9 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
10 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
11 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
12 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
14 * The default `#!/usr/bin/env python` lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
15 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
16 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
18 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
19 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
20 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
21 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
22 and ``pip install`` to install Git Cola.
23 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
25 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
26 using setuptools entry points.
28 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts continue to be provided for convenience but they are not
29 the scripts that get installed.
31 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
33 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
35 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
37 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
39 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
40 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
43 Usability, bells and whistles
44 -----------------------------
46 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
47 the main window is closed.
48 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
53 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
54 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
56 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
57 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
59 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
60 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
62 * Documentation typofixes.
63 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
65 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
66 This made its notification system more robust.
67 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
68 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
69 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
70 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
75 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
76 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
84 Usability, bells and whistles
85 -----------------------------
86 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
87 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
88 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
89 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
90 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
92 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
93 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
94 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
96 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
98 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
100 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
101 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
105 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
107 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
108 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
110 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
111 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
113 * Documentation typofixes.
114 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
118 * Updated Polish translation.
119 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
123 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
124 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
132 Usability, bells and whistles
133 -----------------------------
134 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
135 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
136 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
137 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
139 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
140 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
141 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
142 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
143 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
145 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
147 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
148 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
150 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
151 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
152 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
156 * The `FIPS security mode
157 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
158 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
159 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
160 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
164 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
165 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
167 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
168 when different languages are used.
169 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
170 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
171 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
173 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
174 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
178 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
179 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
189 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
196 Usability, bells and whistles
197 -----------------------------
198 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
199 for including config files.
200 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
201 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
203 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
204 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
206 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
207 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
208 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
210 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
211 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
212 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
214 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
215 files, both modified and untracked.
217 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
218 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
219 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
220 header items are selected).
221 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
225 * Updated Hungarian translation.
226 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
230 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
232 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
233 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
235 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
236 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
240 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
241 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
249 Usability, bells and whistles
250 -----------------------------
251 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
252 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
253 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
255 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
256 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
257 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
259 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
260 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
262 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
263 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
264 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
268 * Updated Polish translation.
269 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
271 * Updated Japanese translation.
272 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
274 * Updated Brazilian translation.
275 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
279 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
280 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
288 Usability, bells and whistles
289 -----------------------------
290 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
291 Submodules are now updated recursively.
292 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
294 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
295 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
296 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
297 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
298 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
300 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
301 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
302 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
306 * Updated Polish translation.
307 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
309 * Updated Hungarian translation.
310 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
314 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
315 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
316 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
317 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
319 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
320 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
321 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
322 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
323 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
324 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
326 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
327 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
328 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
329 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
330 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
332 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
333 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
334 and has now been removed.
335 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
339 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
340 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
348 Usability, bells and whistles
349 -----------------------------
350 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
351 the changes displayed in the diff view.
352 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
354 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
355 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
356 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
357 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
358 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
360 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
361 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
362 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
363 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
365 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
366 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
367 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
368 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
369 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
370 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
371 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
372 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
373 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
377 * Updated Polish translation.
378 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
382 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
383 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
385 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
386 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
387 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
389 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
390 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
392 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
393 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
394 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
396 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
397 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
398 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
399 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
400 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
408 Usability, bells and whistles
409 -----------------------------
410 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
411 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
412 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
414 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
415 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
416 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
417 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
419 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
420 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
421 as when the app first launched.
422 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
423 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
425 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
426 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
427 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
428 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
430 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
431 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
433 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
434 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
435 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
437 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
438 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
440 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
441 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
445 * Updated Hungarian translation.
446 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
447 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
449 * Updated Turkish translation.
450 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
451 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
455 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
456 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
458 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
459 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
461 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
463 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
465 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
466 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
470 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
471 updated during installation.
472 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
476 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
477 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
485 Usability, bells and whistles
486 -----------------------------
487 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
488 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
489 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
491 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
492 over a stashed change.
493 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
495 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
496 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
497 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
498 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
499 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
500 configured their environment explicitly.
501 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
503 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
504 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
505 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
506 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
508 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
509 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
510 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
514 * Updated Japanese translation.
515 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
516 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
518 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
519 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
523 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
524 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
525 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
527 * Better unicode robustness.
528 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
529 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
531 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
532 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
533 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
535 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
536 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
538 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
539 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
541 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
542 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
543 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
547 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
555 Usability, bells and whistles
556 -----------------------------
557 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
558 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
560 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
561 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
562 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
564 * Updated German translation.
565 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
567 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
568 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
569 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
571 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
572 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
574 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
575 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
576 in the preferences window. See the
577 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
578 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
580 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
581 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
582 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
584 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
585 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
586 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
590 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
591 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
592 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
593 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
595 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
596 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
597 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
598 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
599 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
600 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
602 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
603 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
604 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
605 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
609 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
610 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
611 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
619 Usability, bells and whistles
620 -----------------------------
621 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
622 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
624 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
625 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
627 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
628 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
629 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
631 * Updated Japanese translation.
632 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
634 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
635 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
637 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
638 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
640 * The status widget can now update submodules.
641 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
643 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
644 to display the contents of the selected patch.
646 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
647 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
648 that will be committed.
649 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
651 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
653 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
655 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
656 per-repository, rather than globally only.
658 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
659 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
660 with other applications and user expectations.
661 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
663 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
664 the Sublime text editor.
665 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
669 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
670 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
672 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
673 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
675 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
676 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
678 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
679 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
680 display stays within a sensible size.
681 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
683 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
684 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
685 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
689 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
690 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
691 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
693 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
694 the module and test directories. This catches things like
695 the pynsist installer scripts.
696 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
697 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
698 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
702 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
704 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
705 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
713 Usability, bells and whistles
714 -----------------------------
715 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
716 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
718 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
719 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
721 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
722 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
723 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
724 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
725 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
726 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
728 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
729 cancelling an interactive rebase.
730 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
732 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
733 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
734 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
736 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
737 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
741 * Updated Brazilian translation.
742 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
744 * Updated Czech translation.
745 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
746 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
747 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
748 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
750 * Update Spanish translation.
751 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
752 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
756 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
757 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
758 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
760 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
761 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
763 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
765 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
766 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
770 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
771 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
772 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
773 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
775 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
777 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
779 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
780 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
782 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
783 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
785 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
786 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
787 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
789 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
790 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
791 previously uninstalled.
792 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
794 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
795 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
796 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
798 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
799 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
801 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
806 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
807 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
809 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
810 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
811 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
813 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
814 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
815 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
817 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
818 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
820 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
821 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
823 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
825 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
826 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
827 could be broken when running in that environment.
828 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
830 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
831 avoids localized output in the log window.
832 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
836 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
837 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
839 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
840 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
848 Usability, bells and whistles
849 -----------------------------
850 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
851 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
853 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
854 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
855 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
856 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
858 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
860 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
861 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
862 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
864 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
865 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
866 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
868 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
869 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
870 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
872 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
873 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
874 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
876 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
877 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
879 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
880 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
882 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
883 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
884 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
885 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
886 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
887 burdening common use cases.
888 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
889 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
891 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
892 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
893 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
894 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
895 "Unmerged" header by design.
896 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
898 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
899 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
900 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
901 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
903 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
904 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
906 * Updated Turkish translation.
907 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
909 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
910 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
912 * Updated German translation.
913 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
915 * Updated Czech translation
916 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
917 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
919 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
921 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
923 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
925 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
926 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
928 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
930 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
934 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
936 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
938 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
940 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
941 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
942 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
946 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
947 They were previously going to the shell.
948 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
950 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
951 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
953 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
954 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
956 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
957 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
959 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
960 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
961 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
962 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
963 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
965 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
966 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
967 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
968 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
969 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
970 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
971 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
973 * Spelling and typofixes.
974 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
976 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
978 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
980 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
981 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
982 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
984 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
986 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
994 Usability, bells and whistles
995 -----------------------------
996 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
997 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
999 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1000 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1002 * New Czech translation.
1003 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1004 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1005 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1006 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1008 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1009 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1011 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1012 menu item to add a toolbar.
1014 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1015 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1016 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1018 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1019 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1020 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1022 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1023 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1024 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1026 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1027 names match the string entered into its text field.
1028 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1030 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1031 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1032 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1033 rather than when pressed.
1034 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1036 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1037 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1038 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1039 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1040 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1041 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1043 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1044 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1046 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1047 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1049 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1050 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1051 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1052 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1054 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1055 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1057 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1058 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1060 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1061 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1063 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1064 actions when no file is selected.
1065 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1067 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1068 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1069 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1073 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1074 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1076 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1077 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1078 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1079 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1080 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1081 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1082 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1084 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1085 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1086 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1087 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1089 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1090 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1092 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1093 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1094 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1096 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1097 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1098 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1100 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1101 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1103 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1105 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1107 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1108 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1109 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1111 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1112 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1114 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1115 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1116 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1118 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1120 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1122 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1123 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1124 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1132 Usability, bells and whistles
1133 -----------------------------
1134 * New Ukrainian translation.
1135 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1136 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1138 * New and improved French translations.
1140 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1141 and pull branches from a single interface.
1143 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1144 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1145 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1146 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1147 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1149 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1151 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1153 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1155 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1156 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1157 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1158 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1159 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1160 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1161 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1162 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1164 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1165 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1167 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1168 below the grep results.
1170 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1172 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1174 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1175 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1177 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1178 to the commit message editor's options.
1179 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1181 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1182 much larger repositories.
1183 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1185 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1186 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1187 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1188 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1189 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1191 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1192 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1194 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1195 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1196 a newline-separated list of words.
1197 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1199 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1202 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1205 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1206 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1207 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1211 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1212 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1213 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1214 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1215 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1216 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1218 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1221 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1222 twice on the radio buttons.
1223 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1225 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1226 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1227 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1229 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1230 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1231 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1232 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1234 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1235 are modified. This has been fixed.
1236 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1238 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1239 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1240 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1241 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1249 Usability, bells and whistles
1250 -----------------------------
1251 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1252 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1253 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1254 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1255 configuration variable.
1256 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1258 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1259 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1260 also added for launching an editor.
1262 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1266 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1267 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1269 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1270 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1271 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1273 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1274 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1276 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1278 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1282 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1283 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1284 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1285 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1286 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1296 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1297 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1305 Usability, bells and whistles
1306 -----------------------------
1307 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1308 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1310 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1311 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1312 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1313 active longer than intended.
1314 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1316 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1317 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1318 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1320 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1321 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1322 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1324 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1325 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1326 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1327 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1329 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1330 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1332 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1333 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1334 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1336 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1338 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1339 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1341 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1342 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1344 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1345 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1346 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1348 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1349 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1351 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1352 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1353 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1354 file browser will typically be used.
1356 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1360 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1361 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1363 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1364 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1366 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1367 when updates are made to ignored files.
1368 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1369 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1371 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1372 exception when using PyQt5.
1373 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1375 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1376 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1378 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1379 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1381 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1382 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1384 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1385 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1386 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1388 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1389 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1391 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1392 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1393 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1397 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1398 development on Windows.
1399 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1407 Usability, bells and whistles
1408 -----------------------------
1409 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1410 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1414 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1415 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1416 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1418 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1419 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1430 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1431 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1432 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1433 now operate correctly within this environment.
1434 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1436 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1437 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1442 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1443 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1444 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1449 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1450 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1451 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1452 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1454 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1456 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1457 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1458 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1459 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1461 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1463 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1464 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1466 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1467 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1468 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1469 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1470 vendored libraries from being installed.
1478 Usability, bells and whistles
1479 -----------------------------
1481 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1482 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1484 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1486 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1488 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1493 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1494 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1495 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1497 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1498 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1499 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1500 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1502 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1503 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1504 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1506 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1507 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1509 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1514 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1515 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1516 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1517 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1518 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1526 Usability, bells and whistles
1527 -----------------------------
1529 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1530 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1531 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1533 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1534 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1536 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1537 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1539 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1540 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1541 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1542 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1543 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1544 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1546 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1547 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1548 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1549 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1550 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1552 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1553 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1555 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1556 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1557 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1559 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1560 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1562 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1563 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1568 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1569 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1570 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1571 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1572 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1574 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1575 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1576 generated by python itself.
1577 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1579 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1580 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1582 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1583 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1584 in the final commit message.
1585 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1593 Usability, bells and whistles
1594 -----------------------------
1596 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1597 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1598 environment variable.
1600 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1601 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1602 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1603 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1605 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1606 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1607 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1609 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1611 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1612 and remembers its window size and placement.
1614 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1615 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1616 removed files are found when refreshing.
1618 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1619 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1620 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1621 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1622 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1624 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1625 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1626 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1627 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1628 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1629 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1631 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1634 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1635 background for the header items.
1636 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1638 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1639 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1640 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1645 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1646 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1647 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1648 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1649 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1651 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1652 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1654 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1655 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1656 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1658 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1659 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1661 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1662 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1664 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1665 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1667 * Miscellaneous fixes
1668 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1673 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1674 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1675 where network access is prevented.
1677 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1685 Usability, bells and whistles
1686 -----------------------------
1688 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1689 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1691 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1692 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1694 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1695 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1697 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1698 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1699 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1701 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1702 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1703 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1705 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1706 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1707 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1709 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1710 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1712 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1714 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1715 diff hunks and selected lines.
1717 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1718 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1719 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1720 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1721 is configured to its non-default value.
1722 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1727 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1728 and false positives.
1729 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1731 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1732 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1734 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1735 in the commit message editor.
1736 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1738 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1739 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1749 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1757 Usability, bells and whistles
1758 -----------------------------
1759 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1761 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1762 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1763 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1764 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1765 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1767 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1768 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1770 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1772 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1773 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1777 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1778 user-configured diff tools.
1780 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1781 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1782 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1783 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1785 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1786 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1787 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1788 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1789 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1790 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1791 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1793 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1795 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1796 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1797 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1799 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1800 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1801 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1803 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1804 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1805 editor is used during the rebase.
1806 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1810 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1811 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1818 Usability, bells and whistles
1819 -----------------------------
1820 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1822 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1823 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1825 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1826 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1827 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1828 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1830 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1832 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1834 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1837 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1838 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1839 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1842 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1846 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1847 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1848 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1855 Usability, bells and whistles
1856 -----------------------------
1857 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1858 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1860 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1862 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1863 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1864 arrows to select and stage lines.
1866 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1867 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1869 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1873 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1874 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1881 Usability, bells and whistles
1882 -----------------------------
1883 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1884 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1886 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1887 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1889 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1890 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1892 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1893 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1897 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1898 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1900 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1901 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1903 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1904 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1911 Usability, bells and whistles
1912 -----------------------------
1913 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1914 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1915 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1917 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1918 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1920 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1921 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1922 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1924 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1925 for more details about the supported values.
1927 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1928 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1929 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1931 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1932 history using the selected paths.
1936 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1937 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1939 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1940 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1943 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1944 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1946 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1947 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1951 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1952 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1953 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1955 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1956 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1963 Usability, bells and whistles
1964 -----------------------------
1965 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1967 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1968 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1972 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1973 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1974 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1976 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1977 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1981 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1988 Usability, bells and whistles
1989 -----------------------------
1990 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
1992 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1993 external applications.
1994 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
1996 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1997 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
1999 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2001 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2003 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2005 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2006 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2008 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2009 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2010 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2011 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2013 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2014 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2015 module is installed.
2016 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2018 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2019 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2021 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2022 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2026 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2027 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2034 Usability, bells and whistles
2035 -----------------------------
2036 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2038 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2040 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2042 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2045 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2047 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2051 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2052 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2053 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2055 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2056 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2058 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2060 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2061 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2062 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2064 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2065 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2072 Usability, bells and whistles
2073 -----------------------------
2074 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2075 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2076 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2078 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2079 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2080 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2081 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2082 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2083 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2084 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2085 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2087 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2088 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2090 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2091 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2093 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2094 to allow for better localization.
2095 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2097 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2099 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2101 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2102 environment variable was improved.
2103 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2105 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2106 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2107 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2109 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2110 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2114 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2115 artifacts on several configurations.
2117 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2118 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2119 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2121 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2122 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2124 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2125 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2126 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2127 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2128 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2129 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2130 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2131 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2132 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2134 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2135 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2137 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2138 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2140 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2141 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2143 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2144 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2146 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2147 can be freely resized on Linux.
2148 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2150 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2151 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2158 Usability, bells and whistles
2159 -----------------------------
2160 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2161 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2163 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2164 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2168 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2169 not available in Python3.
2170 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2172 * Python3-related fixes.
2173 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2175 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2176 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2177 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2178 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2180 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2181 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2182 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2184 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2185 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2186 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2188 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2189 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2190 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2197 Usability, bells and whistles
2198 -----------------------------
2199 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2200 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2202 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2203 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2204 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2206 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2207 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2211 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2212 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2213 html documentation and man pages.
2217 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2220 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2221 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2223 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2224 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2228 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2229 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2236 Usability, bells and whistles
2237 -----------------------------
2238 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2240 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2244 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2245 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2247 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2248 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2250 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2251 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2253 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2254 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2263 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2264 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2266 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2267 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2271 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2272 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2274 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2275 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2277 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2278 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2285 Usability, bells and whistles
2286 -----------------------------
2287 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2289 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2290 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2291 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2293 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2297 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2299 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2300 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2302 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2309 Usability, bells and whistles
2310 -----------------------------
2311 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2312 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2314 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2315 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2316 `extended description` field.
2317 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2321 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2322 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2324 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2325 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2326 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2335 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2336 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2340 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2341 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2344 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2346 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2355 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2359 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2362 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2369 Usability, bells and whistles
2370 -----------------------------
2371 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2372 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2373 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2374 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2375 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2376 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2378 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2380 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2382 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2384 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2385 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2386 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2388 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2389 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2394 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2395 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2396 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2400 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2407 Usability, bells and whistles
2408 -----------------------------
2409 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2410 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2411 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2413 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2414 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2415 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2416 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2420 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2421 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2423 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2430 Usability, bells and whistles
2431 -----------------------------
2432 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2434 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2436 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2437 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2438 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2440 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2441 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2443 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2445 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2446 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2447 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2448 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2449 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2450 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2452 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2453 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2454 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2455 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2456 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2457 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2459 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2460 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2464 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2465 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2468 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2469 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2470 path, just like Git itself.
2472 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2474 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2475 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2482 Usability, bells and whistles
2483 -----------------------------
2484 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2485 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2486 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2487 surrounding function as context.
2488 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2490 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2491 when `git cola` is restarted.
2492 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2494 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2495 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2496 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2498 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2499 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2501 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2505 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2506 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2508 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2509 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2511 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2512 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2513 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2515 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2518 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2519 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2521 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2529 Usability, bells and whistles
2530 -----------------------------
2531 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2532 "Select Repository" dialog.
2533 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2535 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2539 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2540 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2541 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2542 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2543 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2544 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2546 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2547 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2549 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2550 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2554 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2556 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2557 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2558 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2559 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2560 when they point to valid git repositories.
2562 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2563 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2564 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2572 Usability, bells and whistles
2573 -----------------------------
2574 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2576 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2578 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2579 when in the diff panel.
2581 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2582 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2583 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2584 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2585 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2587 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2589 * Less blocking in the main UI
2593 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2594 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2596 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2597 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2598 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2606 Usability, bells and whistles
2607 -----------------------------
2608 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2609 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2610 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2611 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2612 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2614 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2616 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2617 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2618 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2619 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2621 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2622 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2623 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2625 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2626 using the `Status` tool.
2627 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2628 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2629 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2631 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2632 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2634 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2635 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2637 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2638 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2639 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2640 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2641 to the affirmative option instead.
2645 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2646 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2647 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2648 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2649 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2650 the start of a file.
2658 Usability, bells and whistles
2659 -----------------------------
2660 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2661 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2662 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2663 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2664 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2665 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2666 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2667 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2671 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2672 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2673 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2674 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2675 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2683 Usability, bells and whistles
2684 -----------------------------
2685 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2686 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2687 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2688 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2690 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2692 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2694 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2696 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2698 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2700 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2701 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2709 Usability, bells and whistles
2710 -----------------------------
2711 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2713 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2714 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2716 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2719 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2720 background thread to do so.
2722 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2724 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2725 between invocations.
2735 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2737 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2745 Usability, bells and whistles
2746 -----------------------------
2747 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2748 limit history to the current branch.
2750 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2753 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2754 much faster rendering.
2756 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2758 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2766 Usability, bells and whistles
2767 -----------------------------
2768 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2776 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2778 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2780 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2782 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2785 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2787 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2788 text field contains paths.
2790 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2794 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2795 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2797 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2798 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2802 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2810 Usability, bells and whistles
2811 -----------------------------
2812 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2823 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2825 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2827 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2829 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2831 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2833 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2835 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2836 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2838 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2840 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2841 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2843 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2844 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2846 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2850 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2851 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2852 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2856 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2858 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2859 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2863 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2864 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2865 is a simpler alternative.
2875 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2876 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2878 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2882 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2883 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2884 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2885 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2887 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2888 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2896 Usability, bells and whistles
2897 -----------------------------
2898 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2899 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2901 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2903 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2907 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2908 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2910 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2912 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2916 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2917 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2918 and debian/ files will be needed.
2920 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2924 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2925 so there's no need for this option these days.
2933 Usability, bells and whistles
2934 -----------------------------
2935 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2937 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2939 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2941 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2942 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2943 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2945 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2946 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2950 * Display commits with no file changes.
2951 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2953 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2954 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2958 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2959 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2961 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2962 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2963 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2964 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2973 Usability, bells and whistles
2974 -----------------------------
2975 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2976 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2978 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2979 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2981 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2983 * General usability improvements
2985 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2989 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2990 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2992 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2993 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
2995 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2996 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
2998 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3006 Usability, bells and whistles
3007 -----------------------------
3008 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3009 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3011 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3012 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3013 a progress dialog is used.
3017 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3018 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3019 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3021 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3029 Usability, bells and whistles
3030 -----------------------------
3031 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3032 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3033 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3034 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3038 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3039 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3040 patience and helpful bug reports.
3042 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3050 Usability, bells and whistles
3051 -----------------------------
3052 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3053 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3055 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3056 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3060 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3061 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3063 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3065 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3066 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3074 Usability, bells and whistles
3075 -----------------------------
3076 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3077 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3079 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3080 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3082 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3083 of whether inotify is installed.
3087 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3088 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3089 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3091 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3092 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3096 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3097 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3098 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3099 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3101 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3103 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3105 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3107 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3115 Usability, bells and whistles
3116 -----------------------------
3117 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3118 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3119 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3124 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3126 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3127 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3128 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3130 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3131 shows the correct number of context lines.
3133 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3137 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3138 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3139 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3140 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3142 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3143 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3145 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3153 Usability, bells and whistles
3154 -----------------------------
3155 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3156 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3158 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3162 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3163 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3164 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3166 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3167 items could not be de-selected.
3171 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3172 site-packages directory.
3180 Usability, bells and whistles
3181 -----------------------------
3182 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3183 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3184 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3186 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3190 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3198 Usability, bells and whistles
3199 -----------------------------
3200 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3201 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3203 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3205 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3207 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3208 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3212 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3214 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3222 Usability, bells and whistles
3223 -----------------------------
3224 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3228 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3229 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3230 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3232 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3233 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3241 Usability, bells and whistles
3242 -----------------------------
3243 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3244 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3246 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3250 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3251 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3255 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3263 Usability, bells and whistles
3264 -----------------------------
3265 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3266 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3267 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3268 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3270 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3271 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3272 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3274 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3275 repository status checks.
3277 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3279 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3280 and vertical layout when resized.
3282 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3283 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3285 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3286 to launch `git cola`.
3287 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3289 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3290 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3293 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3294 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3295 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3296 that cannot be easily killed.
3298 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3299 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3300 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3302 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3303 over the commit message editor.
3304 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3306 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3307 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3311 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3313 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3314 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3315 branch will be merged.
3317 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3318 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3320 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3321 by the `git config` parser.
3323 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3324 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3328 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3329 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3331 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3332 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3334 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3335 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3336 layout in use by several projects.
3338 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3339 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3340 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3342 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3343 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3344 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3345 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3353 Usability, bells and whistles
3354 -----------------------------
3355 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3356 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3357 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3359 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3362 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3364 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3365 external git resources.
3367 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3368 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3369 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3370 building and improving upon it.
3374 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3375 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3377 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3378 ``git cola version`` is run.
3380 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3382 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3383 the name of the current branch.
3387 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3388 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3389 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3390 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3391 be specified every time on the command-line.
3393 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3394 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3395 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3396 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3397 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3400 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3402 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3403 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3404 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3405 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3413 Usability, bells and whistles
3414 -----------------------------
3415 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3416 `git diff --patience`.
3418 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3422 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3426 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3428 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3436 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3437 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3438 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3440 Usability, bells and whistles
3441 -----------------------------
3442 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3443 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3445 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3446 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3447 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3449 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3450 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3452 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3457 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3461 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3463 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3465 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3477 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3479 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3481 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3491 * Fix Lintian warnings
3501 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3511 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3512 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3514 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3515 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3525 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3527 * Fix staging untracked files
3528 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3530 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3531 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3533 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3534 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3542 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3543 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3544 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3545 various cola widgets.
3547 Usability, bells and whistles
3548 -----------------------------
3549 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3551 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3553 * Add an interface for creating tags
3555 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3556 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3558 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3559 warns when lines get too long
3561 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3563 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3565 * Provide more information in log messages
3569 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3571 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3575 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3577 * Simpler model/view architecture
3579 * Selection is now shared across tools
3581 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3583 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3585 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3587 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3589 * Added more documentation and tests
3597 Usability, bells and whistles
3598 -----------------------------
3599 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3601 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3603 * Handle renamed files
3607 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3609 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3613 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3615 * Added developer API documentation
3619 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3621 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3623 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3625 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3633 Usability, bells and whistles
3634 -----------------------------
3635 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3637 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3639 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3640 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3642 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3643 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3644 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3645 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3647 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3649 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3651 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3652 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3654 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3658 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3660 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3670 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3672 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3673 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3675 Usability, bells and whistles
3676 -----------------------------
3677 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3679 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3683 * Support Unicode font names
3685 * Handle interrupted system calls
3689 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3695 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3696 Closed Debian bug #519972
3698 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3708 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3710 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3712 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3714 Usability, bells and whistles
3715 -----------------------------
3716 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3718 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3720 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3722 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3724 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3726 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3728 * Log window display can be configured with
3729 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3731 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3735 * Improved nose unittest usage
3739 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3741 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3742 for ease of installation and development