6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * The remote messages dialog is now displayed for the Pull and Push actions in the
9 Branches widget only. This dialog is disabled by default and enabled in the
10 main Push and Pull dialog settings.
11 (`#1363 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1363>`_)
13 * The whole-file staging actions in the Diff widget's right-click menu are now listed
14 after the selection and hunk staging actions. This helps prevent accidental clicks
15 from clobbering the index for the entire file.
16 (`#1362 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1362>`_)
23 Usability, bells and whistles
24 -----------------------------
25 * Git Cola now preserves `# commentary` in commit messages by default.
26 The `commit.cleanup` Git configuration variable can be used to
27 customize this behavior. For example, if you want Git Cola to
28 strip comments (the old behavior before v4.4.0) then
29 you can run `git config --global commit.cleanup strip` or configure
30 the "Commit Message Cleanup" setting in the Preferences window.
31 (`#1330 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1330>`_)
33 * `git dag` now includes completions for `git log` options in the text input field.
35 * `git dag` now provides convenient search filters when right-clicking in the
38 * A `1.25 x` Hi-DPI magnification option mode is now available in the Appearance settings.
39 (`#1313 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1313>`_)
41 * MacOS-specific application themes are now available in the Appearance settings
42 when the pyobjc module is installed.
43 (`#905 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/905>`_)
45 * Git Cola now runs `git commit` in the background and feedback is provided while
46 the commit is running. This prevents the UI from freezing when running pre-commit
47 hooks that can make `git commit` take a long time to run.
48 (`#1320 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1320>`_)
50 * The Diff context menu was reworked to reduce visual clutter and better match
51 the Status context menu.
52 (`#1347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1347>`_)
54 * The standalone `git cola tag` tool now autocompletes the tag name field.
55 (`#706 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/706>`_)
56 (`#691 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/691>`_)
58 * The "Branches" dock widget now has a "Visualize" right-click menu option.
59 (`#1061 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1061>`_)
61 * The "Stash" dialog learned to rename stashes.
62 (`#558 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/558>`_)
64 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs can now display remote messages from the server.
65 (`#951 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/951>`_)
69 * `git dag` fixed how it was handling refspec arguments.
70 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
72 * `git dag` will now properly refresh itself when remote branches are updated.
73 (`#1063 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1063>`_)
75 * The `cola.inotify` feature no longer runs into issues when accessing WSL2
76 filesystems from Windows 11+.
77 (`#1194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1194>`_)
81 * `cercis <https://pypi.org/project/cercis/>`_ is now being used to enforce
82 Git Cola's python code style. We were previously disabling quote normalization
83 when using `black`. Use of `cercis` allows us to enable quote normalization
84 under its default single-quote settings.
86 * The test suite now works on Windows.
87 (`#1331 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1331>`_)
88 (`#1332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1332>`_)
90 * Pre-commits hooks and code modernization.
91 (`#1333 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1333>`_)
93 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
94 sphinx documentation plugin.
95 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
103 Usability, bells and whistles
104 -----------------------------
105 * The minimum font size can now be set lower, which is helpful for Hi-DPI displays.
106 (`#1342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1342>`_)
110 * Flashing windows during startup on Windows has been fixed.
111 (`#1329 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1329>`_)
113 * `git dag` was not displaying history when refspecs were specified.
114 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
118 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
119 sphinx documentation plugin.
120 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
130 * The pypi wheel was fixed to include `entry_points.txt`.
132 * The "Revert" command was throwing an exception after succesfully completing.
140 Usability, bells and whistles
141 -----------------------------
142 * `git dag` now displays commit metadata more similarly to `git log`.
143 The commit date is now displayed and the subject field is displayed
144 directly above the extended description.
146 * `git dag` now supports a `cola.logdate` configuration for controlling
147 the date format. The configured value is passed to `git log --date=<format>`.
148 (`#1319 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1319>`_)
149 (`#1312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1312>`_)
151 * The default `patches` directory that is used when exporting patches
152 is now configurable using the `cola.patchesdirectory` configuration
153 variable and the Preferences dialog.
155 * The Diff Editor can now export the diff selection, or the current
156 diff hunk, to a `*.patch` file from the `Patches` context menu action.
158 * Existing patches can be appended to by choosing a patch file from
159 the `Append Patch` sub-menu in the `Patches` context menu action.
161 * Patches can now be applied by dragging and dropping patches files from
162 a file browser onto the diff editor. The "Apply Patches" dialog is
163 launched with the drag-and-dropped patch files.
165 * Shell completions for zsh are now provided in the source distribution.
166 See the `contrib/_git-cola` zsh completion file for more details
170 * ``QApplication::desktop()`` is no longer available on PyQt6.
171 Git Cola no longer relies on this method.
175 * Git Cola can now be installed on Windows using `winget`.
176 See the ``README.md`` file for more details.
177 (`#1318 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1318>`_)
187 * Diffs for repositories with a single commit have been fixed.
188 (`#1306 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1306>`_)
190 * The toolbars follow the Qt toolbar style, as they did prior to `v4.2.0`.
191 (`#1307 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1307>`_)
193 * The "Checkout Branch" dialog was fixed to display all completions when first shown.
194 (`#1308 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1308>`_)
202 Usability, bells and whistles
203 -----------------------------
204 * The Diff Editor can now send diffs to your favorite editor before the diffs are applied.
205 The right-click "Edit Diff ..." menu actions and the `Ctrl + Shift + S` /
206 `Ctrl + Shift + U` hotkeys send the current diff hunk, or the selected diff, to your
207 editor before they are applied to the worktree / staging area.
208 (`#1290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1290>`_)
209 (`#794 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/794>`_)
211 * The Diff Editor and DAG viewer can now search within their diffs using
212 `Ctrl + F` and `Ctrl + G` hotkeys.
213 (`#1116 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1116>`_)
215 * A new *Diff Mode* can be used to diff and unstage edits relative to any commit.
216 (`#816 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/816>`_)
218 * The Commit Message Editor can now spell-check the summary field. Previously only the
219 "Extended Description..." field supported spell checking.
220 (`#633 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/633>`_)
221 (`#1070 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1070>`_)
223 * Repositories in your "Recents" and "Favorites" can now be searched using the new
224 "Search" tool button. Quickly switch between these repositories using the `Alt + P`
225 hotkey and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
226 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
228 * "Favorites", "Recents" and the startup dialog now display a case-insensitively
229 sorted list of repositories.
230 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
232 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
233 stale entries and other actions that were not previously accessible from
235 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
236 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
238 * The "Copy Leading Paths" action in the Status tool's right-click "Copy" sub-menu
239 can now strip off an arbitrary number of leading paths.
240 (`#784 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/784>`_)
242 * The "Cherry-Pick" action now reports errors when "git cherry-pick" fails.
243 A new "Abort Cherry-Pick" action has been added for aborting a failed cherry-pick.
244 (`#1062 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1062>`_)
246 * The diff text can now be quickly zoomed using `Ctrl + Mouse wheel` scroll.
247 This will quickly change the text size within the current session only.
248 (`#1029 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1029>`_)
250 * The Console and Diff widgets learned to open URLs. Right-click on a line
251 that contains http URLs and context-menu actions for opening each URL
252 using your default web browser will be displayed.
253 (`#1139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1139>`_)
255 * Drag-and-drop has been improved when dragging filenames from the Status tool.
256 Dragging multiple files requires special handling to improve usability.
257 Some terminals (such as `kitty`) consume multiple file URLs by separating paths with
258 newlines. This is useful when you'd like to capture raw filenames but is less
259 convenient when dropping filenames onto a command-line. Drag with the `Alt`-modifier
260 held down to drag-and-drop filenames for command-line use. Using the `Alt` modifier
261 omits URLs so that the drag-and-drop payload includes only space-delimited,
263 (`#719 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/719>`_)
265 * The DAG viewer now displays the diff between the start and end commits when
266 multiple commits are selected. The diffs are displayed in the DAG's diff viewer.
267 (`#552 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/552>`_)
269 * The DAG viewer learned to checkout branches and initiate rebases from its right-click menu.
270 (`#1113 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1113>`_)
272 * The DAG diff viewer learned to word-wrap the diff text.
273 (`#1242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1242>`_)
275 * The spelling dictionaries are now discovered dynamically at runtime.
276 `dict/words` and `dict/propernames` are now discovered via `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`
277 by the spell checker. This allows a spelling dictionary to be placed in eg.
278 `~/.local/share/dict/words` to override the default `/usr/share/dict/words`.
279 (`#873 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/873>`_)
281 * The File menu now has a "Patches" sub-menu with a full set of "git am" Patch actions.
283 * The Diff Editor and various Diff widgets now have a "Copy Diff" action with an
284 `Alt + Shift + C` hotkey that copies the selected diff text to the clipboard with the
285 `+`, `-` and `<Space>` diff prefix characters removed.
286 (`#1288 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1288>`_)
288 * The "Revert" action for reverting commits from the DAG tool now displays error
289 messages when ``git revert`` fails.
290 (`#885 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/885>`_)
292 * The Diff Editor now uses an easier-to-see *block cursor* by default.
293 Disable `cola.blockcursor <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-blockcursor>`_
294 to continue using original *line cursor* by running
295 ``git config --global cola.blockcursor false``, or by editing the settings in the menu.
297 * The "Unmerged" header item in the Status tool now displays a summary list of unmerged files.
299 * The hotkeys documentation has been updated to clarify that the "Copy Commit ID"
300 action is available in several tools.
301 (`#779 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/779>`_)
303 * Saving files when using "Browse Other Branch" now displays errors from
304 ``git show`` when saving files from arbitrary commits.
305 (`#1065 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1065>`_)
307 * The Apply Patches dialog now reports errors when patches fail to apply.
308 (`#673 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/673>`_)
310 * The "Status" tool now disables "Copy" actions in its context menu when no
311 files have been selected.
312 (`#697 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/697>`_)
314 * The "Unstage" menu item in the Status tool now uses a "Remove" icon.
315 (`#1289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1289>`_)
319 * The vendored `qtpy` module was modified to sever its dependency on the
320 `packaging.version` module. This mostly affects users that want to run
321 Git Cola directly from the the source tree outside of any virtualenv.
322 (`#1286 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1286>`_)
330 Usability, bells and whistles
331 -----------------------------
332 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
333 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The ``git cola rebase`` sub-command now has
334 an ``--update-refs`` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
335 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
336 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
337 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
339 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
340 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
342 Packaging and Dependencies
343 --------------------------
344 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
345 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
346 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
348 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
352 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
353 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
354 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
364 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
365 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
367 * Some context menus entries were erroring out on binary files.
368 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
376 Usability, bells and whistles
377 -----------------------------
378 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
379 notifications and UI actions.
380 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
382 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
383 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
384 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
388 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
389 files are located in unexpected locations.
390 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
391 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
393 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
395 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
397 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
398 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
400 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
401 their names or messsages.
402 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
404 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
405 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
406 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
408 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
409 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
410 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
414 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
415 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
423 Usability, bells and whistles
424 -----------------------------
425 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
426 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
427 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
428 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
430 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
431 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
432 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
434 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
435 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
437 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
438 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
440 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
441 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
443 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
444 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
445 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
447 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
448 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
449 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
453 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
454 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
456 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
457 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
459 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
460 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
464 * Updated Spanish translation.
465 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
467 * Updated Japanese translation.
468 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
472 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
473 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
475 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
476 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
477 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
485 Usability, bells and whistles
486 -----------------------------
487 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
488 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
489 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
493 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
494 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
496 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
498 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
499 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1235>`_)
501 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
502 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
503 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
505 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
506 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
507 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
517 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
518 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
519 be aware of these changes.
521 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
523 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
524 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
525 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
526 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
528 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
529 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
530 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
532 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
533 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
534 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
535 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
536 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
537 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
539 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
540 using setuptools entry points.
542 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
543 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
545 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
547 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
549 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
551 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
553 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
554 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
556 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
557 `rst.linker` packages. See `requirements/requirements-dev.txt` for the package
560 Usability, bells and whistles
561 -----------------------------
563 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
564 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
565 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
566 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
568 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
569 the main window is closed.
570 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
574 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
575 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
577 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
578 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
580 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
581 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
583 * Documentation typofixes.
584 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
586 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
587 This made its notification system more robust.
588 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
589 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
590 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
591 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
595 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
596 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
604 Usability, bells and whistles
605 -----------------------------
606 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
607 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
608 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
609 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
610 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
612 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
613 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
614 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
616 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
618 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
620 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
621 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
625 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
627 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
628 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
630 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
631 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
633 * Documentation typofixes.
634 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
638 * Updated Polish translation.
639 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
643 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
644 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
652 Usability, bells and whistles
653 -----------------------------
654 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
655 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
656 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
657 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
659 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
660 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
661 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
662 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
663 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
665 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
667 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
668 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
670 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
671 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
672 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
676 * The `FIPS security mode
677 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
678 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
679 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
680 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
684 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
685 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
687 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
688 when different languages are used.
689 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
690 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
691 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
693 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
694 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
698 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
699 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
709 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
716 Usability, bells and whistles
717 -----------------------------
718 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
719 for including config files.
720 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
721 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
723 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
724 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
726 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
727 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
728 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
730 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
731 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
732 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
734 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
735 files, both modified and untracked.
737 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
738 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
739 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
740 header items are selected).
741 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
745 * Updated Hungarian translation.
746 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
750 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
752 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
753 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
755 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
756 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
760 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
761 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
769 Usability, bells and whistles
770 -----------------------------
771 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
772 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
773 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
775 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
776 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
777 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
779 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
780 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
782 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
783 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
784 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
788 * Updated Polish translation.
789 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
791 * Updated Japanese translation.
792 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
794 * Updated Brazilian translation.
795 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
799 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
800 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
808 Usability, bells and whistles
809 -----------------------------
810 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
811 Submodules are now updated recursively.
812 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
814 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
815 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
816 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
817 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
818 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
820 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
821 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
822 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
826 * Updated Polish translation.
827 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
829 * Updated Hungarian translation.
830 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
834 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
835 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
836 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
837 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
839 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
840 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
841 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
842 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
843 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
844 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
846 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
847 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
848 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
849 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
850 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
852 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
853 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
854 and has now been removed.
855 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
859 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
860 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
868 Usability, bells and whistles
869 -----------------------------
870 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
871 the changes displayed in the diff view.
872 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
874 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
875 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
876 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
877 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
878 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
880 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
881 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
882 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
883 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
885 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
886 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
887 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
888 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
889 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
890 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
891 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
892 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
893 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
897 * Updated Polish translation.
898 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
902 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
903 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
905 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
906 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
907 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
909 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
910 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
912 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
913 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
914 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
916 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
917 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
918 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
919 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
920 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
928 Usability, bells and whistles
929 -----------------------------
930 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
931 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
932 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
934 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
935 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
936 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
937 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
939 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
940 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
941 as when the app first launched.
942 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
943 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
945 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
946 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
947 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
948 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
950 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
951 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
953 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
954 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
955 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
957 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
958 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
960 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
961 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
965 * Updated Hungarian translation.
966 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
967 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
969 * Updated Turkish translation.
970 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
971 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
975 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
976 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
978 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
979 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
981 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
983 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
985 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
986 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
990 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
991 updated during installation.
992 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
996 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
997 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
1005 Usability, bells and whistles
1006 -----------------------------
1007 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
1008 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
1009 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
1011 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
1012 over a stashed change.
1013 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
1015 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
1016 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
1017 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
1018 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
1019 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
1020 configured their environment explicitly.
1021 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
1023 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
1024 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
1025 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
1026 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
1028 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
1029 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
1030 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
1034 * Updated Japanese translation.
1035 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
1036 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
1038 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1039 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
1043 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
1044 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
1045 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
1047 * Better unicode robustness.
1048 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
1049 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
1051 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
1052 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
1053 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
1055 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
1056 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
1058 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
1059 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
1061 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
1062 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
1063 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
1067 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
1075 Usability, bells and whistles
1076 -----------------------------
1077 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
1078 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
1080 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
1081 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
1082 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
1084 * Updated German translation.
1085 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
1087 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
1088 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
1089 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
1091 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
1092 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
1094 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
1095 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
1096 in the preferences window. See the
1097 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
1098 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
1100 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
1101 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
1102 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
1104 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
1105 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
1106 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
1110 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
1111 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
1112 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
1113 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
1115 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
1116 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
1117 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
1118 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
1119 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
1120 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
1122 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
1123 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
1124 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
1125 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
1129 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
1130 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
1131 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
1139 Usability, bells and whistles
1140 -----------------------------
1141 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
1142 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
1144 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
1145 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
1147 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
1148 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
1149 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
1151 * Updated Japanese translation.
1152 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
1154 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
1155 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
1157 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
1158 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1160 * The status widget can now update submodules.
1161 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1163 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
1164 to display the contents of the selected patch.
1166 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
1167 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
1168 that will be committed.
1169 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
1171 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
1173 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
1175 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
1176 per-repository, rather than globally only.
1178 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
1179 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
1180 with other applications and user expectations.
1181 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
1183 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
1184 the Sublime text editor.
1185 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
1189 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
1190 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
1192 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
1193 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
1195 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
1196 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
1198 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
1199 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
1200 display stays within a sensible size.
1201 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
1203 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1204 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
1205 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
1209 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
1210 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
1211 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
1213 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
1214 the module and test directories. This catches things like
1215 the pynsist installer scripts.
1216 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
1217 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
1218 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
1222 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
1224 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
1225 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
1233 Usability, bells and whistles
1234 -----------------------------
1235 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
1236 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
1238 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
1239 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
1241 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
1242 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
1243 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
1244 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
1245 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
1246 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
1248 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
1249 cancelling an interactive rebase.
1250 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1252 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
1253 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
1254 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
1256 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
1257 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
1261 * Updated Brazilian translation.
1262 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
1264 * Updated Czech translation.
1265 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
1266 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
1267 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
1268 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
1270 * Update Spanish translation.
1271 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
1272 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
1276 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
1277 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
1278 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
1280 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
1281 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
1283 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
1285 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
1286 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
1290 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
1291 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
1292 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
1293 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
1295 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
1296 window is maximized.
1297 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
1299 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
1300 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1302 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1303 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1305 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1306 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1307 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1309 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1310 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1311 previously uninstalled.
1312 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1314 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1315 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1316 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1318 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1319 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1321 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1326 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1327 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1329 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1330 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1331 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1333 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1334 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1335 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1337 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1338 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1340 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
1341 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1343 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1345 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
1346 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1347 could be broken when running in that environment.
1348 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1350 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
1351 avoids localized output in the log window.
1352 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1356 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1357 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1359 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1360 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1368 Usability, bells and whistles
1369 -----------------------------
1370 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1371 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1373 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1374 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1375 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1376 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1378 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1380 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1381 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1382 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1384 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1385 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1386 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1388 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1389 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1390 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1392 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1393 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1394 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1396 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1397 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1399 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt + {F,E}` hotkeys.
1400 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1402 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1403 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1404 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1405 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1406 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1407 burdening common use cases.
1408 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1409 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1411 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1412 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1413 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1414 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1415 "Unmerged" header by design.
1416 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1418 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1419 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1420 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1421 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1423 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1424 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1426 * Updated Turkish translation.
1427 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1429 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1430 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1432 * Updated German translation.
1433 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1435 * Updated Czech translation
1436 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1437 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1439 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1441 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1443 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1445 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1446 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1448 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1450 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1454 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1456 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1458 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1460 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1461 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1462 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1466 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1467 They were previously going to the shell.
1468 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1470 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1471 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1473 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1474 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1476 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1477 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1479 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1480 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1481 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1482 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
1483 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1485 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1486 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1487 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1488 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1489 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1490 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1491 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1493 * Spelling and typofixes.
1494 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1496 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1498 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1500 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1501 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1502 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1504 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1506 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1514 Usability, bells and whistles
1515 -----------------------------
1516 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1517 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1519 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1520 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1522 * New Czech translation.
1523 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1524 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1525 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1526 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1528 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1529 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1531 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1532 menu item to add a toolbar.
1534 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1535 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1536 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1538 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1539 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1540 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1542 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1543 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1544 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1546 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1547 names match the string entered into its text field.
1548 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1550 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1551 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1552 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1553 rather than when pressed.
1554 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1556 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1557 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1558 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1559 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1560 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1561 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1563 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1564 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1566 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1567 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1569 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1570 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1571 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1572 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1574 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1575 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1577 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1578 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1580 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1581 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1583 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1584 actions when no file is selected.
1585 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1587 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1588 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1589 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1593 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1594 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1596 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1597 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1598 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1599 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1600 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1601 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1602 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1604 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1605 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1606 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1607 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1609 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1610 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1612 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1613 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1614 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1616 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1617 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1618 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1620 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1621 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1623 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1625 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1627 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1628 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1629 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1631 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1632 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1634 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1635 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1636 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1638 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1640 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1642 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1643 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1644 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1652 Usability, bells and whistles
1653 -----------------------------
1654 * New Ukrainian translation.
1655 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1656 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1658 * New and improved French translations.
1660 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1661 and pull branches from a single interface.
1663 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1664 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1665 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1666 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1667 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1669 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1671 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1673 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1675 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1676 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1677 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1678 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1679 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1680 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1681 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1682 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1684 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1685 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1687 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1688 below the grep results.
1690 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1692 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1694 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1695 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1697 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1698 to the commit message editor's options.
1699 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1701 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1702 much larger repositories.
1703 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1705 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1706 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1707 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1708 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1709 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1711 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1712 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1714 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1715 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1716 a newline-separated list of words.
1717 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1719 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1722 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1725 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1726 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1727 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1731 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1732 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1733 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1734 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1735 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1736 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1738 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1741 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1742 twice on the radio buttons.
1743 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1745 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1746 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1747 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1749 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1750 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1751 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1752 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1754 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1755 are modified. This has been fixed.
1756 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1758 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1759 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1760 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1761 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1769 Usability, bells and whistles
1770 -----------------------------
1771 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1772 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1773 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1774 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1775 configuration variable.
1776 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1778 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1779 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1780 also added for launching an editor.
1782 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1786 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1787 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1789 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1790 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1791 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1793 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1794 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1796 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1798 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1802 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1803 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1804 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1805 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1806 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1816 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1817 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1825 Usability, bells and whistles
1826 -----------------------------
1827 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1828 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1830 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1831 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1832 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1833 active longer than intended.
1834 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1836 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1837 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1838 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1840 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1841 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1842 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1844 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1845 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1846 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1847 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1849 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1850 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1852 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1853 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1854 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1856 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1858 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1859 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1861 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1862 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1864 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1865 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1866 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1868 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1869 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1871 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1872 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1873 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1874 file browser will typically be used.
1876 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1880 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1881 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1883 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1884 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1886 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1887 when updates are made to ignored files.
1888 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1889 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1891 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1892 exception when using PyQt5.
1893 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1895 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1896 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1898 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1899 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1901 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1902 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1904 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1905 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1906 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1908 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1909 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1911 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1912 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1913 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1917 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1918 development on Windows.
1919 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1927 Usability, bells and whistles
1928 -----------------------------
1929 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1930 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1934 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1935 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1936 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1938 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1939 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1950 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1951 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1952 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1953 now operate correctly within this environment.
1954 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1956 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1957 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1962 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1963 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1964 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1969 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1970 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1971 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1972 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1974 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1976 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1977 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1978 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1979 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1981 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1983 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1984 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1986 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1987 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1988 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1989 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1990 vendored libraries from being installed.
1998 Usability, bells and whistles
1999 -----------------------------
2001 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
2002 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
2004 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
2006 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
2008 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
2013 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
2014 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
2015 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
2017 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
2018 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
2019 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
2020 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
2022 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
2023 `git cola` from an application launcher.
2024 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
2026 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
2027 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
2029 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
2034 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
2035 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
2036 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
2037 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
2038 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
2046 Usability, bells and whistles
2047 -----------------------------
2049 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
2050 between files and the "Untracked" header.
2051 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
2053 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
2054 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
2056 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
2057 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
2059 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
2060 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
2061 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
2062 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
2063 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
2064 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
2066 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
2067 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
2068 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
2069 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
2070 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
2072 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
2073 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
2075 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
2076 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
2077 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
2079 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
2080 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
2082 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
2083 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
2088 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
2089 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
2090 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
2091 rather than as additional command line arguments.
2092 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
2094 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
2095 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
2096 generated by python itself.
2097 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
2099 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
2100 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
2102 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
2103 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
2104 in the final commit message.
2105 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
2113 Usability, bells and whistles
2114 -----------------------------
2116 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
2117 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
2118 environment variable.
2120 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
2121 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
2122 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
2123 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
2125 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
2126 Additionally, the `Alt + {J,K}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
2127 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
2129 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
2131 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
2132 and remembers its window size and placement.
2134 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
2135 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
2136 removed files are found when refreshing.
2138 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
2139 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
2140 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
2141 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
2142 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
2144 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
2145 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
2146 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
2147 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
2148 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
2149 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
2151 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
2154 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
2155 background for the header items.
2156 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
2158 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
2159 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
2160 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
2165 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
2166 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
2167 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
2168 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
2169 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
2171 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
2172 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
2174 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
2175 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
2176 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
2178 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
2179 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
2181 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
2182 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
2184 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
2185 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
2187 * Miscellaneous fixes
2188 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
2193 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
2194 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
2195 where network access is prevented.
2197 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
2205 Usability, bells and whistles
2206 -----------------------------
2208 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
2209 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
2211 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
2212 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
2214 * `Alt + {J,K}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
2215 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
2217 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
2218 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
2219 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
2221 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
2222 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
2223 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
2225 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
2226 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
2227 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
2229 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
2230 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
2232 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2234 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
2235 diff hunks and selected lines.
2237 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
2238 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
2239 the configured character for comments. This allows having
2240 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
2241 is configured to its non-default value.
2242 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
2247 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
2248 and false positives.
2249 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
2251 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
2252 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
2254 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
2255 in the commit message editor.
2256 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2258 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
2259 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
2269 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
2277 Usability, bells and whistles
2278 -----------------------------
2279 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
2281 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
2282 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
2283 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
2284 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
2285 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
2287 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
2288 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
2290 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
2292 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
2293 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
2297 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
2298 user-configured diff tools.
2300 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2301 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2302 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2303 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2305 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2306 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2307 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2308 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2309 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2310 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2311 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2313 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
2315 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2316 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2317 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2319 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2320 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2321 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2323 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2324 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2325 editor is used during the rebase.
2326 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2330 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2331 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2338 Usability, bells and whistles
2339 -----------------------------
2340 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2342 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2343 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2345 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2346 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2347 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2348 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2350 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2352 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2354 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2357 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2358 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2359 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2362 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2366 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2367 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2368 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2375 Usability, bells and whistles
2376 -----------------------------
2377 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2378 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2380 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2382 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2383 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2384 arrows to select and stage lines.
2386 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2387 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2389 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2393 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2394 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2401 Usability, bells and whistles
2402 -----------------------------
2403 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2404 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2406 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2407 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2409 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2410 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2412 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2413 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2417 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2418 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2420 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
2421 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2423 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
2424 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2431 Usability, bells and whistles
2432 -----------------------------
2433 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2434 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2435 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2437 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2438 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2440 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2441 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
2442 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2444 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
2445 for more details about the supported values.
2447 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2448 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2449 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2451 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2452 history using the selected paths.
2456 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2457 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2459 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2460 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2463 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2464 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2466 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2467 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2471 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2472 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2473 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2475 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2476 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2483 Usability, bells and whistles
2484 -----------------------------
2485 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2487 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2488 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2492 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2493 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2494 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2496 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2497 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2501 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2508 Usability, bells and whistles
2509 -----------------------------
2510 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2512 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2513 external applications.
2514 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2516 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2517 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2519 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2521 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2523 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2525 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2526 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2528 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2529 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2530 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2531 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2533 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2534 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2535 module is installed.
2536 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2538 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2539 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2541 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2542 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2546 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2547 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2554 Usability, bells and whistles
2555 -----------------------------
2556 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2558 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2560 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2562 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2565 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2567 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2571 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2572 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2573 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2575 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2576 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2578 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2580 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2581 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2582 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2584 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2585 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2592 Usability, bells and whistles
2593 -----------------------------
2594 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2595 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2596 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2598 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2599 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2600 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2601 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2602 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2603 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2604 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2605 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2607 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2608 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2610 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2611 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2613 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2614 to allow for better localization.
2615 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2617 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2619 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2621 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2622 environment variable was improved.
2623 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2625 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2626 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2627 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2629 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2630 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2634 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2635 artifacts on several configurations.
2637 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2638 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2639 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2641 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2642 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2644 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2645 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2646 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2647 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2648 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2649 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2650 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2651 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2652 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2654 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2655 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2657 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2658 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2660 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2661 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2663 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2664 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2666 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2667 can be freely resized on Linux.
2668 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2670 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2671 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2678 Usability, bells and whistles
2679 -----------------------------
2680 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2681 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2683 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2684 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2688 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2689 not available in Python3.
2690 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2692 * Python3-related fixes.
2693 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2695 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2696 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2697 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2698 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2700 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2701 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2702 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2704 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2705 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2706 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2708 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2709 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2710 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2717 Usability, bells and whistles
2718 -----------------------------
2719 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2720 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2722 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2723 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2724 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2726 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2727 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2731 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2732 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2733 html documentation and man pages.
2737 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2740 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2741 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2743 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2744 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2748 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2749 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2756 Usability, bells and whistles
2757 -----------------------------
2758 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2760 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2764 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2765 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2767 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2768 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2770 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2771 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2773 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2774 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2783 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2784 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2786 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2787 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2791 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2792 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2794 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2795 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2797 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2798 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2805 Usability, bells and whistles
2806 -----------------------------
2807 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2809 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2810 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2811 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2813 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2817 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2819 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2820 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2822 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2829 Usability, bells and whistles
2830 -----------------------------
2831 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2832 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2834 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2835 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2836 `extended description` field.
2837 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2841 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2842 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2844 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2845 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2846 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2855 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2856 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2860 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2861 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2864 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2866 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2875 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2879 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2882 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2889 Usability, bells and whistles
2890 -----------------------------
2891 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2892 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2893 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2894 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2895 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2896 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2898 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2900 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2902 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2904 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2905 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2906 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2908 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2909 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2914 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2915 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2916 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2920 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2927 Usability, bells and whistles
2928 -----------------------------
2929 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2930 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2931 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2933 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2934 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2935 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2936 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2940 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2941 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2943 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2950 Usability, bells and whistles
2951 -----------------------------
2952 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2954 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2956 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2957 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2958 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2960 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2961 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2963 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2965 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2966 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2967 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2968 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2969 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2970 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2972 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2973 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2974 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2975 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2976 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2977 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2979 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2980 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2984 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2985 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2988 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2989 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2990 path, just like Git itself.
2992 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2994 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2995 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
3002 Usability, bells and whistles
3003 -----------------------------
3004 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
3005 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
3006 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
3007 surrounding function as context.
3008 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
3010 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
3011 when `git cola` is restarted.
3012 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
3014 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
3015 checkbox in the commit message editor.
3016 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
3018 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
3019 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
3021 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
3025 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
3026 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
3028 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
3029 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
3031 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
3032 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
3033 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
3035 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
3038 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
3039 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
3041 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
3049 Usability, bells and whistles
3050 -----------------------------
3051 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
3052 "Select Repository" dialog.
3053 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
3055 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
3059 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
3060 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
3061 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
3062 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
3063 the selection when refreshing the editor.
3064 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
3066 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
3067 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
3069 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
3070 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
3074 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
3076 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
3077 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
3078 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
3079 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
3080 when they point to valid git repositories.
3082 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
3083 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
3084 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
3092 Usability, bells and whistles
3093 -----------------------------
3094 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
3096 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
3098 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
3099 when in the diff panel.
3101 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
3102 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
3103 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
3104 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
3105 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
3107 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
3109 * Less blocking in the main UI
3113 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
3114 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
3116 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
3117 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
3118 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
3126 Usability, bells and whistles
3127 -----------------------------
3128 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
3129 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
3130 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
3131 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
3132 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
3134 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
3136 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
3137 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
3138 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
3139 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
3141 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
3142 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
3143 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
3145 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
3146 using the `Status` tool.
3147 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
3148 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
3149 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
3151 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
3152 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
3154 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
3155 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
3157 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
3158 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
3159 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
3160 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
3161 to the affirmative option instead.
3165 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
3166 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
3167 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
3168 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
3169 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
3170 the start of a file.
3178 Usability, bells and whistles
3179 -----------------------------
3180 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
3181 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
3182 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
3183 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
3184 window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
3185 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
3186 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
3187 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
3191 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
3192 `Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
3193 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
3194 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
3195 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
3203 Usability, bells and whistles
3204 -----------------------------
3205 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
3206 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
3207 which makes the history much easier to follow.
3208 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
3210 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
3212 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
3214 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
3216 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
3218 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
3220 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
3221 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
3229 Usability, bells and whistles
3230 -----------------------------
3231 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
3233 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
3234 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
3236 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
3239 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
3240 background thread to do so.
3242 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
3244 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
3245 between invocations.
3255 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
3257 * `git dag` can export patches again.
3265 Usability, bells and whistles
3266 -----------------------------
3267 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
3268 limit history to the current branch.
3270 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
3273 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
3274 much faster rendering.
3276 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
3278 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
3286 Usability, bells and whistles
3287 -----------------------------
3288 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
3296 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
3298 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
3300 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3302 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3305 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3307 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3308 text field contains paths.
3310 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3314 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3315 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3317 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3318 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3322 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3330 Usability, bells and whistles
3331 -----------------------------
3332 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3343 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3345 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3347 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3349 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3351 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3353 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3355 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3356 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3358 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3360 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3361 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3363 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3364 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3366 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3370 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3371 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3372 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3376 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3378 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3379 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3383 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3384 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3385 is a simpler alternative.
3395 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3396 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3398 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3402 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3403 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3404 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3405 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3407 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3408 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3416 Usability, bells and whistles
3417 -----------------------------
3418 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3419 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3421 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3423 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3427 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3428 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3430 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3432 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3436 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3437 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3438 and debian/ files will be needed.
3440 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3444 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3445 so there's no need for this option these days.
3453 Usability, bells and whistles
3454 -----------------------------
3455 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3457 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3459 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3461 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3462 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3463 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3465 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3466 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3470 * Display commits with no file changes.
3471 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3473 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3474 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3478 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3479 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3481 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3482 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3483 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3484 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3493 Usability, bells and whistles
3494 -----------------------------
3495 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3496 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3498 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3499 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3501 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3503 * General usability improvements
3505 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3509 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3510 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3512 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3513 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3515 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3516 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3518 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3526 Usability, bells and whistles
3527 -----------------------------
3528 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3529 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3531 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3532 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3533 a progress dialog is used.
3537 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3538 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3539 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3541 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3549 Usability, bells and whistles
3550 -----------------------------
3551 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3552 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3553 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3554 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3558 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3559 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3560 patience and helpful bug reports.
3562 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3570 Usability, bells and whistles
3571 -----------------------------
3572 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3573 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3575 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3576 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3580 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3581 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3583 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3585 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3586 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3594 Usability, bells and whistles
3595 -----------------------------
3596 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3597 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3599 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3600 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3602 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3603 of whether inotify is installed.
3607 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3608 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3609 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3611 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3612 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3616 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3617 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3618 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3619 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3621 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3623 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3625 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3627 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3635 Usability, bells and whistles
3636 -----------------------------
3637 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3638 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3639 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3644 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3646 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3647 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3648 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3650 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3651 shows the correct number of context lines.
3653 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3657 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3658 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3659 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3660 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3662 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3663 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3665 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3673 Usability, bells and whistles
3674 -----------------------------
3675 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3676 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3678 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3682 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3683 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3684 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3686 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3687 items could not be de-selected.
3691 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3692 site-packages directory.
3700 Usability, bells and whistles
3701 -----------------------------
3702 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3703 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3704 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3706 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3710 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3718 Usability, bells and whistles
3719 -----------------------------
3720 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3721 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3723 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3725 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3727 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3728 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3732 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3734 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3742 Usability, bells and whistles
3743 -----------------------------
3744 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3748 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3749 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3750 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3752 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3753 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3761 Usability, bells and whistles
3762 -----------------------------
3763 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3764 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3766 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3770 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3771 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3775 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3783 Usability, bells and whistles
3784 -----------------------------
3785 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3786 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3787 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3788 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3790 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3791 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3792 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3794 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3795 repository status checks.
3797 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3799 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3800 and vertical layout when resized.
3802 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3803 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3805 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3806 to launch `git cola`.
3807 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3809 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3810 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3813 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3814 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3815 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3816 that cannot be easily killed.
3818 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3819 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3820 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3822 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3823 over the commit message editor.
3824 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3826 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3827 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3831 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3833 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3834 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3835 branch will be merged.
3837 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3838 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3840 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3841 by the `git config` parser.
3843 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3844 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3848 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3849 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3851 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3852 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3854 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3855 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3856 layout in use by several projects.
3858 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3859 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3860 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3862 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3863 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3864 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3865 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3873 Usability, bells and whistles
3874 -----------------------------
3875 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3876 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3877 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3879 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3882 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3884 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3885 external git resources.
3887 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3888 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3889 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3890 building and improving upon it.
3894 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3895 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3897 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3898 ``git cola version`` is run.
3900 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3902 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3903 the name of the current branch.
3907 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3908 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3909 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3910 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3911 be specified every time on the command-line.
3913 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3914 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3915 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3916 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3917 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3920 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3922 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3923 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3924 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3925 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3933 Usability, bells and whistles
3934 -----------------------------
3935 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3936 `git diff --patience`.
3938 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3942 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3946 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3948 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3956 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3957 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3958 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3960 Usability, bells and whistles
3961 -----------------------------
3962 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3963 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3965 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3966 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3967 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3969 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3970 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3972 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3977 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3981 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3983 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3985 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3997 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3999 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
4001 * Update the status tree when amending commits
4011 * Fix Lintian warnings
4021 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
4031 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
4032 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
4034 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
4035 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
4045 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
4047 * Fix staging untracked files
4048 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
4050 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
4051 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
4053 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
4054 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
4062 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
4063 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
4064 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
4065 various cola widgets.
4067 Usability, bells and whistles
4068 -----------------------------
4069 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
4071 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
4073 * Add an interface for creating tags
4075 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
4076 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
4078 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
4079 warns when lines get too long
4081 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
4083 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
4085 * Provide more information in log messages
4089 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
4091 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
4095 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
4097 * Simpler model/view architecture
4099 * Selection is now shared across tools
4101 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
4103 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
4105 * Less coupling between model and view actions
4107 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
4109 * Added more documentation and tests
4117 Usability, bells and whistles
4118 -----------------------------
4119 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
4121 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
4123 * Handle renamed files
4127 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
4129 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
4133 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
4135 * Added developer API documentation
4139 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
4141 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
4143 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
4145 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
4153 Usability, bells and whistles
4154 -----------------------------
4155 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
4157 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
4159 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
4160 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
4162 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
4163 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
4164 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
4165 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
4167 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
4169 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
4171 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
4172 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
4174 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
4178 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
4180 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
4190 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
4192 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
4193 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
4195 Usability, bells and whistles
4196 -----------------------------
4197 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
4199 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
4203 * Support Unicode font names
4205 * Handle interrupted system calls
4209 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
4215 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
4216 Closed Debian bug #519972
4218 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
4228 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
4230 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
4232 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
4234 Usability, bells and whistles
4235 -----------------------------
4236 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
4238 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
4240 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
4242 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
4244 * Removed the search field from the log widget
4246 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
4248 * Log window display can be configured with
4249 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
4251 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
4255 * Improved nose unittest usage
4259 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
4261 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
4262 for ease of installation and development