6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) can now add "remarks" to commits.
9 Remarks are simple numbered flags (0-9) that allow you to mark commits. This lets
10 you visually highlight commits to aid you when rebasing and grouping related commits
11 across a large patch series. Remarks can be added to a single commit or to all
12 commits that touch a file.
13 (`#1375 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1375>`_)
14 (`#1380 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1380>`_)
18 * The file system monitor was corrected to catch `PermissionError` exceptions.
19 (`bz #2260155 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260155>`_)
23 * If the `polib` module (e.g. `sudo apt install python3-polib`) is installed then it
24 will be used instead of the vendored `cola.polib` module. This makes it easier for
25 distributions to remove the vendored module from the `cola` namespace.
26 (`bz #2264526 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264526>`_)
28 * The flatpak metainfo now contains the required developer name field.
29 (`#1382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1382>`_)
33 * The "actions/cache" and "styfle/cancel-workflow-action" github actions were upgraded.
35 * The test suite now uses ``ruff`` to validate python code. ``pylint`` is no longer used.
36 (`#1353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1353>`_)
37 (`#1383 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1383>`_)
45 Usability, bells and whistles
46 -----------------------------
47 * "Stage Modified" was added to the available toolbar actions.
48 (`#1371 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1371>`_)
50 * "Stage Untracked" no longer stages modified files when the list of
51 untracked files to stage is empty.
52 (`#1371 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1371>`_)
54 * `Ctrl + Space` can now be used to display the autocomplete options in input fields
55 that provide autocompletion.
57 * The Diff widget now displays the currently selected filename.
58 Uncheck the "Show filenames" option in the Diff widget's tool menu
59 to disable this feature.
60 (`#1367 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1367>`_)
62 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs now have an embedded progress bar instead
63 of displaying a progress bar in a separate popup window.
65 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs will now stay open after the remote
66 operation completes when the "Close on completion" checkbox is unchecked.
67 These dialogs closed themselves unconditionally before this change.
71 * PyQt6 compatibility for the "Find in diff" feature.
73 * PyQt6 compatibility for the ``git dag`` Gravatar icons.
77 * Updated Polish translation.
78 (`#1368 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1368>`_)
80 Packaging and Dependencies
81 --------------------------
82 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.4.1`.
84 * The documentation no longer depends on `jaraco.packaging`.
88 * upload-artifact and setup-python github actions were upgraded.
96 Usability, bells and whistles
97 -----------------------------
98 * The remote messages dialog is now displayed for the Pull and Push actions in the
99 Branches widget only. This dialog is disabled by default and enabled in the
100 main Push and Pull dialog settings.
101 (`#1363 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1363>`_)
103 * The whole-file staging actions in the Diff widget's right-click menu are now listed
104 after the selection and hunk staging actions. This helps prevent accidental clicks
105 from clobbering the index for the entire file.
106 (`#1362 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1362>`_)
108 * The completion popup no longer reappears after an item is selected in the
109 "Checkout Branch" action and similar dialogs.
110 (`#1360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1360>`_)
114 * PyQt6 compatibility was improved.
122 Usability, bells and whistles
123 -----------------------------
124 * Git Cola now preserves `# commentary` in commit messages by default.
125 The `commit.cleanup` Git configuration variable can be used to
126 customize this behavior. For example, if you want Git Cola to
127 strip comments (the old behavior before v4.4.0) then
128 you can run `git config --global commit.cleanup strip` or configure
129 the "Commit Message Cleanup" setting in the Preferences window.
130 (`#1330 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1330>`_)
132 * `git dag` now includes completions for `git log` options in the text input field.
134 * `git dag` now provides convenient search filters when right-clicking in the
137 * A `1.25 x` Hi-DPI magnification option mode is now available in the Appearance settings.
138 (`#1313 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1313>`_)
140 * MacOS-specific application themes are now available in the Appearance settings
141 when the pyobjc module is installed.
142 (`#905 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/905>`_)
144 * Git Cola now runs `git commit` in the background and feedback is provided while
145 the commit is running. This prevents the UI from freezing when running pre-commit
146 hooks that can make `git commit` take a long time to run.
147 (`#1320 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1320>`_)
149 * The Diff context menu was reworked to reduce visual clutter and better match
150 the Status context menu.
151 (`#1347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1347>`_)
153 * The standalone `git cola tag` tool now autocompletes the tag name field.
154 (`#706 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/706>`_)
155 (`#691 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/691>`_)
157 * The "Branches" dock widget now has a "Visualize" right-click menu option.
158 (`#1061 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1061>`_)
160 * The "Stash" dialog learned to rename stashes.
161 (`#558 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/558>`_)
163 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs can now display remote messages from the server.
164 (`#951 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/951>`_)
168 * `git dag` fixed how it was handling refspec arguments.
169 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
171 * `git dag` will now properly refresh itself when remote branches are updated.
172 (`#1063 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1063>`_)
174 * The `cola.inotify` feature no longer runs into issues when accessing WSL2
175 filesystems from Windows 11+.
176 (`#1194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1194>`_)
180 * `cercis <https://pypi.org/project/cercis/>`_ is now being used to enforce
181 Git Cola's python code style. We were previously disabling quote normalization
182 when using `black`. Use of `cercis` allows us to enable quote normalization
183 under its default single-quote settings.
185 * The test suite now works on Windows.
186 (`#1331 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1331>`_)
187 (`#1332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1332>`_)
189 * Pre-commits hooks and code modernization.
190 (`#1333 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1333>`_)
192 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
193 sphinx documentation plugin.
194 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
202 Usability, bells and whistles
203 -----------------------------
204 * The minimum font size can now be set lower, which is helpful for Hi-DPI displays.
205 (`#1342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1342>`_)
209 * Flashing windows during startup on Windows has been fixed.
210 (`#1329 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1329>`_)
212 * `git dag` was not displaying history when refspecs were specified.
213 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
217 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
218 sphinx documentation plugin.
219 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
229 * The pypi wheel was fixed to include `entry_points.txt`.
231 * The "Revert" command was throwing an exception after successfully completing.
239 Usability, bells and whistles
240 -----------------------------
241 * `git dag` now displays commit metadata more similarly to `git log`.
242 The commit date is now displayed and the subject field is displayed
243 directly above the extended description.
245 * `git dag` now supports a `cola.logdate` configuration for controlling
246 the date format. The configured value is passed to `git log --date=<format>`.
247 (`#1319 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1319>`_)
248 (`#1312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1312>`_)
250 * The default `patches` directory that is used when exporting patches
251 is now configurable using the `cola.patchesdirectory` configuration
252 variable and the Preferences dialog.
254 * The Diff Editor can now export the diff selection, or the current
255 diff hunk, to a `*.patch` file from the `Patches` context menu action.
257 * Existing patches can be appended to by choosing a patch file from
258 the `Append Patch` sub-menu in the `Patches` context menu action.
260 * Patches can now be applied by dragging and dropping patches files from
261 a file browser onto the diff editor. The "Apply Patches" dialog is
262 launched with the drag-and-dropped patch files.
264 * Shell completions for zsh are now provided in the source distribution.
265 See the `contrib/_git-cola` zsh completion file for more details
269 * ``QApplication::desktop()`` is no longer available on PyQt6.
270 Git Cola no longer relies on this method.
274 * Git Cola can now be installed on Windows using `winget`.
275 See the ``README.md`` file for more details.
276 (`#1318 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1318>`_)
286 * Diffs for repositories with a single commit have been fixed.
287 (`#1306 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1306>`_)
289 * The toolbars follow the Qt toolbar style, as they did prior to `v4.2.0`.
290 (`#1307 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1307>`_)
292 * The "Checkout Branch" dialog was fixed to display all completions when first shown.
293 (`#1308 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1308>`_)
301 Usability, bells and whistles
302 -----------------------------
303 * The Diff Editor can now send diffs to your favorite editor before the diffs are applied.
304 The right-click "Edit Diff ..." menu actions and the `Ctrl + Shift + S` /
305 `Ctrl + Shift + U` hotkeys send the current diff hunk, or the selected diff, to your
306 editor before they are applied to the worktree / staging area.
307 (`#1290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1290>`_)
308 (`#794 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/794>`_)
310 * The Diff Editor and DAG viewer can now search within their diffs using
311 `Ctrl + F` and `Ctrl + G` hotkeys.
312 (`#1116 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1116>`_)
314 * A new *Diff Mode* can be used to diff and unstage edits relative to any commit.
315 (`#816 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/816>`_)
317 * The Commit Message Editor can now spell-check the summary field. Previously only the
318 "Extended Description..." field supported spell checking.
319 (`#633 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/633>`_)
320 (`#1070 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1070>`_)
322 * Repositories in your "Recents" and "Favorites" can now be searched using the new
323 "Search" tool button. Quickly switch between these repositories using the `Alt + P`
324 hotkey and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
325 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
327 * "Favorites", "Recents" and the startup dialog now display a case-insensitively
328 sorted list of repositories.
329 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
331 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
332 stale entries and other actions that were not previously accessible from
334 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
335 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
337 * The "Copy Leading Paths" action in the Status tool's right-click "Copy" sub-menu
338 can now strip off an arbitrary number of leading paths.
339 (`#784 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/784>`_)
341 * The "Cherry-Pick" action now reports errors when "git cherry-pick" fails.
342 A new "Abort Cherry-Pick" action has been added for aborting a failed cherry-pick.
343 (`#1062 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1062>`_)
345 * The diff text can now be quickly zoomed using `Ctrl + Mouse wheel` scroll.
346 This will quickly change the text size within the current session only.
347 (`#1029 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1029>`_)
349 * The Console and Diff widgets learned to open URLs. Right-click on a line
350 that contains http URLs and context-menu actions for opening each URL
351 using your default web browser will be displayed.
352 (`#1139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1139>`_)
354 * Drag-and-drop has been improved when dragging filenames from the Status tool.
355 Dragging multiple files requires special handling to improve usability.
356 Some terminals (such as `kitty`) consume multiple file URLs by separating paths with
357 newlines. This is useful when you'd like to capture raw filenames but is less
358 convenient when dropping filenames onto a command-line. Drag with the `Alt`-modifier
359 held down to drag-and-drop filenames for command-line use. Using the `Alt` modifier
360 omits URLs so that the drag-and-drop payload includes only space-delimited,
362 (`#719 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/719>`_)
364 * The DAG viewer now displays the diff between the start and end commits when
365 multiple commits are selected. The diffs are displayed in the DAG's diff viewer.
366 (`#552 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/552>`_)
368 * The DAG viewer learned to checkout branches and initiate rebases from its right-click menu.
369 (`#1113 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1113>`_)
371 * The DAG diff viewer learned to word-wrap the diff text.
372 (`#1242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1242>`_)
374 * The spelling dictionaries are now discovered dynamically at runtime.
375 `dict/words` and `dict/propernames` are now discovered via `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`
376 by the spell checker. This allows a spelling dictionary to be placed in e.g..
377 `~/.local/share/dict/words` to override the default `/usr/share/dict/words`.
378 (`#873 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/873>`_)
380 * The File menu now has a "Patches" sub-menu with a full set of "git am" Patch actions.
382 * The Diff Editor and various Diff widgets now have a "Copy Diff" action with an
383 `Alt + Shift + C` hotkey that copies the selected diff text to the clipboard with the
384 `+`, `-` and `<Space>` diff prefix characters removed.
385 (`#1288 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1288>`_)
387 * The "Revert" action for reverting commits from the DAG tool now displays error
388 messages when ``git revert`` fails.
389 (`#885 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/885>`_)
391 * The Diff Editor now uses an easier-to-see *block cursor* by default.
392 Disable `cola.blockcursor <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-blockcursor>`_
393 to continue using original *line cursor* by running
394 ``git config --global cola.blockcursor false``, or by editing the settings in the menu.
396 * The "Unmerged" header item in the Status tool now displays a summary list of unmerged files.
398 * The hotkeys documentation has been updated to clarify that the "Copy Commit ID"
399 action is available in several tools.
400 (`#779 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/779>`_)
402 * Saving files when using "Browse Other Branch" now displays errors from
403 ``git show`` when saving files from arbitrary commits.
404 (`#1065 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1065>`_)
406 * The Apply Patches dialog now reports errors when patches fail to apply.
407 (`#673 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/673>`_)
409 * The "Status" tool now disables "Copy" actions in its context menu when no
410 files have been selected.
411 (`#697 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/697>`_)
413 * The "Unstage" menu item in the Status tool now uses a "Remove" icon.
414 (`#1289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1289>`_)
418 * The vendored `qtpy` module was modified to sever its dependency on the
419 `packaging.version` module. This mostly affects users that want to run
420 Git Cola directly from the source tree outside of any virtualenv.
421 (`#1286 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1286>`_)
429 Usability, bells and whistles
430 -----------------------------
431 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
432 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The ``git cola rebase`` sub-command now has
433 an ``--update-refs`` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
434 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
435 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
436 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
438 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
439 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
441 Packaging and Dependencies
442 --------------------------
443 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
444 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
445 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
447 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
451 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
452 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
453 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
463 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
464 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
466 * Some context menus entries were corrected to better handle binary files.
467 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
475 Usability, bells and whistles
476 -----------------------------
477 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
478 notifications and UI actions.
479 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
481 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
482 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
483 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
487 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
488 files are located in unexpected locations.
489 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
490 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
492 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
494 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
496 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
497 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
499 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
500 their names or messages.
501 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
503 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
504 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
505 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
507 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
508 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
509 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
513 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
514 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
522 Usability, bells and whistles
523 -----------------------------
524 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
525 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
526 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
527 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
529 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
530 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
531 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
533 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
534 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
536 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
537 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
539 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
540 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
542 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
543 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
544 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
546 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
547 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
548 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
552 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
553 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
555 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
556 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
558 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
559 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
563 * Updated Spanish translation.
564 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
566 * Updated Japanese translation.
567 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
571 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
572 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
574 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
575 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
576 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
584 Usability, bells and whistles
585 -----------------------------
586 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
587 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
588 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
592 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
593 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
595 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
597 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
598 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1235>`_)
600 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
601 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
602 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
604 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
605 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
606 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
616 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
617 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
618 be aware of these changes.
620 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
622 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
623 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
624 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
625 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
627 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
628 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
629 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
631 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
632 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
633 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
634 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
635 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
636 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
638 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
639 using setuptools entry points.
641 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
642 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
644 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
646 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
648 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
650 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
652 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
653 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
655 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
656 `rst.linker` packages. See `setup.cfg` for the package requirement details.
658 Usability, bells and whistles
659 -----------------------------
661 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
662 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
663 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
664 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
666 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
667 the main window is closed.
668 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
672 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
673 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
675 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
676 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
678 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
679 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
681 * Documentation typo fixes.
682 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
684 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
685 This made its notification system more robust.
686 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
687 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
688 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
689 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
693 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
694 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
702 Usability, bells and whistles
703 -----------------------------
704 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
705 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
706 Entries before the final slash are treated like sub-menus inside the
707 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
708 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
710 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
711 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
712 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
714 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
716 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
718 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
719 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
723 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
725 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
726 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
728 * We now avoid `QWidget::setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
729 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
731 * Documentation typo fixes.
732 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
736 * Updated Polish translation.
737 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
741 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
742 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
750 Usability, bells and whistles
751 -----------------------------
752 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
753 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
754 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
755 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
757 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
758 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
759 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
760 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
761 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
763 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
765 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
766 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
768 * Documentation improvements and typo fixes.
769 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
770 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
774 * The `FIPS security mode <https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/53462>`_
775 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
776 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
777 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
781 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
782 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
784 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
785 when different languages are used.
786 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
787 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
788 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
790 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
791 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
795 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
796 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
806 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
813 Usability, bells and whistles
814 -----------------------------
815 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
816 for including config files.
817 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
818 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
820 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
821 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
823 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
824 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
825 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
827 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
828 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
829 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
831 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
832 files, both modified and untracked.
834 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
835 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
836 categories of files are selected (e.g. when both modified and untracked
837 header items are selected).
838 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
842 * Updated Hungarian translation.
843 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
847 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
849 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
850 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
852 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
853 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
857 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
858 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
866 Usability, bells and whistles
867 -----------------------------
868 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
869 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
870 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
872 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
873 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
874 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
876 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
877 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
879 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
880 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
881 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
885 * Updated Polish translation.
886 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
888 * Updated Japanese translation.
889 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
891 * Updated Brazilian translation.
892 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
896 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
897 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
905 Usability, bells and whistles
906 -----------------------------
907 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
908 Submodules are now updated recursively.
909 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
911 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
912 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
913 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
914 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
915 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
917 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
918 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
919 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
923 * Updated Polish translation.
924 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
926 * Updated Hungarian translation.
927 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
931 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
932 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
933 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
934 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
936 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
937 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
938 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
939 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
940 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
941 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
943 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
944 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
945 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
946 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
947 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
949 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
950 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
951 and has now been removed.
952 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
956 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
957 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
965 Usability, bells and whistles
966 -----------------------------
967 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
968 the changes displayed in the diff view.
969 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
971 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
972 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
973 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
974 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
975 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
977 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
978 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
979 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
980 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
982 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
983 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
984 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
985 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
986 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
987 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
988 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
989 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
990 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
994 * Updated Polish translation.
995 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
999 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
1000 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
1002 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
1003 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
1004 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
1006 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
1007 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
1009 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
1010 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
1011 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
1013 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
1014 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
1015 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
1016 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
1017 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
1025 Usability, bells and whistles
1026 -----------------------------
1027 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
1028 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
1029 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
1031 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
1032 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
1033 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
1034 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
1036 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
1037 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
1038 as when the app first launched.
1039 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
1040 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
1042 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
1043 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
1044 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
1045 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
1047 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
1048 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
1050 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
1051 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
1052 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
1054 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
1055 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
1057 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
1058 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
1062 * Updated Hungarian translation.
1063 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
1064 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
1066 * Updated Turkish translation.
1067 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
1068 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
1072 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
1073 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
1075 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
1076 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
1078 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
1079 operations complete.
1080 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
1082 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
1083 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
1087 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
1088 updated during installation.
1089 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
1093 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
1094 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
1102 Usability, bells and whistles
1103 -----------------------------
1104 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
1105 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
1106 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
1108 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
1109 over a stashed change.
1110 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
1112 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
1113 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
1114 This allows users to control the Qt HiDPI settings through environment
1115 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
1116 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
1117 configured their environment explicitly.
1118 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
1120 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
1121 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
1122 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
1123 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
1125 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
1126 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
1127 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
1131 * Updated Japanese translation.
1132 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
1133 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
1135 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1136 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
1140 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
1141 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
1142 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
1144 * Better Unicode robustness.
1145 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
1146 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
1148 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
1149 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
1150 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
1152 * Non-ASCII Unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
1153 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
1155 * Non-Unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
1156 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
1158 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
1159 would previously result in an error, and is now robustly handled.
1160 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
1164 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
1172 Usability, bells and whistles
1173 -----------------------------
1174 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
1175 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
1177 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
1178 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
1179 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
1181 * Updated German translation.
1182 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
1184 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
1185 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
1186 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
1188 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
1189 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
1191 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
1192 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
1193 in the preferences window. See the
1194 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
1195 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
1197 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
1198 the Qt 5.6 `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
1199 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
1201 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
1202 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
1203 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
1207 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
1208 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
1209 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
1210 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
1212 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
1213 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
1214 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
1215 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
1216 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
1217 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
1219 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
1220 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
1221 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
1222 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
1226 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
1227 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
1228 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
1236 Usability, bells and whistles
1237 -----------------------------
1238 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
1239 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
1241 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
1242 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
1244 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
1245 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
1246 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
1248 * Updated Japanese translation.
1249 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
1251 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
1252 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
1254 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
1255 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1257 * The status widget can now update submodules.
1258 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1260 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
1261 to display the contents of the selected patch.
1263 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
1264 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
1265 that will be committed.
1266 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
1268 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
1270 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
1272 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
1273 per-repository, rather than globally only.
1275 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
1276 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
1277 with other applications and user expectations.
1278 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
1280 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
1281 the Sublime text editor.
1282 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
1286 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
1287 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
1289 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
1290 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
1292 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
1293 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
1295 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
1296 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
1297 display stays within a sensible size.
1298 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
1300 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1301 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
1302 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
1306 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
1307 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
1308 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
1310 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
1311 the module and test directories. This catches things like
1312 the pynsist installer scripts.
1313 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
1314 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
1315 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
1319 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
1321 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
1322 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
1330 Usability, bells and whistles
1331 -----------------------------
1332 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
1333 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
1335 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
1336 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
1338 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
1339 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
1340 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
1341 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
1342 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
1343 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
1345 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
1346 cancelling an interactive rebase.
1347 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1349 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
1350 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
1351 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
1353 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
1354 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
1358 * Updated Brazilian translation.
1359 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
1361 * Updated Czech translation.
1362 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
1363 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
1364 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
1365 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
1367 * Update Spanish translation.
1368 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
1369 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
1373 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
1374 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
1375 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
1377 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
1378 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
1380 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
1382 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
1383 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
1387 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
1388 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
1389 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
1390 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
1392 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
1393 window is maximized.
1394 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
1396 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
1397 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1399 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1400 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1402 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1403 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1404 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1406 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1407 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1408 previously uninstalled.
1409 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1411 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1412 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1413 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1415 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1416 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1418 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1423 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1424 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1426 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1427 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1428 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1430 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1431 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1432 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1434 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1435 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1437 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain UTF-8
1438 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1440 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1442 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on UTF-8 encoded
1443 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1444 could be broken when running in that environment.
1445 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1447 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 time stamp, which
1448 avoids localized output in the log window.
1449 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1453 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1454 Travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1456 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1457 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1465 Usability, bells and whistles
1466 -----------------------------
1467 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1468 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1470 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1471 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1472 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1473 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1475 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1477 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1478 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1479 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1481 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1482 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1483 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1485 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1486 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1487 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1489 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1490 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1491 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1493 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1494 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1496 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt + {F,E}` hotkeys.
1497 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1499 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1500 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1501 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1502 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1503 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1504 burdening common use cases.
1505 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1506 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1508 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1509 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1510 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1511 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1512 "Unmerged" header by design.
1513 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1515 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1516 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1517 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1518 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1520 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1521 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1523 * Updated Turkish translation.
1524 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1526 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1527 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1529 * Updated German translation.
1530 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1532 * Updated Czech translation
1533 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1534 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1536 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1538 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1540 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1542 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1543 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1545 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1547 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1551 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1553 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1555 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1557 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1558 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1559 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1563 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1564 They were previously going to the shell.
1565 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1567 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1568 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1570 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1571 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1573 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1574 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1576 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1577 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1578 create a non-annotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1579 properly create an unsigned, non-annotated tag.
1580 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1582 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1583 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1584 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1585 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1586 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1587 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1588 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1590 * Spelling and typo fixes.
1591 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1593 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1595 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1597 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1598 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1599 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1601 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1603 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1611 Usability, bells and whistles
1612 -----------------------------
1613 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1614 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1616 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1617 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1619 * New Czech translation.
1620 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1621 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1622 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1623 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1625 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1626 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1628 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1629 menu item to add a toolbar.
1631 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1632 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1633 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1635 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1636 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1637 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1639 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1640 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1641 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1643 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1644 names match the string entered into its text field.
1645 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1647 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1648 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1649 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1650 rather than when pressed.
1651 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1653 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1654 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1655 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1656 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1657 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1658 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1660 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1661 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1663 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1664 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1666 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1667 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1668 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1669 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1671 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy xxx to Clipboard" actions.
1672 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1674 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1675 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1677 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1678 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1680 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1681 actions when no file is selected.
1682 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1684 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1685 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1686 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1690 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1691 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1693 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1694 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1695 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1696 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1697 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1698 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1699 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1701 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1702 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1703 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1704 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1706 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1707 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1709 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1710 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1711 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1713 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1714 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1715 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1717 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1718 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1720 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1722 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1724 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1725 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1726 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1728 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1729 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1731 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1732 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1733 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1735 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1737 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1739 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1740 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1741 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1749 Usability, bells and whistles
1750 -----------------------------
1751 * New Ukrainian translation.
1752 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1753 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1755 * New and improved French translations.
1757 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1758 and pull branches from a single interface.
1760 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1761 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1762 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1763 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1764 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1766 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1768 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1770 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1772 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1773 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1774 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1775 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1776 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1777 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1778 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1779 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1781 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1782 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1784 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1785 below the grep results.
1787 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1789 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1791 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1792 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1794 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1795 to the commit message editor's options.
1796 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1798 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1799 much larger repositories.
1800 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1802 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1803 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1804 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1805 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1806 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1808 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1809 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1811 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1812 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1813 a newline-separated list of words.
1814 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1816 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1819 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1822 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1823 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1824 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1828 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1829 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1830 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1831 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1832 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1833 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1835 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1838 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1839 twice on the radio buttons.
1840 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1842 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1843 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1844 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1846 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1847 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1848 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1849 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1851 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1852 are modified. This has been fixed.
1853 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1855 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1856 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1857 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1858 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1866 Usability, bells and whistles
1867 -----------------------------
1868 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1869 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1870 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1871 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1872 configuration variable.
1873 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1875 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1876 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1877 also added for launching an editor.
1879 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1883 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded paths.
1884 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1886 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1887 PyQt5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1888 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1890 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1891 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1893 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1895 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1899 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1900 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1901 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1902 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1903 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1913 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1914 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1922 Usability, bells and whistles
1923 -----------------------------
1924 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1925 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1927 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1928 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1929 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1930 active longer than intended.
1931 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1933 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1934 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1935 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1937 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1938 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1939 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1941 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1942 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1943 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1944 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1946 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1947 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1949 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1950 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1951 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1953 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1955 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1956 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1958 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1959 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1961 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1962 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1963 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1965 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1966 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1968 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1969 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1970 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1971 file browser will typically be used.
1973 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1977 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1978 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1980 * Typo fixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1981 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1983 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1984 when updates are made to ignored files.
1985 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1986 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1988 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1989 exception when using PyQt5.
1990 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1992 * Fixed a typo in the inotify back-end that is triggered when files are removed.
1993 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1995 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1996 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1998 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menu bar.
1999 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
2001 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
2002 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
2003 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
2005 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
2006 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
2008 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
2009 prompts for a filename when saving files.
2010 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
2014 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
2015 development on Windows.
2016 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
2024 Usability, bells and whistles
2025 -----------------------------
2026 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
2027 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
2031 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
2032 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
2033 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
2035 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
2036 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
2047 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
2048 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, Unicode errors
2049 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
2050 now operate correctly within this environment.
2051 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
2053 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
2054 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
2059 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
2060 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
2061 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
2066 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
2067 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
2068 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
2069 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
2071 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
2073 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
2074 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
2075 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
2076 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
2078 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
2080 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
2081 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
2083 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
2084 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
2085 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
2086 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
2087 vendored libraries from being installed.
2095 Usability, bells and whistles
2096 -----------------------------
2098 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
2099 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
2101 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
2103 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
2105 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
2110 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
2111 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
2112 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
2114 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
2115 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
2116 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
2117 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
2119 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
2120 `git cola` from an application launcher.
2121 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
2123 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
2124 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
2126 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
2131 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from UTF-8-encoded filesystem
2132 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
2133 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use UTF-8,
2134 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
2135 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
2143 Usability, bells and whistles
2144 -----------------------------
2146 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
2147 between files and the "Untracked" header.
2148 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
2150 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
2151 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
2153 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
2154 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
2156 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
2157 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
2158 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
2159 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
2160 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
2161 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
2163 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
2164 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
2165 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
2166 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
2167 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
2169 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
2170 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
2172 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
2173 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
2174 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
2176 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
2177 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
2179 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just mono-space fonts.
2180 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
2185 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
2186 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
2187 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
2188 rather than as additional command line arguments.
2189 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
2191 * Fixed a Unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
2192 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle Unicode data in tracebacks
2193 generated by python itself.
2194 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
2196 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
2197 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
2199 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
2200 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
2201 in the final commit message.
2202 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
2210 Usability, bells and whistles
2211 -----------------------------
2213 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. Git Cola now uses SVG
2214 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
2215 environment variable.
2217 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
2218 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
2219 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
2220 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
2222 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
2223 Additionally, the `Alt + {J,K}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
2224 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
2226 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
2228 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
2229 and remembers its window size and placement.
2231 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
2232 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
2233 removed files are found when refreshing.
2235 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
2236 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
2237 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
2238 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
2239 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
2241 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
2242 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
2243 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
2244 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
2245 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
2246 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
2248 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
2251 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
2252 background for the header items.
2253 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
2255 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontal scrollbar position across
2256 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
2257 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
2262 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
2263 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
2264 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
2265 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
2266 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
2268 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
2269 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
2271 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
2272 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
2273 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
2275 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
2276 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
2278 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
2279 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
2281 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
2282 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
2284 * Miscellaneous fixes
2285 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
2290 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an inter-sphinx link mapping
2291 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building RPMs using koji,
2292 where network access is prevented.
2294 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
2302 Usability, bells and whistles
2303 -----------------------------
2305 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
2306 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
2308 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
2309 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
2311 * `Alt + {J,K}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
2312 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
2314 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
2315 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
2316 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
2318 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
2319 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
2320 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
2322 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
2323 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
2324 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
2326 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
2327 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
2329 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2331 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
2332 diff hunks and selected lines.
2334 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
2335 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
2336 the configured character for comments. This allows having
2337 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
2338 is configured to its non-default value.
2339 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
2344 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
2345 and false positives.
2346 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
2348 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
2349 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
2351 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
2352 in the commit message editor.
2353 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2355 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
2356 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
2366 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
2374 Usability, bells and whistles
2375 -----------------------------
2376 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
2378 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
2379 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
2380 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
2381 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
2382 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
2384 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
2385 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
2387 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
2389 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
2390 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
2394 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
2395 user-configured diff tools.
2397 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2398 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2399 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2400 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2402 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2403 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2404 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2405 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2406 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2407 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2408 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2410 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle Unicode paths.
2412 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2413 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2414 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2416 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2417 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2418 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2420 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2421 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2422 editor is used during the rebase.
2423 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2427 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2428 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2435 Usability, bells and whistles
2436 -----------------------------
2437 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2439 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2440 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2442 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2443 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2444 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2445 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2447 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2449 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2451 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2454 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2455 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2456 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2459 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2463 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2464 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2465 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2472 Usability, bells and whistles
2473 -----------------------------
2474 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2475 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2477 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2479 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2480 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2481 arrows to select and stage lines.
2483 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2484 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2486 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2490 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2491 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2498 Usability, bells and whistles
2499 -----------------------------
2500 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2501 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2503 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2504 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2506 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2507 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2509 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2510 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2514 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2515 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2517 * inotify expects Unicode paths on Python3.
2518 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2520 * Untracked files are now assumed to be UTF-8 encoded.
2521 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2528 Usability, bells and whistles
2529 -----------------------------
2530 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2531 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2532 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2534 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2535 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2537 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2538 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by the Qt
2539 `QKeySequence` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2540 See the `Qt docs <https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qkeysequence.html#toString>`_
2541 for more details about the supported values.
2543 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2544 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2545 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2547 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2548 history using the selected paths.
2552 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2553 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2555 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2556 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2559 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2560 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2562 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2563 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2567 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2568 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2569 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2571 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2572 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2579 Usability, bells and whistles
2580 -----------------------------
2581 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2583 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2584 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2588 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2589 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2590 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2592 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2593 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2597 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2604 Usability, bells and whistles
2605 -----------------------------
2606 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2608 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2609 external applications.
2610 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2612 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2613 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2615 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2617 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2619 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2621 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2622 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2624 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2625 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2626 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2627 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2629 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2630 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2631 module is installed.
2632 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2634 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2635 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2637 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2638 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2642 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2643 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2650 Usability, bells and whistles
2651 -----------------------------
2652 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2654 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2656 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2658 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2661 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2663 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2667 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2668 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2669 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2671 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2672 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2674 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2676 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2677 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2678 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2680 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2681 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2688 Usability, bells and whistles
2689 -----------------------------
2690 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2691 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2692 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2694 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2695 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2696 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2697 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2698 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2699 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2700 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2701 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2703 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2704 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2706 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2707 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2709 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2710 to allow for better localization.
2711 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2713 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2715 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2717 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2718 environment variable was improved.
2719 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2721 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2722 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2723 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2725 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2726 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2730 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2731 artifacts on several configurations.
2733 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2734 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2735 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2737 * Better support for Unicode paths when using inotify.
2738 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2740 * Unicode fixes for non-ASCII locales.
2741 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2742 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2743 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2744 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2745 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2746 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2747 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2748 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2750 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2751 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2753 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2754 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2756 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2757 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2759 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2760 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2762 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2763 can be freely resized on Linux.
2764 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2766 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2767 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2774 Usability, bells and whistles
2775 -----------------------------
2776 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2777 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2779 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2780 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2784 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2785 not available in Python3.
2786 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2788 * Python3-related fixes.
2789 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2791 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2792 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2793 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2794 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2796 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2797 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2798 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2800 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2801 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2802 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2804 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2805 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2806 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2813 Usability, bells and whistles
2814 -----------------------------
2815 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2816 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2818 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2819 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2820 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2822 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2823 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2827 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2828 We now use `Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org>`_ for building
2829 html documentation and man pages.
2833 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a Unicode
2836 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2837 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2839 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2840 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2844 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2845 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org) only.
2852 Usability, bells and whistles
2853 -----------------------------
2854 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2856 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2860 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2861 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2863 * Non-ASCII worktrees work properly again.
2864 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2866 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2867 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2869 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2870 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2879 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2880 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2882 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2883 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2887 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2888 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2890 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2891 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2893 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2894 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2901 Usability, bells and whistles
2902 -----------------------------
2903 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2905 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2906 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2907 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2909 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2913 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2915 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2916 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2918 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2925 Usability, bells and whistles
2926 -----------------------------
2927 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2928 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2930 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2931 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2932 `extended description` field.
2933 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2937 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2938 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2940 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2941 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2942 <https://web.archive.org/web/20141012075946/http://comments.gmane.org:80/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2951 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2952 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2956 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2957 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2960 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2962 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2971 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2975 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2978 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2985 Usability, bells and whistles
2986 -----------------------------
2987 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2988 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2989 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2990 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2991 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2992 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2994 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2996 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2998 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
3000 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
3001 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
3002 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
3004 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
3005 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
3010 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
3011 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
3012 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
3016 * Support Unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
3023 Usability, bells and whistles
3024 -----------------------------
3025 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
3026 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
3027 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
3029 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
3030 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
3031 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
3032 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
3036 * Unicode stash names are now supported
3037 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
3039 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
3046 Usability, bells and whistles
3047 -----------------------------
3048 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
3050 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
3052 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
3053 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
3054 the next time `git dag` is launched.
3056 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
3057 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
3059 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
3061 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
3062 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
3063 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
3064 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
3065 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
3066 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
3068 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
3069 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
3070 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
3071 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
3072 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
3073 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
3075 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
3076 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
3080 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
3081 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
3084 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
3085 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
3086 path, just like Git itself.
3088 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
3090 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
3091 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
3098 Usability, bells and whistles
3099 -----------------------------
3100 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
3101 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
3102 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
3103 surrounding function as context.
3104 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
3106 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
3107 when `git cola` is restarted.
3108 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
3110 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
3111 checkbox in the commit message editor.
3112 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
3114 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
3115 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
3117 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
3121 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
3122 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
3124 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
3125 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
3127 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
3128 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
3129 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
3131 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
3134 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
3135 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
3137 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
3145 Usability, bells and whistles
3146 -----------------------------
3147 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
3148 "Select Repository" dialog.
3149 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
3151 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
3155 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
3156 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
3157 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
3158 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
3159 the selection when refreshing the editor.
3160 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
3162 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
3163 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
3165 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
3166 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
3170 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
3172 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
3173 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
3174 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
3175 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
3176 when they point to valid git repositories.
3178 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
3179 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
3180 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
3188 Usability, bells and whistles
3189 -----------------------------
3190 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
3192 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
3194 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
3195 when in the diff panel.
3197 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
3198 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
3199 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
3200 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
3201 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
3203 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
3205 * Less blocking in the main UI
3209 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
3210 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
3212 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
3213 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
3214 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
3222 Usability, bells and whistles
3223 -----------------------------
3224 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
3225 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
3226 files in git using a non-UTF-8 encoding and `git cola` will
3227 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
3228 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
3230 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
3232 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
3233 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
3234 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
3235 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/133>`_)
3237 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
3238 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
3239 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
3241 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
3242 using the `Status` tool.
3243 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
3244 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
3245 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
3247 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
3248 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
3250 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
3251 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
3253 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
3254 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
3255 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
3256 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
3257 to the affirmative option instead.
3261 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
3262 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
3263 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
3264 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
3265 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
3266 the start of a file.
3274 Usability, bells and whistles
3275 -----------------------------
3276 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
3277 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
3278 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
3279 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
3280 window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
3281 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
3282 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
3283 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
3287 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
3288 `Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
3289 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
3290 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
3291 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
3299 Usability, bells and whistles
3300 -----------------------------
3301 * `git dag` learned to color-code branch edges.
3302 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
3303 which makes the history much easier to follow.
3304 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
3306 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
3308 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
3310 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
3312 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
3314 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
3316 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
3317 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
3325 Usability, bells and whistles
3326 -----------------------------
3327 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
3329 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
3330 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
3332 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
3335 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
3336 background thread to do so.
3338 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
3340 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
3341 between invocations.
3351 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
3353 * `git dag` can export patches again.
3361 Usability, bells and whistles
3362 -----------------------------
3363 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
3364 limit history to the current branch.
3366 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
3369 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
3370 much faster rendering.
3372 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
3374 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
3382 Usability, bells and whistles
3383 -----------------------------
3384 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
3392 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
3394 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
3396 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3398 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3401 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3403 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3404 text field contains paths.
3406 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3410 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3411 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3413 * Files with a type change (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3414 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3418 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3426 Usability, bells and whistles
3427 -----------------------------
3428 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3439 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3441 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3443 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3445 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3447 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3449 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3451 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3452 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3454 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3456 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3457 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3459 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3460 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3462 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3466 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3467 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3468 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3472 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3474 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3475 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3479 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3480 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3481 is a simpler alternative.
3491 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3492 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3494 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3498 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3499 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3500 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3501 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3503 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3504 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3512 Usability, bells and whistles
3513 -----------------------------
3514 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3515 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3517 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3519 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3523 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3524 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3526 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3528 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3532 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3533 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3534 and debian/ files will be needed.
3536 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3540 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3541 so there's no need for this option these days.
3549 Usability, bells and whistles
3550 -----------------------------
3551 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3553 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3555 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3557 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3558 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3559 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3561 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3562 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3566 * Display commits with no file changes.
3567 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3569 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3570 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3574 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3575 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3577 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3578 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3579 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3580 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3589 Usability, bells and whistles
3590 -----------------------------
3591 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3592 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3594 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3595 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3597 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3599 * General usability improvements
3601 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3605 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3606 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3608 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3609 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3611 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3612 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3614 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3622 Usability, bells and whistles
3623 -----------------------------
3624 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3625 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3627 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3628 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3629 a progress dialog is used.
3633 * More Unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3634 Unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3635 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3637 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3645 Usability, bells and whistles
3646 -----------------------------
3647 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3648 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3649 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3650 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3654 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3655 embedded Unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3656 patience and helpful bug reports.
3658 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3666 Usability, bells and whistles
3667 -----------------------------
3668 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3669 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3671 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3672 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3676 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3677 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3679 * Fix Unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3681 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3682 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3690 Usability, bells and whistles
3691 -----------------------------
3692 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dock-able.
3693 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3695 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3696 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3698 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3699 of whether inotify is installed.
3703 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3704 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3705 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3707 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3708 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3712 * Fixed an error when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3713 with an undefined "commit.template" git config variable.
3714 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3715 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3717 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3719 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3721 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3723 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3731 Usability, bells and whistles
3732 -----------------------------
3733 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3734 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3735 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3740 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3742 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3743 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3744 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3746 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3747 shows the correct number of context lines.
3749 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3753 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3754 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3755 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3756 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3758 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3759 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3768 Usability, bells and whistles
3769 -----------------------------
3770 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3771 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3773 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3777 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3778 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3779 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3781 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3782 items could not be de-selected.
3786 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3787 site-packages directory.
3795 Usability, bells and whistles
3796 -----------------------------
3797 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3798 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3799 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3801 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3805 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3813 Usability, bells and whistles
3814 -----------------------------
3815 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3816 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3818 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3820 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3822 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3823 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3827 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3829 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3837 Usability, bells and whistles
3838 -----------------------------
3839 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3843 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3844 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3845 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3847 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3848 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3856 Usability, bells and whistles
3857 -----------------------------
3858 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3859 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3861 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3865 * Added `cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3866 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3870 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3878 Usability, bells and whistles
3879 -----------------------------
3880 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3881 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3882 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3883 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3885 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3886 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3887 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3889 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3890 repository status checks.
3892 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3894 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3895 and vertical layout when resized.
3897 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3898 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3900 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3901 to launch `git cola`.
3902 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3904 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3905 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3908 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3909 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3910 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3911 that cannot be easily killed.
3913 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3914 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3915 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3917 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3918 over the commit message editor.
3919 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3921 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3922 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3926 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3928 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3929 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3930 branch will be merged.
3932 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3933 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3935 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3936 by the `git config` parser.
3938 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3939 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3943 * Removed colon (`:`) from the application name on Windows
3944 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3946 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3947 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3949 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3950 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3951 layout in use by several projects.
3953 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3954 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3955 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3957 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3958 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3959 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3960 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3968 Usability, bells and whistles
3969 -----------------------------
3970 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3971 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3972 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3974 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3977 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3979 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3980 external git resources.
3982 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3983 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3984 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3985 building and improving upon it.
3989 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3990 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3992 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3993 ``git cola version`` is run.
3995 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3997 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3998 the name of the current branch.
4002 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
4003 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
4004 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
4005 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
4006 be specified every time on the command-line.
4008 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
4009 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
4010 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
4011 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
4012 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
4015 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
4017 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
4018 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
4019 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
4020 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
4028 Usability, bells and whistles
4029 -----------------------------
4030 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
4031 `git diff --patience`.
4033 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
4037 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
4041 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
4043 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
4051 This feature release adds two new features directly from
4052 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
4053 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
4055 Usability, bells and whistles
4056 -----------------------------
4057 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
4058 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
4060 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
4061 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
4062 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
4064 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
4065 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
4067 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
4072 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
4076 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
4078 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
4080 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repo browser data
4092 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
4094 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
4096 * Update the status tree when amending commits
4106 * Fix Lintian warnings
4116 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
4126 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
4127 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
4129 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
4130 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
4140 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
4142 * Fix staging untracked files
4143 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
4145 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
4146 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
4148 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
4149 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
4157 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
4158 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
4159 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
4160 various cola widgets.
4162 Usability, bells and whistles
4163 -----------------------------
4164 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
4166 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
4168 * Add an interface for creating tags
4170 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
4171 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
4173 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
4174 warns when lines get too long
4176 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
4178 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
4180 * Provide more information in log messages
4184 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
4186 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
4190 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
4192 * Simpler model/view architecture
4194 * Selection is now shared across tools
4196 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
4198 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
4200 * Less coupling between model and view actions
4202 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
4204 * Added more documentation and tests
4212 Usability, bells and whistles
4213 -----------------------------
4214 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
4216 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
4218 * Handle renamed files
4222 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
4224 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
4228 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
4230 * Added developer API documentation
4234 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
4236 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
4238 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
4240 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
4248 Usability, bells and whistles
4249 -----------------------------
4250 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
4252 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
4254 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
4255 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
4257 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
4258 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where `git push`
4259 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
4260 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
4262 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
4264 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
4266 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
4267 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
4269 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
4273 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
4275 * Added Mac OS X application bundles to the download page
4285 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
4287 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
4288 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
4290 Usability, bells and whistles
4291 -----------------------------
4292 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
4294 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
4298 * Support Unicode font names
4300 * Handle interrupted system calls
4304 * More of the code base was updated to follow the `PEP-8` coding style
4310 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
4311 Closed Debian bug #519972
4313 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
4323 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
4325 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
4327 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
4329 Usability, bells and whistles
4330 -----------------------------
4331 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
4333 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
4335 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
4337 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
4339 * Removed the search field from the log widget
4341 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
4343 * Log window display can be configured with
4344 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
4346 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
4350 * Improved nose unittest usage
4354 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
4356 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
4357 for ease of installation and development