEG), trimming the VSIX by ~60%.

Fixed

  • Duplicate screenshot reference in the README (screenshot-2 and screenshot-3 were identical files).

1.0.0 — 2026-06-04

Added

  • New app icon: a code window mark with a >_ prompt on a black iOS-style squircle.

Changed

  • galleryBanner.color updated from #0d1117 to #000000 to match the new icon.
  • First stable release. The two-variant palette and interface are locked at 1.0.

0.1.0 — 2026-06-03

Added

  • alpha light variant with a fully retuned interface and syntax palette for white backgrounds.
  • galleryBanner, homepage, and bugs fields in package.json for richer Marketplace presentation.
  • Expanded keywords list to improve Marketplace discoverability.

Changed

  • Dark variant interface rebuilt for a cleaner, more restrained surface. Editor, sidebar, status bar, tabs, panels, terminal ANSI, git decorations, debug, and peek view colors are all updated.
  • Dark variant renamed from alpha to alpha dark in the theme picker.
  • Light variant syntax palette retuned per hue (saturation kept at 100%, lightness lowered) so every color clears WCAG-AA contrast (≥ 4.5:1) on white.
  • Dark variant syntax palette is preserved exactly. The isoluminant HSL(h, 100%, 68%) palette is untouched.
  • package.json description rewritten to highlight the theme's distinctive features.
  • engines.vscode minimum lowered from ^1.80.0 to ^1.74.0 for broader VS Code compatibility.
  • README rewritten with a palette table, two-variant install instructions, and Marketplace badges.

Fixed

  • Repository URL in package.json after the upstream repo was renamed from alpha-theme to alpha.

0.0.4 — 2023-07-22

Added

  • Screenshots of alpha rendered in real editor views, embedded in the README so the Marketplace listing previews the palette before install.

Changed

  • README structure polished — clearer install steps, tighter palette section, and consistent code-fence formatting.

0.0.3 — 2023-07-21

Changed

  • Repository folder layout reorganized — theme JSON moved under themes/, assets consolidated under assets/, metadata at the root.
  • README content rewritten to match the new layout and to describe the theme's intent more directly.

0.0.2 — 2023-07-21

Added

  • Marketplace icon (assets/alpha.png) wired into package.json, so the extension shows a recognizable thumbnail in the Extensions sidebar and the Marketplace listing tile.

0.0.1 — 2023-07-21

Added

  • Initial release. Dark variant of alpha — a perceptually balanced syntax palette in seven hues, paired with a calm dark interface. Packaged as a VS Code color theme and published to the Marketplace.

The canonical changelog lives in the repository: CHANGELOG.md.