9 * The build system is now Python3-only. While Git Cola still technically runs under
10 Python2, it is no longer officially supported and may stop working in a future
12 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
14 * The default `#!/usr/bin/env python` lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
15 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
16 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
18 Usability, bells and whistles
19 -----------------------------
21 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
22 the main window is closed.
23 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
28 * Documentation typofixes.
29 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
31 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
32 This made its notification system more robust.
33 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
34 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
35 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
36 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
41 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
42 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
50 Usability, bells and whistles
51 -----------------------------
52 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
53 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
54 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
55 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
56 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
58 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
59 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
60 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
62 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
64 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
66 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
67 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
71 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
73 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
74 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
76 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
77 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
79 * Documentation typofixes.
80 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
84 * Updated Polish translation.
85 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
89 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
90 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
98 Usability, bells and whistles
99 -----------------------------
100 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
101 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
102 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
103 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
105 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
106 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
107 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
108 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
109 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
111 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
113 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
114 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
116 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
117 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
118 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
122 * The `FIPS security mode
123 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
124 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
125 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
126 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
130 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
131 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
133 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
134 when different languages are used.
135 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
136 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
137 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
139 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
140 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
144 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
145 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
155 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
162 Usability, bells and whistles
163 -----------------------------
164 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
165 for including config files.
166 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
167 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
169 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
170 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
172 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
173 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
174 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
176 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
177 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
178 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
180 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
181 files, both modified and untracked.
183 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
184 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
185 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
186 header items are selected).
187 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
191 * Updated Hungarian translation.
192 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
196 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
198 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
199 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
201 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
202 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
206 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
207 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
215 Usability, bells and whistles
216 -----------------------------
217 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
218 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
219 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
221 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
222 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
223 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
225 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
226 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
228 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
229 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
230 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
234 * Updated Polish translation.
235 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
237 * Updated Japanese translation.
238 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
240 * Updated Brazilian translation.
241 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
245 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
246 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
254 Usability, bells and whistles
255 -----------------------------
256 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
257 Submodules are now updated recursively.
258 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
260 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
261 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
262 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
263 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
264 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
266 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
267 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
268 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
272 * Updated Polish translation.
273 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
275 * Updated Hungarian translation.
276 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
280 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
281 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
282 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
283 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
285 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
286 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
287 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
288 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
289 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
290 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
292 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
293 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
294 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
295 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
296 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
298 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
299 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
300 and has now been removed.
301 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
305 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
306 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
314 Usability, bells and whistles
315 -----------------------------
316 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
317 the changes displayed in the diff view.
318 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
320 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
321 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
322 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
323 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
324 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
326 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
327 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
328 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
329 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
331 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
332 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
333 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
334 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
335 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
336 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
337 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
338 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
339 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
343 * Updated Polish translation.
344 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
348 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
349 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
351 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
352 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
353 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
355 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
356 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
358 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
359 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
360 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
362 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
363 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
364 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
365 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
366 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
374 Usability, bells and whistles
375 -----------------------------
376 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
377 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
378 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
380 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
381 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
382 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
383 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
385 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
386 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
387 as when the app first launched.
388 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
389 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
391 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
392 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
393 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
394 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
396 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
397 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
399 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
400 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
401 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
403 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
404 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
406 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
407 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
411 * Updated Hungarian translation.
412 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
413 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
415 * Updated Turkish translation.
416 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
417 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
421 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
422 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
424 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
425 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
427 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
429 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
431 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
432 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
436 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
437 updated during installation.
438 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
442 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
443 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
451 Usability, bells and whistles
452 -----------------------------
453 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
454 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
455 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
457 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
458 over a stashed change.
459 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
461 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
462 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
463 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
464 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
465 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
466 configured their environment explicitly.
467 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
469 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
470 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
471 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
472 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
474 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
475 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
476 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
480 * Updated Japanese translation.
481 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
482 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
484 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
485 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
489 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
490 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
491 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
493 * Better unicode robustness.
494 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
495 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
497 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
498 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
499 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
501 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
502 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
504 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
505 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
507 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
508 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
509 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
513 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
521 Usability, bells and whistles
522 -----------------------------
523 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
524 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
526 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
527 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
528 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
530 * Updated German translation.
531 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
533 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
534 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
535 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
537 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
538 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
540 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
541 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
542 in the preferences window. See the
543 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
544 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
546 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
547 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
548 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
550 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
551 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
552 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
556 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
557 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
558 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
559 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
561 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
562 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
563 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
564 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
565 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
566 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
568 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
569 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
570 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
571 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
575 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
576 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
577 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
585 Usability, bells and whistles
586 -----------------------------
587 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
588 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
590 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
591 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
593 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
594 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
595 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
597 * Updated Japanese translation.
598 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
600 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
601 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
603 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
604 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
606 * The status widget can now update submodules.
607 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
609 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
610 to display the contents of the selected patch.
612 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
613 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
614 that will be committed.
615 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
617 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
619 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
621 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
622 per-repository, rather than globally only.
624 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
625 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
626 with other applications and user expectations.
627 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
629 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
630 the Sublime text editor.
631 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
635 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
636 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
638 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
639 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
641 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
642 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
644 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
645 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
646 display stays within a sensible size.
647 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
649 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
650 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
651 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
655 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
656 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
657 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
659 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
660 the module and test directories. This catches things like
661 the pynsist installer scripts.
662 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
663 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
664 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
668 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
670 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
671 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
679 Usability, bells and whistles
680 -----------------------------
681 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
682 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
684 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
685 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
687 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
688 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
689 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
690 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
691 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
692 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
694 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
695 cancelling an interactive rebase.
696 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
698 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
699 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
700 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
702 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
703 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
707 * Updated Brazilian translation.
708 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
710 * Updated Czech translation.
711 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
712 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
713 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
714 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
716 * Update Spanish translation.
717 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
718 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
722 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
723 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
724 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
726 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
727 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
729 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
731 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
732 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
736 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
737 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
738 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
739 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
741 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
743 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
745 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
746 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
748 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
749 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
751 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
752 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
753 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
755 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
756 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
757 previously uninstalled.
758 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
760 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
761 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
762 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
764 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
765 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
767 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
772 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
773 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
775 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
776 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
777 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
779 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
780 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
781 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
783 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
784 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
786 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
787 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
789 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
791 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
792 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
793 could be broken when running in that environment.
794 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
796 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
797 avoids localized output in the log window.
798 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
802 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
803 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
805 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
806 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
814 Usability, bells and whistles
815 -----------------------------
816 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
817 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
819 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
820 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
821 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
822 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
824 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
826 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
827 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
828 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
830 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
831 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
832 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
834 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
835 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
836 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
838 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
839 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
840 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
842 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
843 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
845 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
846 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
848 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
849 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
850 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
851 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
852 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
853 burdening common use cases.
854 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
855 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
857 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
858 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
859 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
860 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
861 "Unmerged" header by design.
862 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
864 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
865 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
866 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
867 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
869 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
870 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
872 * Updated Turkish translation.
873 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
875 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
876 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
878 * Updated German translation.
879 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
881 * Updated Czech translation
882 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
883 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
885 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
887 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
889 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
891 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
892 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
894 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
896 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
900 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
902 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
904 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
906 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
907 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
908 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
912 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
913 They were previously going to the shell.
914 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
916 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
917 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
919 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
920 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
922 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
923 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
925 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
926 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
927 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
928 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
929 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
931 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
932 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
933 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
934 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
935 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
936 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
937 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
939 * Spelling and typofixes.
940 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
942 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
944 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
946 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
947 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
948 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
950 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
952 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
960 Usability, bells and whistles
961 -----------------------------
962 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
963 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
965 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
966 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
968 * New Czech translation.
969 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
970 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
971 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
972 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
974 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
975 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
977 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
978 menu item to add a toolbar.
980 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
981 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
982 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
984 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
985 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
986 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
988 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
989 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
990 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
992 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
993 names match the string entered into its text field.
994 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
996 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
997 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
998 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
999 rather than when pressed.
1000 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1002 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1003 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1004 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1005 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1006 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1007 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1009 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1010 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1012 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1013 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1015 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1016 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1017 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1018 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1020 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1021 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1023 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1024 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1026 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1027 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1029 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1030 actions when no file is selected.
1031 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1033 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1034 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1035 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1039 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1040 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1042 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1043 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1044 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1045 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1046 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1047 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1048 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1050 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1051 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1052 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1053 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1055 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1056 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1058 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1059 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1060 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1062 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1063 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1064 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1066 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1067 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1069 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1071 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1073 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1074 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1075 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1077 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1078 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1080 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1081 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1082 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1084 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1086 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1088 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1089 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1090 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1098 Usability, bells and whistles
1099 -----------------------------
1100 * New Ukrainian translation.
1101 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1102 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1104 * New and improved French translations.
1106 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1107 and pull branches from a single interface.
1109 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1110 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1111 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1112 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1113 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1115 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1117 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1119 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1121 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1122 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1123 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1124 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1125 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1126 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1127 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1128 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1130 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1131 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1133 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1134 below the grep results.
1136 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1138 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1140 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1141 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1143 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1144 to the commit message editor's options.
1145 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1147 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1148 much larger repositories.
1149 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1151 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1152 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1153 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1154 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1155 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1157 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1158 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1160 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1161 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1162 a newline-separated list of words.
1163 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1165 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1168 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1171 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1172 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1173 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1177 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1178 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1179 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1180 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1181 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1182 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1184 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1187 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1188 twice on the radio buttons.
1189 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1191 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1192 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1193 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1195 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1196 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1197 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1198 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1200 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1201 are modified. This has been fixed.
1202 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1204 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1205 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1206 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1207 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1215 Usability, bells and whistles
1216 -----------------------------
1217 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1218 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1219 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1220 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1221 configuration variable.
1222 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1224 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1225 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1226 also added for launching an editor.
1228 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1232 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1233 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1235 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1236 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1237 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1239 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1240 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1242 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1244 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1248 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1249 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1250 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1251 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1252 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1262 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1263 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1271 Usability, bells and whistles
1272 -----------------------------
1273 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1274 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1276 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1277 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1278 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1279 active longer than intended.
1280 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1282 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1283 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1284 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1286 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1287 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1288 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1290 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1291 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1292 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1293 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1295 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1296 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1298 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1299 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1300 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1302 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1304 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1305 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1307 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1308 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1310 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1311 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1312 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1314 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1315 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1317 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1318 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1319 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1320 file browser will typically be used.
1322 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1326 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1327 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1329 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1330 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1332 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1333 when updates are made to ignored files.
1334 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1335 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1337 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1338 exception when using PyQt5.
1339 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1341 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1342 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1344 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1345 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1347 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1348 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1350 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1351 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1352 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1354 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1355 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1357 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1358 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1359 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1363 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1364 development on Windows.
1365 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1373 Usability, bells and whistles
1374 -----------------------------
1375 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1376 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1380 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1381 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1382 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1384 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1385 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1396 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1397 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1398 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1399 now operate correctly within this environment.
1400 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1402 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1403 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1408 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1409 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1410 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1415 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1416 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1417 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1418 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1420 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1422 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1423 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1424 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1425 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1427 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1429 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1430 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1432 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1433 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1434 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1435 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1436 vendored libraries from being installed.
1444 Usability, bells and whistles
1445 -----------------------------
1447 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1448 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1450 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1452 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1454 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1459 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1460 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1461 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1463 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1464 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1465 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1466 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1468 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1469 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1470 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1472 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1473 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1475 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1480 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1481 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1482 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1483 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1484 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1492 Usability, bells and whistles
1493 -----------------------------
1495 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1496 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1497 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1499 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1500 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1502 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1503 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1505 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1506 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1507 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1508 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1509 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1510 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1512 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1513 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1514 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1515 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1516 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1518 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1519 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1521 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1522 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1523 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1525 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1526 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1528 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1529 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1534 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1535 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1536 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1537 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1538 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1540 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1541 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1542 generated by python itself.
1543 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1545 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1546 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1548 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1549 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1550 in the final commit message.
1551 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1559 Usability, bells and whistles
1560 -----------------------------
1562 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1563 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1564 environment variable.
1566 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1567 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1568 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1569 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1571 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1572 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1573 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1575 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1577 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1578 and remembers its window size and placement.
1580 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1581 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1582 removed files are found when refreshing.
1584 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1585 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1586 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1587 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1588 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1590 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1591 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1592 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1593 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1594 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1595 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1597 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1600 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1601 background for the header items.
1602 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1604 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1605 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1606 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1611 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1612 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1613 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1614 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1615 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1617 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1618 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1620 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1621 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1622 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1624 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1625 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1627 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1628 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1630 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1631 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1633 * Miscellaneous fixes
1634 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1639 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1640 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1641 where network access is prevented.
1643 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1651 Usability, bells and whistles
1652 -----------------------------
1654 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1655 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1657 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1658 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1660 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1661 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1663 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1664 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1665 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1667 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1668 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1669 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1671 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1672 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1673 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1675 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1676 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1678 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1680 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1681 diff hunks and selected lines.
1683 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1684 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1685 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1686 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1687 is configured to its non-default value.
1688 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1693 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1694 and false positives.
1695 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1697 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1698 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1700 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1701 in the commit message editor.
1702 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1704 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1705 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1715 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1723 Usability, bells and whistles
1724 -----------------------------
1725 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1727 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1728 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1729 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1730 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1731 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1733 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1734 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1736 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1738 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1739 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1743 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1744 user-configured diff tools.
1746 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1747 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1748 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1749 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1751 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1752 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1753 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1754 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1755 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1756 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1757 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1759 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1761 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1762 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1763 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1765 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1766 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1767 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1769 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1770 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1771 editor is used during the rebase.
1772 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1776 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1777 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1784 Usability, bells and whistles
1785 -----------------------------
1786 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1788 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1789 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1791 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1792 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1793 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1794 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1796 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1798 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1800 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1803 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1804 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1805 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1808 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1812 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1813 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1814 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1821 Usability, bells and whistles
1822 -----------------------------
1823 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1824 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1826 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1828 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1829 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1830 arrows to select and stage lines.
1832 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1833 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1835 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1839 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1840 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1847 Usability, bells and whistles
1848 -----------------------------
1849 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1850 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1852 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1853 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1855 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1856 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1858 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1859 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1863 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1864 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1866 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1867 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1869 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1870 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1877 Usability, bells and whistles
1878 -----------------------------
1879 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1880 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1881 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1883 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1884 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1886 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1887 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1888 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1890 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1891 for more details about the supported values.
1893 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1894 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1895 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1897 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1898 history using the selected paths.
1902 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1903 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1905 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1906 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1909 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1910 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1912 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1913 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1917 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1918 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1919 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1921 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1922 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1929 Usability, bells and whistles
1930 -----------------------------
1931 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1933 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1934 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1938 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1939 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1940 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1942 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1943 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1947 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1954 Usability, bells and whistles
1955 -----------------------------
1956 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
1958 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1959 external applications.
1960 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
1962 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1963 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
1965 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1967 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
1969 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1971 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1972 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
1974 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1975 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1976 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
1977 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
1979 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1980 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1981 module is installed.
1982 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
1984 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1985 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
1987 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1988 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
1992 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1993 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2000 Usability, bells and whistles
2001 -----------------------------
2002 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2004 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2006 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2008 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2011 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2013 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2017 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2018 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2019 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2021 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2022 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2024 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2026 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2027 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2028 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2030 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2031 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2038 Usability, bells and whistles
2039 -----------------------------
2040 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2041 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2042 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2044 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2045 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2046 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2047 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2048 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2049 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2050 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2051 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2053 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2054 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2056 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2057 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2059 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2060 to allow for better localization.
2061 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2063 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2065 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2067 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2068 environment variable was improved.
2069 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2071 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2072 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2073 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2075 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2076 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2080 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2081 artifacts on several configurations.
2083 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2084 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2085 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2087 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2088 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2090 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2091 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2092 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2093 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2094 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2095 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2096 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2097 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2098 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2100 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2101 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2103 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2104 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2106 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2107 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2109 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2110 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2112 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2113 can be freely resized on Linux.
2114 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2116 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2117 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2124 Usability, bells and whistles
2125 -----------------------------
2126 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2127 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2129 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2130 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2134 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2135 not available in Python3.
2136 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2138 * Python3-related fixes.
2139 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2141 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2142 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2143 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2144 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2146 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2147 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2148 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2150 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2151 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2152 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2154 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2155 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2156 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2163 Usability, bells and whistles
2164 -----------------------------
2165 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2166 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2168 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2169 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2170 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2172 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2173 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2177 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2178 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2179 html documentation and man pages.
2183 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2186 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2187 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2189 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2190 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2194 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2195 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2202 Usability, bells and whistles
2203 -----------------------------
2204 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2206 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2210 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2211 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2213 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2214 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2216 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2217 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2219 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2220 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2229 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2230 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2232 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2233 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2237 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2238 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2240 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2241 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2243 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2244 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2251 Usability, bells and whistles
2252 -----------------------------
2253 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2255 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2256 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2257 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2259 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2263 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2265 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2266 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2268 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2275 Usability, bells and whistles
2276 -----------------------------
2277 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2278 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2280 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2281 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2282 `extended description` field.
2283 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2287 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2288 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2290 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2291 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2292 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2301 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2302 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2306 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2307 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2310 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2312 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2321 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2325 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2328 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2335 Usability, bells and whistles
2336 -----------------------------
2337 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2338 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2339 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2340 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2341 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2342 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2344 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2346 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2348 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2350 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2351 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2352 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2354 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2355 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2360 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2361 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2362 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2366 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2373 Usability, bells and whistles
2374 -----------------------------
2375 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2376 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2377 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2379 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2380 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2381 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2382 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2386 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2387 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2389 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2396 Usability, bells and whistles
2397 -----------------------------
2398 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2400 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2402 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2403 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2404 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2406 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2407 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2409 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2411 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2412 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2413 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2414 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2415 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2416 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2418 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2419 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2420 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2421 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2422 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2423 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2425 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2426 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2430 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2431 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2434 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2435 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2436 path, just like Git itself.
2438 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2440 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2441 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2448 Usability, bells and whistles
2449 -----------------------------
2450 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2451 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2452 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2453 surrounding function as context.
2454 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2456 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2457 when `git cola` is restarted.
2458 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2460 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2461 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2462 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2464 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2465 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2467 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2471 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2472 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2474 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2475 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2477 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2478 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2479 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2481 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2484 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2485 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2487 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2495 Usability, bells and whistles
2496 -----------------------------
2497 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2498 "Select Repository" dialog.
2499 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2501 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2505 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2506 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2507 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2508 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2509 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2510 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2512 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2513 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2515 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2516 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2520 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2522 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2523 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2524 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2525 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2526 when they point to valid git repositories.
2528 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2529 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2530 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2538 Usability, bells and whistles
2539 -----------------------------
2540 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2542 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2544 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2545 when in the diff panel.
2547 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2548 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2549 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2550 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2551 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2553 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2555 * Less blocking in the main UI
2559 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2560 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2562 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2563 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2564 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2572 Usability, bells and whistles
2573 -----------------------------
2574 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2575 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2576 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2577 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2578 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2580 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2582 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2583 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2584 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2585 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2587 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2588 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2589 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2591 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2592 using the `Status` tool.
2593 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2594 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2595 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2597 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2598 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2600 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2601 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2603 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2604 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2605 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2606 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2607 to the affirmative option instead.
2611 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2612 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2613 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2614 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2615 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2616 the start of a file.
2624 Usability, bells and whistles
2625 -----------------------------
2626 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2627 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2628 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2629 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2630 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2631 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2632 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2633 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2637 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2638 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2639 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2640 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2641 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2649 Usability, bells and whistles
2650 -----------------------------
2651 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2652 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2653 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2654 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2656 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2658 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2660 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2662 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2664 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2666 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2667 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2675 Usability, bells and whistles
2676 -----------------------------
2677 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2679 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2680 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2682 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2685 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2686 background thread to do so.
2688 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2690 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2691 between invocations.
2701 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2703 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2711 Usability, bells and whistles
2712 -----------------------------
2713 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2714 limit history to the current branch.
2716 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2719 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2720 much faster rendering.
2722 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2724 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2732 Usability, bells and whistles
2733 -----------------------------
2734 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2742 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2744 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2746 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2748 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2751 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2753 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2754 text field contains paths.
2756 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2760 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2761 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2763 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2764 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2768 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2776 Usability, bells and whistles
2777 -----------------------------
2778 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2789 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2791 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2793 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2795 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2797 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2799 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2801 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2802 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2804 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2806 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2807 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2809 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2810 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2812 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2816 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2817 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2818 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2822 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2824 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2825 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2829 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2830 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2831 is a simpler alternative.
2841 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2842 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2844 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2848 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2849 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2850 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2851 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2853 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2854 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2862 Usability, bells and whistles
2863 -----------------------------
2864 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2865 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2867 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2869 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2873 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2874 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2876 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2878 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2882 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2883 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2884 and debian/ files will be needed.
2886 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2890 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2891 so there's no need for this option these days.
2899 Usability, bells and whistles
2900 -----------------------------
2901 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2903 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2905 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2907 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2908 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2909 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2911 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2912 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2916 * Display commits with no file changes.
2917 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2919 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2920 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2924 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2925 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2927 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2928 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2929 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2930 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2939 Usability, bells and whistles
2940 -----------------------------
2941 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2942 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2944 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2945 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2947 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2949 * General usability improvements
2951 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2955 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2956 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2958 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2959 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
2961 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2962 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
2964 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2972 Usability, bells and whistles
2973 -----------------------------
2974 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2975 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
2977 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2978 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2979 a progress dialog is used.
2983 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2984 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2985 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2987 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2995 Usability, bells and whistles
2996 -----------------------------
2997 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2998 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2999 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3000 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3004 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3005 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3006 patience and helpful bug reports.
3008 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3016 Usability, bells and whistles
3017 -----------------------------
3018 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3019 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3021 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3022 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3026 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3027 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3029 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3031 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3032 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3040 Usability, bells and whistles
3041 -----------------------------
3042 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3043 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3045 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3046 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3048 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3049 of whether inotify is installed.
3053 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3054 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3055 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3057 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3058 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3062 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3063 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3064 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3065 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3067 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3069 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3071 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3073 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3081 Usability, bells and whistles
3082 -----------------------------
3083 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3084 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3085 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3090 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3092 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3093 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3094 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3096 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3097 shows the correct number of context lines.
3099 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3103 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3104 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3105 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3106 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3108 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3109 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3111 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3119 Usability, bells and whistles
3120 -----------------------------
3121 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3122 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3124 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3128 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3129 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3130 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3132 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3133 items could not be de-selected.
3137 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3138 site-packages directory.
3146 Usability, bells and whistles
3147 -----------------------------
3148 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3149 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3150 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3152 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3156 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3164 Usability, bells and whistles
3165 -----------------------------
3166 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3167 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3169 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3171 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3173 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3174 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3178 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3180 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3188 Usability, bells and whistles
3189 -----------------------------
3190 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3194 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3195 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3196 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3198 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3199 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3207 Usability, bells and whistles
3208 -----------------------------
3209 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3210 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3212 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3216 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3217 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3221 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3229 Usability, bells and whistles
3230 -----------------------------
3231 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3232 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3233 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3234 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3236 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3237 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3238 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3240 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3241 repository status checks.
3243 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3245 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3246 and vertical layout when resized.
3248 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3249 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3251 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3252 to launch `git cola`.
3253 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3255 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3256 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3259 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3260 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3261 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3262 that cannot be easily killed.
3264 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3265 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3266 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3268 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3269 over the commit message editor.
3270 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3272 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3273 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3277 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3279 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3280 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3281 branch will be merged.
3283 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3284 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3286 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3287 by the `git config` parser.
3289 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3290 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3294 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3295 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3297 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3298 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3300 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3301 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3302 layout in use by several projects.
3304 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3305 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3306 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3308 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3309 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3310 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3311 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3319 Usability, bells and whistles
3320 -----------------------------
3321 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3322 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3323 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3325 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3328 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3330 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3331 external git resources.
3333 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3334 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3335 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3336 building and improving upon it.
3340 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3341 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3343 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3344 ``git cola version`` is run.
3346 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3348 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3349 the name of the current branch.
3353 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3354 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3355 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3356 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3357 be specified every time on the command-line.
3359 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3360 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3361 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3362 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3363 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3366 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3368 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3369 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3370 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3371 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3379 Usability, bells and whistles
3380 -----------------------------
3381 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3382 `git diff --patience`.
3384 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3388 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3392 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3394 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3402 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3403 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3404 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3406 Usability, bells and whistles
3407 -----------------------------
3408 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3409 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3411 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3412 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3413 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3415 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3416 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3418 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3423 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3427 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3429 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3431 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3443 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3445 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3447 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3457 * Fix Lintian warnings
3467 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3477 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3478 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3480 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3481 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3491 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3493 * Fix staging untracked files
3494 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3496 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3497 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3499 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3500 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3508 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3509 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3510 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3511 various cola widgets.
3513 Usability, bells and whistles
3514 -----------------------------
3515 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3517 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3519 * Add an interface for creating tags
3521 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3522 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3524 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3525 warns when lines get too long
3527 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3529 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3531 * Provide more information in log messages
3535 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3537 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3541 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3543 * Simpler model/view architecture
3545 * Selection is now shared across tools
3547 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3549 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3551 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3553 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3555 * Added more documentation and tests
3563 Usability, bells and whistles
3564 -----------------------------
3565 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3567 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3569 * Handle renamed files
3573 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3575 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3579 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3581 * Added developer API documentation
3585 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3587 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3589 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3591 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3599 Usability, bells and whistles
3600 -----------------------------
3601 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3603 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3605 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3606 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3608 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3609 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3610 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3611 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3613 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3615 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3617 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3618 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3620 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3624 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3626 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3636 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3638 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3639 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3641 Usability, bells and whistles
3642 -----------------------------
3643 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3645 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3649 * Support Unicode font names
3651 * Handle interrupted system calls
3655 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3661 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3662 Closed Debian bug #519972
3664 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3674 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3676 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3678 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3680 Usability, bells and whistles
3681 -----------------------------
3682 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3684 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3686 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3688 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3690 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3692 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3694 * Log window display can be configured with
3695 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3697 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3701 * Improved nose unittest usage
3705 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3707 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3708 for ease of installation and development