6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * Repositories within the Bookmarks and Favorites tools can now be searched with the
9 "Search" icon. Fast switching between repositories is supported with the new
10 `Alt-p` and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
11 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
13 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
14 stale entries and other operations that were not previously accessible from
16 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
17 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
19 * The Startup dialog, the Favorites widget and the Recents widgets now sort
20 their repositories using a case-insensitive sort.
21 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
29 Usability, bells and whistles
30 -----------------------------
31 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
32 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The `git cola rebase` sub-command now has
33 an `--update-refs` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
34 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
35 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
36 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
38 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
39 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
41 Packaging and Dependencies
42 --------------------------
43 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
44 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
45 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
47 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
51 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
52 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
53 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
63 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
64 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
66 * Some context menus entries were erroring out on binary files.
67 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
75 Usability, bells and whistles
76 -----------------------------
77 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
78 notifications and UI actions.
79 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
81 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
82 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
83 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
87 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
88 files are located in unexpected locations.
89 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
90 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
92 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
94 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
96 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
97 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
99 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
100 their names or messsages.
101 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
103 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
104 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
105 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
107 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
108 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
109 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
113 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
114 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
122 Usability, bells and whistles
123 -----------------------------
124 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
125 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
126 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
127 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
129 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
130 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
131 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
133 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
134 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
136 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
137 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
139 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
140 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
142 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
143 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
144 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
146 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
147 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
148 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
152 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
153 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
155 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
156 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
158 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
159 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
163 * Updated Spanish translation.
164 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
166 * Updated Japanese translation.
167 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
171 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
172 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
174 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
175 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
176 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
184 Usability, bells and whistles
185 -----------------------------
186 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
187 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
188 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
192 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
193 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
195 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
197 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
198 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1235>`_)
200 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
201 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
202 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
204 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
205 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
206 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
216 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
217 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
218 be aware of these changes.
220 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
222 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
223 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
224 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
225 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
227 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
228 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
229 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
231 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
232 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
233 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
234 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
235 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
236 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
238 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
239 using setuptools entry points.
241 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
242 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
244 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
246 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
248 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
250 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
252 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
253 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
255 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
256 `rst.linker` packages. See `requirements/requirements-dev.txt` for the package
259 Usability, bells and whistles
260 -----------------------------
262 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
263 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
264 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
265 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
267 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
268 the main window is closed.
269 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
273 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
274 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
276 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
277 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
279 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
280 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
282 * Documentation typofixes.
283 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
285 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
286 This made its notification system more robust.
287 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
288 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
289 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
290 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
294 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
295 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
303 Usability, bells and whistles
304 -----------------------------
305 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
306 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
307 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
308 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
309 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
311 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
312 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
313 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
315 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
317 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
319 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
320 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
324 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
326 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
327 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
329 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
330 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
332 * Documentation typofixes.
333 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
337 * Updated Polish translation.
338 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
342 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
343 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
351 Usability, bells and whistles
352 -----------------------------
353 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
354 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
355 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
356 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
358 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
359 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
360 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
361 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
362 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
364 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
366 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
367 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
369 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
370 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
371 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
375 * The `FIPS security mode
376 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
377 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
378 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
379 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
383 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
384 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
386 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
387 when different languages are used.
388 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
389 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
390 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
392 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
393 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
397 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
398 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
408 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
415 Usability, bells and whistles
416 -----------------------------
417 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
418 for including config files.
419 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
420 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
422 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
423 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
425 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
426 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
427 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
429 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
430 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
431 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
433 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
434 files, both modified and untracked.
436 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
437 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
438 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
439 header items are selected).
440 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
444 * Updated Hungarian translation.
445 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
449 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
451 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
452 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
454 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
455 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
459 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
460 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
468 Usability, bells and whistles
469 -----------------------------
470 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
471 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
472 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
474 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
475 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
476 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
478 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
479 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
481 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
482 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
483 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
487 * Updated Polish translation.
488 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
490 * Updated Japanese translation.
491 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
493 * Updated Brazilian translation.
494 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
498 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
499 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
507 Usability, bells and whistles
508 -----------------------------
509 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
510 Submodules are now updated recursively.
511 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
513 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
514 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
515 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
516 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
517 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
519 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
520 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
521 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
525 * Updated Polish translation.
526 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
528 * Updated Hungarian translation.
529 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
533 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
534 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
535 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
536 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
538 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
539 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
540 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
541 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
542 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
543 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
545 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
546 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
547 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
548 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
549 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
551 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
552 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
553 and has now been removed.
554 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
558 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
559 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
567 Usability, bells and whistles
568 -----------------------------
569 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
570 the changes displayed in the diff view.
571 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
573 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
574 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
575 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
576 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
577 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
579 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
580 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
581 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
582 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
584 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
585 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
586 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
587 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
588 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
589 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
590 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
591 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
592 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
596 * Updated Polish translation.
597 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
601 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
602 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
604 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
605 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
606 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
608 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
609 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
611 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
612 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
613 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
615 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
616 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
617 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
618 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
619 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
627 Usability, bells and whistles
628 -----------------------------
629 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
630 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
631 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
633 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
634 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
635 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
636 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
638 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
639 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
640 as when the app first launched.
641 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
642 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
644 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
645 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
646 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
647 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
649 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
650 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
652 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
653 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
654 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
656 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
657 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
659 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
660 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
664 * Updated Hungarian translation.
665 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
666 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
668 * Updated Turkish translation.
669 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
670 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
674 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
675 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
677 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
678 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
680 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
682 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
684 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
685 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
689 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
690 updated during installation.
691 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
695 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
696 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
704 Usability, bells and whistles
705 -----------------------------
706 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
707 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
708 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
710 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
711 over a stashed change.
712 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
714 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
715 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
716 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
717 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
718 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
719 configured their environment explicitly.
720 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
722 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
723 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
724 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
725 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
727 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
728 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
729 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
733 * Updated Japanese translation.
734 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
735 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
737 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
738 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
742 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
743 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
744 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
746 * Better unicode robustness.
747 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
748 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
750 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
751 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
752 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
754 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
755 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
757 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
758 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
760 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
761 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
762 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
766 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
774 Usability, bells and whistles
775 -----------------------------
776 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
777 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
779 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
780 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
781 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
783 * Updated German translation.
784 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
786 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
787 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
788 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
790 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
791 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
793 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
794 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
795 in the preferences window. See the
796 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
797 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
799 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
800 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
801 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
803 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
804 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
805 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
809 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
810 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
811 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
812 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
814 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
815 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
816 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
817 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
818 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
819 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
821 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
822 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
823 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
824 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
828 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
829 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
830 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
838 Usability, bells and whistles
839 -----------------------------
840 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
841 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
843 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
844 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
846 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
847 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
848 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
850 * Updated Japanese translation.
851 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
853 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
854 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
856 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
857 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
859 * The status widget can now update submodules.
860 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
862 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
863 to display the contents of the selected patch.
865 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
866 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
867 that will be committed.
868 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
870 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
872 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
874 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
875 per-repository, rather than globally only.
877 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
878 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
879 with other applications and user expectations.
880 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
882 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
883 the Sublime text editor.
884 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
888 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
889 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
891 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
892 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
894 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
895 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
897 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
898 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
899 display stays within a sensible size.
900 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
902 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
903 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
904 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
908 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
909 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
910 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
912 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
913 the module and test directories. This catches things like
914 the pynsist installer scripts.
915 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
916 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
917 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
921 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
923 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
924 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
932 Usability, bells and whistles
933 -----------------------------
934 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
935 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
937 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
938 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
940 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
941 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
942 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
943 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
944 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
945 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
947 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
948 cancelling an interactive rebase.
949 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
951 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
952 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
953 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
955 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
956 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
960 * Updated Brazilian translation.
961 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
963 * Updated Czech translation.
964 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
965 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
966 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
967 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
969 * Update Spanish translation.
970 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
971 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
975 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
976 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
977 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
979 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
980 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
982 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
984 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
985 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
989 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
990 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
991 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
992 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
994 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
996 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
998 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
999 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1001 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1002 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1004 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1005 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1006 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1008 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1009 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1010 previously uninstalled.
1011 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1013 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1014 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1015 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1017 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1018 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1020 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1025 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1026 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1028 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1029 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1030 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1032 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1033 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1034 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1036 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1037 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1039 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
1040 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1042 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1044 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
1045 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1046 could be broken when running in that environment.
1047 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1049 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
1050 avoids localized output in the log window.
1051 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1055 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1056 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1058 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1059 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1067 Usability, bells and whistles
1068 -----------------------------
1069 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1070 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1072 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1073 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1074 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1075 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1077 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1079 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1080 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1081 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1083 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1084 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1085 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1087 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1088 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1089 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1091 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1092 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1093 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1095 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1096 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1098 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
1099 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1101 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1102 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1103 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1104 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1105 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1106 burdening common use cases.
1107 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1108 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1110 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1111 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1112 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1113 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1114 "Unmerged" header by design.
1115 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1117 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1118 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1119 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1120 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1122 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1123 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1125 * Updated Turkish translation.
1126 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1128 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1129 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1131 * Updated German translation.
1132 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1134 * Updated Czech translation
1135 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1136 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1138 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1140 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1142 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1144 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1145 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1147 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1149 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1153 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1155 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1157 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1159 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1160 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1161 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1165 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1166 They were previously going to the shell.
1167 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1169 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1170 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1172 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1173 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1175 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1176 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1178 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1179 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1180 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1181 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
1182 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1184 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1185 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1186 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1187 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1188 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1189 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1190 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1192 * Spelling and typofixes.
1193 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1195 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1197 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1199 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1200 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1201 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1203 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1205 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1213 Usability, bells and whistles
1214 -----------------------------
1215 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1216 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1218 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1219 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1221 * New Czech translation.
1222 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1223 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1224 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1225 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1227 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1228 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1230 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1231 menu item to add a toolbar.
1233 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1234 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1235 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1237 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1238 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1239 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1241 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1242 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1243 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1245 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1246 names match the string entered into its text field.
1247 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1249 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1250 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1251 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1252 rather than when pressed.
1253 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1255 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1256 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1257 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1258 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1259 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1260 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1262 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1263 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1265 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1266 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1268 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1269 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1270 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1271 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1273 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1274 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1276 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1277 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1279 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1280 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1282 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1283 actions when no file is selected.
1284 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1286 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1287 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1288 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1292 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1293 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1295 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1296 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1297 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1298 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1299 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1300 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1301 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1303 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1304 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1305 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1306 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1308 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1309 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1311 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1312 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1313 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1315 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1316 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1317 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1319 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1320 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1322 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1324 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1326 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1327 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1328 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1330 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1331 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1333 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1334 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1335 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1337 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1339 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1341 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1342 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1343 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1351 Usability, bells and whistles
1352 -----------------------------
1353 * New Ukrainian translation.
1354 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1355 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1357 * New and improved French translations.
1359 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1360 and pull branches from a single interface.
1362 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1363 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1364 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1365 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1366 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1368 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1370 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1372 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1374 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1375 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1376 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1377 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1378 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1379 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1380 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1381 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1383 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1384 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1386 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1387 below the grep results.
1389 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1391 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1393 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1394 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1396 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1397 to the commit message editor's options.
1398 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1400 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1401 much larger repositories.
1402 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1404 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1405 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1406 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1407 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1408 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1410 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1411 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1413 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1414 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1415 a newline-separated list of words.
1416 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1418 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1421 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1424 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1425 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1426 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1430 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1431 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1432 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1433 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1434 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1435 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1437 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1440 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1441 twice on the radio buttons.
1442 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1444 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1445 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1446 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1448 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1449 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1450 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1451 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1453 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1454 are modified. This has been fixed.
1455 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1457 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1458 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1459 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1460 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1468 Usability, bells and whistles
1469 -----------------------------
1470 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1471 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1472 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1473 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1474 configuration variable.
1475 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1477 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1478 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1479 also added for launching an editor.
1481 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1485 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1486 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1488 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1489 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1490 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1492 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1493 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1495 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1497 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1501 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1502 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1503 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1504 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1505 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1515 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1516 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1524 Usability, bells and whistles
1525 -----------------------------
1526 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1527 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1529 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1530 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1531 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1532 active longer than intended.
1533 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1535 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1536 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1537 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1539 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1540 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1541 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1543 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1544 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1545 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1546 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1548 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1549 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1551 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1552 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1553 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1555 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1557 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1558 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1560 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1561 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1563 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1564 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1565 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1567 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1568 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1570 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1571 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1572 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1573 file browser will typically be used.
1575 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1579 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1580 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1582 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1583 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1585 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1586 when updates are made to ignored files.
1587 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1588 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1590 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1591 exception when using PyQt5.
1592 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1594 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1595 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1597 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1598 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1600 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1601 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1603 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1604 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1605 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1607 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1608 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1610 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1611 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1612 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1616 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1617 development on Windows.
1618 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1626 Usability, bells and whistles
1627 -----------------------------
1628 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1629 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1633 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1634 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1635 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1637 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1638 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1649 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1650 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1651 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1652 now operate correctly within this environment.
1653 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1655 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1656 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1661 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1662 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1663 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1668 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1669 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1670 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1671 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1673 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1675 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1676 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1677 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1678 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1680 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1682 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1683 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1685 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1686 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1687 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1688 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1689 vendored libraries from being installed.
1697 Usability, bells and whistles
1698 -----------------------------
1700 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1701 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1703 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1705 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1707 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1712 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1713 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1714 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1716 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1717 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1718 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1719 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1721 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1722 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1723 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1725 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1726 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1728 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1733 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1734 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1735 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1736 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1737 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1745 Usability, bells and whistles
1746 -----------------------------
1748 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1749 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1750 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1752 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1753 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1755 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1756 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1758 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1759 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1760 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1761 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1762 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1763 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1765 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1766 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1767 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1768 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1769 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1771 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1772 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1774 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1775 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1776 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1778 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1779 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1781 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1782 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1787 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1788 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1789 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1790 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1791 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1793 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1794 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1795 generated by python itself.
1796 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1798 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1799 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1801 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1802 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1803 in the final commit message.
1804 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1812 Usability, bells and whistles
1813 -----------------------------
1815 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1816 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1817 environment variable.
1819 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1820 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1821 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1822 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1824 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1825 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1826 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1828 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1830 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1831 and remembers its window size and placement.
1833 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1834 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1835 removed files are found when refreshing.
1837 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1838 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1839 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1840 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1841 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1843 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1844 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1845 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1846 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1847 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1848 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1850 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1853 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1854 background for the header items.
1855 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1857 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1858 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1859 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1864 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1865 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1866 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1867 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1868 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1870 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1871 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1873 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1874 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1875 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1877 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1878 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1880 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1881 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1883 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1884 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1886 * Miscellaneous fixes
1887 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1892 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1893 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1894 where network access is prevented.
1896 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1904 Usability, bells and whistles
1905 -----------------------------
1907 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1908 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1910 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1911 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1913 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1914 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1916 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1917 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1918 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1920 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1921 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1922 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1924 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1925 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1926 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1928 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1929 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1931 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1933 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1934 diff hunks and selected lines.
1936 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1937 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1938 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1939 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1940 is configured to its non-default value.
1941 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1946 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1947 and false positives.
1948 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1950 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1951 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1953 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1954 in the commit message editor.
1955 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1957 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1958 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1968 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1976 Usability, bells and whistles
1977 -----------------------------
1978 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1980 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1981 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1982 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1983 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1984 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1986 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1987 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1989 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1991 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1992 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1996 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1997 user-configured diff tools.
1999 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2000 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2001 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2002 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2004 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2005 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2006 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2007 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2008 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2009 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2010 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2012 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
2014 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2015 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2016 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2018 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2019 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2020 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2022 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2023 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2024 editor is used during the rebase.
2025 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2029 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2030 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2037 Usability, bells and whistles
2038 -----------------------------
2039 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2041 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2042 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2044 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2045 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2046 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2047 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2049 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2051 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2053 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2056 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2057 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2058 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2061 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2065 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2066 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2067 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2074 Usability, bells and whistles
2075 -----------------------------
2076 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2077 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2079 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2081 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2082 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2083 arrows to select and stage lines.
2085 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2086 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2088 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2092 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2093 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2100 Usability, bells and whistles
2101 -----------------------------
2102 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2103 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2105 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2106 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2108 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2109 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2111 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2112 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2116 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2117 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2119 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
2120 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2122 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
2123 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2130 Usability, bells and whistles
2131 -----------------------------
2132 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2133 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2134 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2136 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2137 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2139 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2140 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
2141 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2143 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
2144 for more details about the supported values.
2146 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2147 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2148 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2150 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2151 history using the selected paths.
2155 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2156 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2158 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2159 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2162 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2163 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2165 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2166 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2170 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2171 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2172 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2174 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2175 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2182 Usability, bells and whistles
2183 -----------------------------
2184 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2186 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2187 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2191 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2192 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2193 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2195 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2196 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2200 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2207 Usability, bells and whistles
2208 -----------------------------
2209 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2211 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2212 external applications.
2213 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2215 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2216 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2218 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2220 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2222 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2224 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2225 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2227 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2228 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2229 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2230 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2232 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2233 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2234 module is installed.
2235 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2237 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2238 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2240 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2241 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2245 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2246 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2253 Usability, bells and whistles
2254 -----------------------------
2255 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2257 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2259 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2261 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2264 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2266 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2270 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2271 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2272 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2274 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2275 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2277 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2279 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2280 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2281 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2283 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2284 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2291 Usability, bells and whistles
2292 -----------------------------
2293 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2294 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2295 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2297 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2298 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2299 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2300 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2301 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2302 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2303 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2304 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2306 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2307 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2309 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2310 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2312 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2313 to allow for better localization.
2314 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2316 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2318 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2320 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2321 environment variable was improved.
2322 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2324 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2325 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2326 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2328 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2329 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2333 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2334 artifacts on several configurations.
2336 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2337 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2338 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2340 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2341 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2343 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2344 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2345 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2346 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2347 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2348 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2349 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2350 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2351 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2353 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2354 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2356 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2357 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2359 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2360 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2362 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2363 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2365 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2366 can be freely resized on Linux.
2367 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2369 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2370 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2377 Usability, bells and whistles
2378 -----------------------------
2379 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2380 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2382 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2383 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2387 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2388 not available in Python3.
2389 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2391 * Python3-related fixes.
2392 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2394 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2395 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2396 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2397 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2399 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2400 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2401 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2403 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2404 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2405 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2407 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2408 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2409 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2416 Usability, bells and whistles
2417 -----------------------------
2418 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2419 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2421 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2422 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2423 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2425 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2426 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2430 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2431 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2432 html documentation and man pages.
2436 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2439 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2440 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2442 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2443 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2447 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2448 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2455 Usability, bells and whistles
2456 -----------------------------
2457 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2459 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2463 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2464 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2466 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2467 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2469 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2470 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2472 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2473 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2482 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2483 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2485 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2486 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2490 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2491 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2493 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2494 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2496 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2497 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2504 Usability, bells and whistles
2505 -----------------------------
2506 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2508 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2509 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2510 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2512 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2516 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2518 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2519 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2521 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2528 Usability, bells and whistles
2529 -----------------------------
2530 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2531 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2533 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2534 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2535 `extended description` field.
2536 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2540 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2541 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2543 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2544 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2545 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2554 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2555 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2559 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2560 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2563 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2565 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2574 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2578 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2581 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2588 Usability, bells and whistles
2589 -----------------------------
2590 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2591 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2592 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2593 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2594 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2595 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2597 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2599 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2601 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2603 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2604 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2605 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2607 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2608 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2613 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2614 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2615 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2619 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2626 Usability, bells and whistles
2627 -----------------------------
2628 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2629 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2630 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2632 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2633 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2634 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2635 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2639 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2640 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2642 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2649 Usability, bells and whistles
2650 -----------------------------
2651 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2653 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2655 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2656 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2657 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2659 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2660 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2662 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2664 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2665 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2666 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2667 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2668 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2669 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2671 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2672 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2673 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2674 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2675 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2676 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2678 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2679 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2683 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2684 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2687 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2688 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2689 path, just like Git itself.
2691 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2693 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2694 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2701 Usability, bells and whistles
2702 -----------------------------
2703 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2704 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2705 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2706 surrounding function as context.
2707 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2709 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2710 when `git cola` is restarted.
2711 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2713 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2714 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2715 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2717 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2718 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2720 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2724 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2725 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2727 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2728 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2730 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2731 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2732 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2734 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2737 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2738 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2740 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2748 Usability, bells and whistles
2749 -----------------------------
2750 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2751 "Select Repository" dialog.
2752 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2754 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2758 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2759 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2760 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2761 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2762 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2763 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2765 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2766 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2768 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2769 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2773 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2775 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2776 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2777 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2778 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2779 when they point to valid git repositories.
2781 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2782 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2783 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2791 Usability, bells and whistles
2792 -----------------------------
2793 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2795 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2797 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2798 when in the diff panel.
2800 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2801 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2802 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2803 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2804 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2806 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2808 * Less blocking in the main UI
2812 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2813 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2815 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2816 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2817 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2825 Usability, bells and whistles
2826 -----------------------------
2827 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2828 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2829 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2830 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2831 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2833 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2835 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2836 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2837 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2838 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2840 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2841 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2842 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2844 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2845 using the `Status` tool.
2846 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2847 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2848 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2850 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2851 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2853 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2854 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2856 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2857 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2858 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2859 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2860 to the affirmative option instead.
2864 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2865 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2866 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2867 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2868 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2869 the start of a file.
2877 Usability, bells and whistles
2878 -----------------------------
2879 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2880 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2881 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2882 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2883 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2884 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2885 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2886 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2890 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2891 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2892 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2893 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2894 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2902 Usability, bells and whistles
2903 -----------------------------
2904 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2905 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2906 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2907 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2909 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2911 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2913 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2915 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2917 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2919 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2920 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2928 Usability, bells and whistles
2929 -----------------------------
2930 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2932 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2933 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2935 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2938 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2939 background thread to do so.
2941 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2943 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2944 between invocations.
2954 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2956 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2964 Usability, bells and whistles
2965 -----------------------------
2966 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2967 limit history to the current branch.
2969 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2972 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2973 much faster rendering.
2975 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2977 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2985 Usability, bells and whistles
2986 -----------------------------
2987 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2995 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2997 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2999 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3001 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3004 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3006 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3007 text field contains paths.
3009 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3013 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3014 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3016 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3017 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3021 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3029 Usability, bells and whistles
3030 -----------------------------
3031 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3042 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3044 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3046 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3048 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3050 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3052 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3054 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3055 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3057 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3059 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3060 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3062 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3063 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3065 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3069 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3070 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3071 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3075 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3077 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3078 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3082 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3083 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3084 is a simpler alternative.
3094 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3095 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3097 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3101 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3102 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3103 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3104 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3106 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3107 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3115 Usability, bells and whistles
3116 -----------------------------
3117 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3118 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3120 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3122 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3126 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3127 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3129 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3131 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3135 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3136 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3137 and debian/ files will be needed.
3139 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3143 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3144 so there's no need for this option these days.
3152 Usability, bells and whistles
3153 -----------------------------
3154 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3156 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3158 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3160 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3161 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3162 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3164 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3165 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3169 * Display commits with no file changes.
3170 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3172 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3173 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3177 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3178 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3180 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3181 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3182 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3183 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3192 Usability, bells and whistles
3193 -----------------------------
3194 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3195 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3197 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3198 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3200 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3202 * General usability improvements
3204 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3208 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3209 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3211 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3212 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3214 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3215 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3217 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3225 Usability, bells and whistles
3226 -----------------------------
3227 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3228 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3230 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3231 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3232 a progress dialog is used.
3236 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3237 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3238 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3240 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3248 Usability, bells and whistles
3249 -----------------------------
3250 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3251 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3252 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3253 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3257 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3258 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3259 patience and helpful bug reports.
3261 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3269 Usability, bells and whistles
3270 -----------------------------
3271 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3272 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3274 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3275 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3279 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3280 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3282 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3284 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3285 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3293 Usability, bells and whistles
3294 -----------------------------
3295 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3296 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3298 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3299 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3301 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3302 of whether inotify is installed.
3306 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3307 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3308 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3310 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3311 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3315 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3316 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3317 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3318 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3320 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3322 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3324 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3326 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3334 Usability, bells and whistles
3335 -----------------------------
3336 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3337 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3338 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3343 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3345 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3346 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3347 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3349 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3350 shows the correct number of context lines.
3352 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3356 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3357 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3358 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3359 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3361 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3362 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3364 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3372 Usability, bells and whistles
3373 -----------------------------
3374 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3375 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3377 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3381 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3382 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3383 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3385 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3386 items could not be de-selected.
3390 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3391 site-packages directory.
3399 Usability, bells and whistles
3400 -----------------------------
3401 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3402 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3403 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3405 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3409 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3417 Usability, bells and whistles
3418 -----------------------------
3419 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3420 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3422 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3424 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3426 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3427 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3431 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3433 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3441 Usability, bells and whistles
3442 -----------------------------
3443 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3447 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3448 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3449 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3451 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3452 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3460 Usability, bells and whistles
3461 -----------------------------
3462 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3463 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3465 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3469 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3470 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3474 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3482 Usability, bells and whistles
3483 -----------------------------
3484 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3485 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3486 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3487 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3489 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3490 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3491 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3493 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3494 repository status checks.
3496 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3498 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3499 and vertical layout when resized.
3501 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3502 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3504 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3505 to launch `git cola`.
3506 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3508 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3509 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3512 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3513 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3514 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3515 that cannot be easily killed.
3517 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3518 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3519 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3521 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3522 over the commit message editor.
3523 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3525 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3526 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3530 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3532 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3533 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3534 branch will be merged.
3536 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3537 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3539 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3540 by the `git config` parser.
3542 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3543 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3547 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3548 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3550 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3551 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3553 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3554 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3555 layout in use by several projects.
3557 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3558 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3559 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3561 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3562 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3563 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3564 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3572 Usability, bells and whistles
3573 -----------------------------
3574 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3575 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3576 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3578 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3581 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3583 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3584 external git resources.
3586 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3587 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3588 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3589 building and improving upon it.
3593 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3594 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3596 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3597 ``git cola version`` is run.
3599 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3601 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3602 the name of the current branch.
3606 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3607 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3608 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3609 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3610 be specified every time on the command-line.
3612 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3613 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3614 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3615 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3616 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3619 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3621 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3622 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3623 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3624 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3632 Usability, bells and whistles
3633 -----------------------------
3634 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3635 `git diff --patience`.
3637 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3641 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3645 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3647 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3655 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3656 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3657 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3659 Usability, bells and whistles
3660 -----------------------------
3661 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3662 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3664 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3665 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3666 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3668 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3669 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3671 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3676 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3680 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3682 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3684 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3696 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3698 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3700 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3710 * Fix Lintian warnings
3720 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3730 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3731 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3733 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3734 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3744 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3746 * Fix staging untracked files
3747 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3749 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3750 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3752 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3753 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3761 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3762 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3763 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3764 various cola widgets.
3766 Usability, bells and whistles
3767 -----------------------------
3768 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3770 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3772 * Add an interface for creating tags
3774 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3775 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3777 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3778 warns when lines get too long
3780 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3782 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3784 * Provide more information in log messages
3788 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3790 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3794 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3796 * Simpler model/view architecture
3798 * Selection is now shared across tools
3800 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3802 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3804 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3806 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3808 * Added more documentation and tests
3816 Usability, bells and whistles
3817 -----------------------------
3818 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3820 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3822 * Handle renamed files
3826 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3828 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3832 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3834 * Added developer API documentation
3838 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3840 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3842 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3844 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3852 Usability, bells and whistles
3853 -----------------------------
3854 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3856 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3858 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3859 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3861 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3862 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3863 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3864 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3866 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3868 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3870 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3871 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3873 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3877 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3879 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3889 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3891 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3892 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3894 Usability, bells and whistles
3895 -----------------------------
3896 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3898 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3902 * Support Unicode font names
3904 * Handle interrupted system calls
3908 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3914 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3915 Closed Debian bug #519972
3917 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3927 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3929 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3931 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3933 Usability, bells and whistles
3934 -----------------------------
3935 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3937 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3939 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3941 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3943 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3945 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3947 * Log window display can be configured with
3948 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3950 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3954 * Improved nose unittest usage
3958 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3960 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3961 for ease of installation and development