feat(desktop): let inherited projects set color and icon - #67468
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Auto-detected git repos ("inherited" projects) have no projects.db row, so
their menu hid appearance/rename/etc. entirely and they could never be
themed. Add appearance to the auto-project menu: the first color/icon choice
adopts the repo as a real project (folder = repo root, name = its label)
carrying that look, after which it themes in place like any explicit
project. Routes both explicit and auto edits through one setProjectAppearance
helper; the picker closes on adopt so a stale second write can't double-create.
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…h#67468) Auto-detected git repos ("inherited" projects) have no projects.db row, so their menu hid appearance/rename/etc. entirely and they could never be themed. Add appearance to the auto-project menu: the first color/icon choice adopts the repo as a real project (folder = repo root, name = its label) carrying that look, after which it themes in place like any explicit project. Routes both explicit and auto edits through one setProjectAppearance helper; the picker closes on adopt so a stale second write can't double-create.
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Summary
projects.dbrow, so their sidebar menu hid appearance/rename/etc. entirely — they could never be themed.setProjectAppearancehelper. For auto projects the picker closes on adopt, so a stale second write can't double-create.Behavior note for review
Theming an inherited repo converts it into a real project (it then gains rename / delete / set-active). That's the natural way to make the color persist and stay consistent with the single project model — but it is a deliberate behavior change, which is why it's isolated in its own PR.
Part of #66565 (session/project color). Independent of the session-color PR (disjoint files); this one just makes more projects themable.
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