diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 3d7bebb..c6d4b38 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -5294,6 +5294,26 @@ ipcMain.handle('git-log', async () => {
   const dir = currentFile ? path.dirname(currentFile) : process.cwd();
   return GitOperations.log(dir);
 });
+ipcMain.handle('git-diff', async (event, { file } = {}) => {
+  const dir = currentFile ? path.dirname(currentFile) : process.cwd();
+  return GitOperations.diff(dir, file);
+});
+ipcMain.handle('git-branches', async () => {
+  const dir = currentFile ? path.dirname(currentFile) : process.cwd();
+  return GitOperations.branches(dir);
+});
+ipcMain.handle('git-checkout', async (event, { name, isNew } = {}) => {
+  const dir = currentFile ? path.dirname(currentFile) : process.cwd();
+  return GitOperations.checkoutBranch(dir, name, isNew);
+});
+ipcMain.handle('git-push', async () => {
+  const dir = currentFile ? path.dirname(currentFile) : process.cwd();
+  return GitOperations.push(dir);
+});
+ipcMain.handle('git-pull', async () => {
+  const dir = currentFile ? path.dirname(currentFile) : process.cwd();
+  return GitOperations.pull(dir);
+});
 
 // ============================================
 // Snippets IPC Handlers
diff --git a/src/main/GitOperations.js b/src/main/GitOperations.js
index 862f5d2..325226f 100644
--- a/src/main/GitOperations.js
+++ b/src/main/GitOperations.js
@@ -41,4 +41,49 @@ async function log(dir, maxCount = 20) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { getStatus, stage, commit, log };
+async function diff(dir, file) {
+  try {
+    const git = getGitInstance(dir);
+    return file ? await git.diff([file]) : await git.diff();
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { error: err.message };
+  }
+}
+
+async function branches(dir) {
+  try {
+    const git = getGitInstance(dir);
+    return await git.branchLocal();
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { error: err.message };
+  }
+}
+
+async function checkoutBranch(dir, name, isNew) {
+  try {
+    const git = getGitInstance(dir);
+    return isNew ? await git.checkoutLocalBranch(name) : await git.checkout(name);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { error: err.message };
+  }
+}
+
+async function push(dir) {
+  try {
+    const git = getGitInstance(dir);
+    return await git.push();
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { error: err.message };
+  }
+}
+
+async function pull(dir) {
+  try {
+    const git = getGitInstance(dir);
+    return await git.pull();
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { error: err.message };
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { getStatus, stage, commit, log, diff, branches, checkoutBranch, push, pull };
diff --git a/src/preload.js b/src/preload.js
index 49d8a17..0baa6b4 100644
--- a/src/preload.js
+++ b/src/preload.js
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ const ALLOWED_SEND_CHANNELS = [
   'git-stage',
   'git-commit',
   'git-log',
+  'git-branches',
+  'git-checkout',
+  'git-push',
+  'git-pull',
 
   // Snippets
   'get-snippets',
diff --git a/src/renderer.js b/src/renderer.js
index ee10e83..fb63aa1 100644
--- a/src/renderer.js
+++ b/src/renderer.js
@@ -1751,6 +1751,14 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
             message,
           }),
         gitLog: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('git-log'),
+        gitBranches: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('git-branches'),
+        gitCheckout: (name, isNew) =>
+          ipcRenderer.invoke('git-checkout', {
+            name,
+            isNew,
+          }),
+        gitPush: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('git-push'),
+        gitPull: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('git-pull'),
       }),
   });
   sidebarManager.registerPanel('snippets', {
diff --git a/src/sidebar/git-panel.js b/src/sidebar/git-panel.js
index 5505894..a5cc063 100644
--- a/src/sidebar/git-panel.js
+++ b/src/sidebar/git-panel.js
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
-function renderGitPanel(container, { gitStatus, _gitDiff, gitStage, gitCommit, gitLog }) {
+function renderGitPanel(
+  container,
+  { gitStatus, gitDiff, gitStage, gitCommit, gitLog, gitBranches, gitCheckout, gitPush, gitPull }
+) {
   container.innerHTML = `
         <div class="git-panel">
+            <div class="git-section">
+                <h4 class="git-section-title">Branches</h4>
+                <div class="git-branches" id="git-branches">
+                    <p class="git-loading">Loading...</p>
+                </div>
+                <div class="git-branch-new">
+                    <input type="text" class="git-branch-input" id="git-branch-input" placeholder="New branch name..." />
+                    <button class="git-branch-create-btn" id="git-branch-create-btn">Create</button>
+                </div>
+                <div class="git-remote-actions">
+                    <button class="git-push-btn" id="git-push-btn">Push</button>
+                    <button class="git-pull-btn" id="git-pull-btn">Pull</button>
+                </div>
+                <p class="git-remote-status" id="git-remote-status"></p>
+            </div>
             <div class="git-section">
                 <h4 class="git-section-title">Changes</h4>
                 <div class="git-changes" id="git-changes">
                     <p class="git-loading">Loading...</p>
                 </div>
+                <pre class="git-diff-view" id="git-diff-view" style="display:none;"></pre>
             </div>
             <div class="git-section">
                 <h4 class="git-section-title">Commit</h4>
@@ -20,6 +39,7 @@ function renderGitPanel(container, { gitStatus, _gitDiff, gitStage, gitCommit, g
     `;
 
   loadGitStatus();
+  loadGitBranches();
 
   async function loadGitStatus() {
     const status = await gitStatus();
@@ -48,6 +68,7 @@ function renderGitPanel(container, { gitStatus, _gitDiff, gitStage, gitCommit, g
                 <div class="git-file" data-file="${f.file}">
                     <span class="git-file-status" style="color:${f.color}">${f.status}</span>
                     <span class="git-file-name">${f.file}</span>
+                    <button class="git-diff-btn" data-file="${f.file}" title="View diff">diff</button>
                     <button class="git-stage-btn" data-file="${f.file}" title="Stage file">+</button>
                 </div>
             `
@@ -61,6 +82,13 @@ function renderGitPanel(container, { gitStatus, _gitDiff, gitStage, gitCommit, g
           loadGitStatus();
         });
       });
+
+      changesEl.querySelectorAll('.git-diff-btn').forEach((btn) => {
+        btn.addEventListener('click', async (e) => {
+          e.stopPropagation();
+          await showDiff(btn.dataset.file);
+        });
+      });
     }
 
     // Load log
@@ -82,6 +110,60 @@ function renderGitPanel(container, { gitStatus, _gitDiff, gitStage, gitCommit, g
     }
   }
 
+  async function showDiff(file) {
+    const diffView = document.getElementById('git-diff-view');
+    if (!diffView || !gitDiff) return;
+    const result = await gitDiff(file);
+    diffView.textContent =
+      result && result.error ? result.error : result && result.length ? result : 'No changes';
+    diffView.style.display = 'block';
+  }
+
+  async function loadGitBranches() {
+    const branchesEl = document.getElementById('git-branches');
+    if (!gitBranches || !branchesEl) return;
+
+    const result = await gitBranches();
+    if (!result) return;
+
+    if (result.error) {
+      branchesEl.innerHTML = `<p class="git-info">${result.error}</p>`;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const names = result.all || [];
+    const current = result.current;
+
+    if (names.length === 0) {
+      branchesEl.innerHTML = '<p class="git-info">No branches</p>';
+      return;
+    }
+
+    branchesEl.innerHTML = names
+      .map(
+        (name) => `
+                <div class="git-branch-item${name === current ? ' git-branch-current' : ''}" data-branch="${name}">
+                    <span class="git-branch-name">${name === current ? '&#9679; ' : ''}${name}</span>
+                    ${name === current ? '' : `<button class="git-checkout-btn" data-branch="${name}" title="Checkout branch">checkout</button>`}
+                </div>
+            `
+      )
+      .join('');
+
+    branchesEl.querySelectorAll('.git-checkout-btn').forEach((btn) => {
+      btn.addEventListener('click', async (e) => {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        const result = await gitCheckout(btn.dataset.branch, false);
+        if (result && result.error) {
+          const statusEl = document.getElementById('git-remote-status');
+          if (statusEl) statusEl.textContent = `Checkout failed: ${result.error}`;
+        }
+        loadGitBranches();
+        loadGitStatus();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
   document.getElementById('git-commit-btn')?.addEventListener('click', async () => {
     const msg = document.getElementById('git-commit-msg')?.value?.trim();
     if (!msg) return;
@@ -89,6 +171,44 @@ function renderGitPanel(container, { gitStatus, _gitDiff, gitStage, gitCommit, g
     document.getElementById('git-commit-msg').value = '';
     loadGitStatus();
   });
+
+  document.getElementById('git-branch-create-btn')?.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+    const input = document.getElementById('git-branch-input');
+    const name = input?.value?.trim();
+    if (!name || !gitCheckout) return;
+    const result = await gitCheckout(name, true);
+    const statusEl = document.getElementById('git-remote-status');
+    if (result && result.error) {
+      if (statusEl) statusEl.textContent = `Create branch failed: ${result.error}`;
+    } else {
+      input.value = '';
+      if (statusEl) statusEl.textContent = '';
+    }
+    loadGitBranches();
+    loadGitStatus();
+  });
+
+  document.getElementById('git-push-btn')?.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+    const statusEl = document.getElementById('git-remote-status');
+    if (!gitPush) return;
+    const result = await gitPush();
+    if (statusEl) {
+      statusEl.textContent =
+        result && result.error ? `Push failed: ${result.error}` : 'Push complete';
+    }
+  });
+
+  document.getElementById('git-pull-btn')?.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+    const statusEl = document.getElementById('git-remote-status');
+    if (!gitPull) return;
+    const result = await gitPull();
+    if (statusEl) {
+      statusEl.textContent =
+        result && result.error ? `Pull failed: ${result.error}` : 'Pull complete';
+    }
+    loadGitStatus();
+    loadGitBranches();
+  });
 }
 
 module.exports = { renderGitPanel };
diff --git a/src/styles-sidebar.css b/src/styles-sidebar.css
index 177614f..0372f92 100644
--- a/src/styles-sidebar.css
+++ b/src/styles-sidebar.css
@@ -307,6 +307,101 @@ body[class*='dark'] .panel-list-item-desc {
   font-size: 13px;
   color: var(--gray-400);
 }
+.git-diff-btn {
+  border: none;
+  background: var(--gray-200);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  padding: 2px 6px;
+}
+.git-diff-view {
+  margin-top: 8px;
+  max-height: 240px;
+  overflow: auto;
+  padding: 8px;
+  background: var(--gray-100, #f3f4f6);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  word-break: break-word;
+}
+.git-branch-item {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  padding: 4px 6px;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  gap: 6px;
+}
+.git-branch-item:hover {
+  background: var(--gray-100, #f3f4f6);
+}
+.git-branch-current {
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+.git-branch-name {
+  flex: 1;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.git-checkout-btn {
+  border: none;
+  background: var(--gray-200);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  padding: 2px 6px;
+}
+.git-branch-new {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 4px;
+  margin-top: 8px;
+}
+.git-branch-input {
+  flex: 1;
+  padding: 6px 8px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--gray-300);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+.git-branch-create-btn {
+  border: none;
+  background: var(--gray-200);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  padding: 6px 8px;
+}
+.git-remote-actions {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-top: 8px;
+}
+.git-push-btn,
+.git-pull-btn {
+  flex: 1;
+  padding: 8px;
+  background: var(--primary-dark, #5661b3);
+  color: white;
+  border: none;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.git-push-btn:hover,
+.git-pull-btn:hover {
+  opacity: 0.9;
+}
+.git-remote-status {
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: var(--gray-500);
+  margin-top: 6px;
+  min-height: 14px;
+}
 
 /* Snippets Panel */
 .snippets-toolbar {
@@ -397,11 +492,16 @@ body[class*='dark'] .snippet-delete {
   border-color: #444;
   color: #ccc;
 }
-body[class*='dark'] .git-commit-input {
+body[class*='dark'] .git-commit-input,
+body[class*='dark'] .git-branch-input {
   background: #2d2d2d;
   border-color: #444;
   color: #ccc;
 }
+body[class*='dark'] .git-diff-view {
+  background: #2d2d2d;
+  color: #ccc;
+}
 body[class*='dark'] .snippet-item {
   border-color: #444;
 }
@@ -409,7 +509,8 @@ body[class*='dark'] .snippet-preview {
   background: #2d2d2d;
 }
 body[class*='dark'] .tree-item:hover,
-body[class*='dark'] .git-file:hover {
+body[class*='dark'] .git-file:hover,
+body[class*='dark'] .git-branch-item:hover {
   background: #333;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/main/GitOperations.test.js b/tests/main/GitOperations.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f891620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/main/GitOperations.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const os = require('os');
+const path = require('path');
+const simpleGit = require('simple-git');
+const GitOperations = require('../../src/main/GitOperations');
+
+describe('GitOperations', () => {
+  let tmpDir, filePath;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'gitops_'));
+    const git = simpleGit(tmpDir);
+    await git.init();
+    await git.addConfig('user.name', 'Test User');
+    await git.addConfig('user.email', 'test@example.com');
+    filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'file.txt');
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, 'line1\n');
+    await git.add(['file.txt']);
+    await git.commit('initial commit');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
+  describe('diff', () => {
+    test('returns full working-tree diff when no file given', async () => {
+      fs.writeFileSync(filePath, 'line1\nline2\n');
+      const result = await GitOperations.diff(tmpDir);
+      expect(typeof result).toBe('string');
+      expect(result).toContain('file.txt');
+      expect(result).toContain('+line2');
+    });
+
+    test('returns diff scoped to a single file', async () => {
+      fs.writeFileSync(filePath, 'line1\nline2\n');
+      const result = await GitOperations.diff(tmpDir, 'file.txt');
+      expect(typeof result).toBe('string');
+      expect(result).toContain('+line2');
+    });
+
+    test('returns error object for non-git directory', async () => {
+      const nonGitDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'notgit_'));
+      const result = await GitOperations.diff(nonGitDir);
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty('error');
+      fs.rmSync(nonGitDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('branches', () => {
+    test('returns local branch summary with current branch set', async () => {
+      const result = await GitOperations.branches(tmpDir);
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty('all');
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty('current');
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty('branches');
+      expect(result.all).toContain(result.current);
+    });
+
+    test('returns error object for non-git directory', async () => {
+      const nonGitDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'notgit_'));
+      const result = await GitOperations.branches(nonGitDir);
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty('error');
+      fs.rmSync(nonGitDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('checkoutBranch', () => {
+    test('creates and switches to a new branch when isNew is true', async () => {
+      const result = await GitOperations.checkoutBranch(tmpDir, 'feature-x', true);
+      expect(result).not.toHaveProperty('error');
+      const branchInfo = await GitOperations.branches(tmpDir);
+      expect(branchInfo.current).toBe('feature-x');
+    });
+
+    test('switches to an existing branch when isNew is false', async () => {
+      const initialBranches = await GitOperations.branches(tmpDir);
+      const original = initialBranches.current;
+      await GitOperations.checkoutBranch(tmpDir, 'feature-y', true);
+      const result = await GitOperations.checkoutBranch(tmpDir, original, false);
+      expect(result).not.toHaveProperty('error');
+      const branchInfo = await GitOperations.branches(tmpDir);
+      expect(branchInfo.current).toBe(original);
+    });
+
+    test('returns error object when checking out a nonexistent branch', async () => {
+      const result = await GitOperations.checkoutBranch(tmpDir, 'does-not-exist', false);
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty('error');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('push', () => {
+    test('returns error object when no remote is configured', async () => {
+      const result = await GitOperations.push(tmpDir);
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty('error');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('pull', () => {
+    test('returns error object when no remote is configured', async () => {
+      const result = await GitOperations.pull(tmpDir);
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty('error');
+    });
+  });
+});