6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
9 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
10 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
11 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
13 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
14 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
15 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
16 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
17 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
19 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
21 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
22 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
24 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
25 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
26 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
30 * The `FIPS security mode
31 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
32 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
33 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
34 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
38 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
39 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
41 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
42 when different languages are used.
43 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
44 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
45 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
47 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
48 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
52 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
53 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
62 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
69 Usability, bells and whistles
70 -----------------------------
71 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
72 for including config files.
73 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
74 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
76 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
77 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
79 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
80 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
81 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
83 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
84 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
85 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
87 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
88 files, both modified and untracked.
90 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
91 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
92 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
93 header items are selected).
94 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
98 * Updated Hungarian translation.
99 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
103 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
105 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
106 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
108 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
109 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
113 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
114 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
121 Usability, bells and whistles
122 -----------------------------
123 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
124 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
125 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
127 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
128 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
129 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
131 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
132 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
134 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
135 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
136 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
140 * Updated Polish translation.
141 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
143 * Updated Japanese translation.
144 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
146 * Updated Brazilian translation.
147 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
151 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
152 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
159 Usability, bells and whistles
160 -----------------------------
161 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
162 Submodules are now updated recursively.
163 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
165 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
166 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
167 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
168 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
169 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
171 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
172 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
173 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
177 * Updated Polish translation.
178 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
180 * Updated Hungarian translation.
181 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
185 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
186 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
187 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
188 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
190 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
191 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
192 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
193 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
194 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
195 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
197 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
198 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
199 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
200 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
201 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
203 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
204 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
205 and has now been removed.
206 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
210 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
211 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
218 Usability, bells and whistles
219 -----------------------------
220 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
221 the changes displayed in the diff view.
222 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
224 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
225 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
226 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
227 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
228 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
230 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
231 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
232 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
233 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
235 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
236 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
237 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
238 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
239 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
240 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
241 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
242 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
243 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
247 * Updated Polish translation.
248 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
252 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
253 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
255 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
256 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
257 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
259 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
260 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
262 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
263 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
264 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
266 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
267 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
268 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
269 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
270 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
277 Usability, bells and whistles
278 -----------------------------
279 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
280 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
281 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
283 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
284 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
285 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
286 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
288 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
289 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
290 as when the app first launched.
291 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
292 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
294 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
295 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
296 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
297 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
299 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
300 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
302 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
303 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
304 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
306 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
307 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
309 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
310 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
314 * Updated Hungarian translation.
315 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
316 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
318 * Updated Turkish translation.
319 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
320 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
324 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
325 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
327 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
328 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
330 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
332 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
334 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
335 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
339 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
340 updated during installation.
341 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
345 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
346 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
353 Usability, bells and whistles
354 -----------------------------
355 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
356 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
357 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
359 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
360 over a stashed change.
361 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
363 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
364 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
365 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
366 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
367 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
368 configured their environment explicitly.
369 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
371 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
372 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
373 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
374 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
376 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
377 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
378 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
382 * Updated Japanese translation.
383 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
384 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
386 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
387 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
391 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
392 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
393 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
395 * Better unicode robustness.
396 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
397 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
399 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
400 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
401 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
403 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
404 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
406 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
407 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
409 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
410 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
411 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
415 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
422 Usability, bells and whistles
423 -----------------------------
424 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
425 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
427 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
428 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
429 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
431 * Updated German translation.
432 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
434 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
435 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
436 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
438 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
439 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
441 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
442 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
443 in the preferences window. See the
444 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
445 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
447 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
448 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
449 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
451 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
452 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
453 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
457 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
458 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
459 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
460 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
462 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
463 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
464 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
465 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
466 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
467 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
469 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
470 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
471 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
472 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
476 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
477 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
478 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
485 Usability, bells and whistles
486 -----------------------------
487 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
488 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
490 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
491 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
493 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
494 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
495 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
497 * Updated Japanese translation.
498 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
500 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
501 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
503 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
504 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
506 * The status widget can now update submodules.
507 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
509 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
510 to display the contents of the selected patch.
512 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
513 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
514 that will be committed.
515 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
517 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
519 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
521 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
522 per-repository, rather than globally only.
524 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
525 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
526 with other applications and user expectations.
527 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
529 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
530 the Sublime text editor.
531 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
535 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
536 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
538 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
539 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
541 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
542 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
544 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
545 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
546 display stays within a sensible size.
547 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
549 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
550 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
551 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
555 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
556 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
557 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
559 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
560 the module and test directories. This catches things like
561 the pynsist installer scripts.
562 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
563 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
564 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
568 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
570 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
571 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
578 Usability, bells and whistles
579 -----------------------------
580 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
581 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
583 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
584 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
586 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
587 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
588 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
589 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
590 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
591 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
593 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
594 cancelling an interactive rebase.
595 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
597 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
598 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
599 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
601 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
602 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
606 * Updated Brazilian translation.
607 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
609 * Updated Czech translation.
610 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
611 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
612 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
613 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
615 * Update Spanish translation.
616 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
617 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
621 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
622 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
623 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
625 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
626 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
628 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
630 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
631 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
635 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
636 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
637 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
638 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
640 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
642 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
644 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
645 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
647 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
648 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
650 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
651 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
652 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
654 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
655 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
656 previously uninstalled.
657 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
659 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
660 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
661 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
663 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
664 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
666 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
671 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
672 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
674 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
675 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
676 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
678 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
679 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
680 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
682 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
683 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
685 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
686 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
688 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
690 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
691 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
692 could be broken when running in that environment.
693 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
695 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
696 avoids localized output in the log window.
697 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
701 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
702 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
704 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
705 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
712 Usability, bells and whistles
713 -----------------------------
714 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
715 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
717 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
718 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
719 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
720 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
722 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
724 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
725 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
726 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
728 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
729 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
730 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
732 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
733 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
734 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
736 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
737 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
738 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
740 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
741 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
743 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
744 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
746 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
747 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
748 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
749 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
750 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
751 burdening common use cases.
752 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
753 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
755 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
756 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
757 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
758 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
759 "Unmerged" header by design.
760 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
762 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
763 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
764 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
765 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
767 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
768 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
770 * Updated Turkish translation.
771 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
773 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
774 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
776 * Updated German translation.
777 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
779 * Updated Czech translation
780 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
781 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
783 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
785 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
787 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
789 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
790 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
792 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
794 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
798 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
800 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
802 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
804 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
805 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
806 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
810 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
811 They were previously going to the shell.
812 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
814 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
815 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
817 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
818 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
820 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
821 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
823 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
824 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
825 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
826 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
827 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
829 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
830 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
831 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
832 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
833 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
834 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
835 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
837 * Spelling and typofixes.
838 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
840 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
842 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
844 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
845 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
846 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
848 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
850 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
857 Usability, bells and whistles
858 -----------------------------
859 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
860 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
862 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
863 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
865 * New Czech translation.
866 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
867 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
868 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
869 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
871 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
872 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
874 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
875 menu item to add a toolbar.
877 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
878 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
879 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
881 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
882 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
883 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
885 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
886 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
887 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
889 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
890 names match the string entered into its text field.
891 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
893 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
894 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
895 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
896 rather than when pressed.
897 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
899 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
900 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
901 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
902 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
903 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
904 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
906 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
907 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
909 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
910 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
912 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
913 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
914 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
915 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
917 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
918 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
920 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
921 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
923 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
924 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
926 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
927 actions when no file is selected.
928 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
930 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
931 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
932 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
936 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
937 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
939 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
940 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
941 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
942 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
943 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
944 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
945 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
947 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
948 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
949 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
950 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
952 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
953 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
955 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
956 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
957 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
959 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
960 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
961 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
963 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
964 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
966 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
968 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
970 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
971 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
972 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
974 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
975 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
977 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
978 disambiguates between refs and paths.
979 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
981 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
983 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
985 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
986 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
987 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
994 Usability, bells and whistles
995 -----------------------------
996 * New Ukrainian translation.
997 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
998 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1000 * New and improved French translations.
1002 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1003 and pull branches from a single interface.
1005 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1006 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1007 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1008 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1009 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1011 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1013 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1015 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1017 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1018 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1019 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1020 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1021 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1022 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1023 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1024 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1026 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1027 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1029 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1030 below the grep results.
1032 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1034 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1036 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1037 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1039 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1040 to the commit message editor's options.
1041 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1043 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1044 much larger repositories.
1045 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1047 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1048 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1049 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1050 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1051 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1053 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1054 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1056 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1057 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1058 a newline-separated list of words.
1059 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1061 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1064 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1067 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1068 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1069 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1073 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1074 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1075 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1076 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1077 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1078 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1080 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1083 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1084 twice on the radio buttons.
1085 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1087 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1088 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1089 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1091 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1092 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1093 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1094 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1096 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1097 are modified. This has been fixed.
1098 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1100 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1101 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1102 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1103 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1110 Usability, bells and whistles
1111 -----------------------------
1112 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1113 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1114 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1115 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1116 configuration variable.
1117 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1119 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1120 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1121 also added for launching an editor.
1123 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1127 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1128 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1130 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1131 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1132 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1134 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1135 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1137 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1139 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1143 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1144 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1145 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1146 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1147 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1156 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1157 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1164 Usability, bells and whistles
1165 -----------------------------
1166 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1167 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1169 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1170 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1171 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1172 active longer than intended.
1173 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1175 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1176 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1177 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1179 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1180 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1181 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1183 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1184 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1185 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1186 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1188 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1189 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1191 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1192 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1193 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1195 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1197 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1198 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1200 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1201 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1203 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1204 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1205 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1207 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1208 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1210 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1211 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1212 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1213 file browser will typically be used.
1215 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1219 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1220 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1222 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1223 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1225 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1226 when updates are made to ignored files.
1227 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1228 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1230 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1231 exception when using PyQt5.
1232 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1234 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1235 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1237 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1238 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1240 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1241 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1243 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1244 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1245 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1247 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1248 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1250 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1251 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1252 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1256 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1257 development on Windows.
1258 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1265 Usability, bells and whistles
1266 -----------------------------
1267 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1268 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1272 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1273 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1274 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1276 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1277 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1287 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1288 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1289 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1290 now operate correctly within this environment.
1291 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1293 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1294 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1299 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1300 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1301 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1306 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1307 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1308 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1309 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1311 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1313 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1314 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1315 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1316 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1318 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1320 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1321 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1323 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1324 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1325 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1326 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1327 vendored libraries from being installed.
1334 Usability, bells and whistles
1335 -----------------------------
1337 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1338 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1340 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1342 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1344 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1349 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1350 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1351 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1353 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1354 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1355 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1356 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1358 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1359 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1360 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1362 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1363 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1365 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1370 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1371 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1372 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1373 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1374 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1381 Usability, bells and whistles
1382 -----------------------------
1384 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1385 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1386 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1388 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1389 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1391 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1392 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1394 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1395 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1396 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1397 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1398 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1399 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1401 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1402 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1403 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1404 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1405 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1407 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1408 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1410 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1411 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1412 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1414 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1415 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1417 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1418 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1423 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1424 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1425 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1426 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1427 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1429 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1430 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1431 generated by python itself.
1432 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1434 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1435 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1437 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1438 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1439 in the final commit message.
1440 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1447 Usability, bells and whistles
1448 -----------------------------
1450 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1451 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1452 environment variable.
1454 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1455 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1456 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1457 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1459 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1460 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1461 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1463 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1465 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1466 and remembers its window size and placement.
1468 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1469 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1470 removed files are found when refreshing.
1472 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1473 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1474 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1475 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1476 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1478 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1479 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1480 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1481 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1482 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1483 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1485 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1488 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1489 background for the header items.
1490 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1492 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1493 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1494 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1499 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1500 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1501 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1502 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1503 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1505 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1506 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1508 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1509 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1510 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1512 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1513 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1515 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1516 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1518 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1519 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1521 * Miscellaneous fixes
1522 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1527 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1528 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1529 where network access is prevented.
1531 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1538 Usability, bells and whistles
1539 -----------------------------
1541 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1542 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1544 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1545 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1547 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1548 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1550 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1551 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1552 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1554 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1555 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1556 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1558 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1559 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1560 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1562 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1563 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1565 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1567 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1568 diff hunks and selected lines.
1570 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1571 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1572 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1573 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1574 is configured to its non-default value.
1575 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1580 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1581 and false positives.
1582 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1584 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1585 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1587 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1588 in the commit message editor.
1589 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1591 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1592 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1601 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1608 Usability, bells and whistles
1609 -----------------------------
1610 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1612 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1613 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1614 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1615 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1616 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1618 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1619 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1621 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1623 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1624 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1628 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1629 user-configured diff tools.
1631 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1632 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1633 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1634 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1636 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1637 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1638 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1639 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1640 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1641 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1642 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1644 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1646 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1647 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1648 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1650 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1651 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1652 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1654 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1655 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1656 editor is used during the rebase.
1657 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1661 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1662 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1668 Usability, bells and whistles
1669 -----------------------------
1670 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1672 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1673 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1675 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1676 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1677 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1678 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1680 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1682 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1684 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1687 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1688 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1689 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1692 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1696 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1697 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1698 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1704 Usability, bells and whistles
1705 -----------------------------
1706 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1707 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1709 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1711 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1712 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1713 arrows to select and stage lines.
1715 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1716 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1718 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1722 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1723 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1729 Usability, bells and whistles
1730 -----------------------------
1731 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1732 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1734 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1735 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1737 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1738 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1740 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1741 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1745 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1746 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1748 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1749 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1751 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1752 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1758 Usability, bells and whistles
1759 -----------------------------
1760 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1761 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1762 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1764 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1765 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1767 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1768 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1769 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1771 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1772 for more details about the supported values.
1774 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1775 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1776 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1778 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1779 history using the selected paths.
1783 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1784 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1786 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1787 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1790 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1791 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1793 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1794 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1798 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1799 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1800 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1802 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1803 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1809 Usability, bells and whistles
1810 -----------------------------
1811 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1813 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1814 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1818 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1819 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1820 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1822 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1823 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1827 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1833 Usability, bells and whistles
1834 -----------------------------
1835 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1837 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1838 external applications.
1839 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
1841 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1842 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
1844 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1846 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
1848 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1850 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1851 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
1853 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1854 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1855 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
1856 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
1858 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1859 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1860 module is installed.
1861 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
1863 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1864 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
1866 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1867 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
1871 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1872 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
1878 Usability, bells and whistles
1879 -----------------------------
1880 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1882 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1884 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1886 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1889 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1891 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
1895 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1896 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
1897 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
1899 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1900 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1902 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1904 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1905 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1906 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
1908 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1909 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
1915 Usability, bells and whistles
1916 -----------------------------
1917 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1918 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1919 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
1921 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1922 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
1923 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
1924 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
1925 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
1926 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
1927 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
1928 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
1930 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1931 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1933 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1934 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
1936 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1937 to allow for better localization.
1938 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
1940 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1942 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
1944 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1945 environment variable was improved.
1946 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
1948 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1949 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1950 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
1952 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1953 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1957 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1958 artifacts on several configurations.
1960 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1961 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1962 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
1964 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1965 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
1967 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1968 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
1969 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
1970 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
1971 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
1972 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
1973 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
1974 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
1975 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
1977 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1978 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
1980 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1981 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
1983 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1984 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
1986 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1987 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
1989 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1990 can be freely resized on Linux.
1991 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
1993 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1994 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2000 Usability, bells and whistles
2001 -----------------------------
2002 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2003 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2005 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2006 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2010 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2011 not available in Python3.
2012 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2014 * Python3-related fixes.
2015 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2017 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2018 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2019 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2020 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2022 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2023 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2024 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2026 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2027 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2028 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2030 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2031 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2032 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2038 Usability, bells and whistles
2039 -----------------------------
2040 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2041 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2043 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2044 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2045 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2047 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2048 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2052 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2053 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2054 html documentation and man pages.
2058 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2061 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2062 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2064 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2065 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2069 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2070 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2076 Usability, bells and whistles
2077 -----------------------------
2078 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2080 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2084 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2085 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2087 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2088 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2090 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2091 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2093 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2094 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2102 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2103 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2105 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2106 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2110 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2111 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2113 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2114 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2116 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2117 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2123 Usability, bells and whistles
2124 -----------------------------
2125 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2127 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2128 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2129 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2131 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2135 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2137 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2138 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2140 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2146 Usability, bells and whistles
2147 -----------------------------
2148 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2149 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2151 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2152 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2153 `extended description` field.
2154 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2158 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2159 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2161 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2162 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2163 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2171 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2172 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2176 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2177 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2180 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2182 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2190 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2194 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2197 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2203 Usability, bells and whistles
2204 -----------------------------
2205 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2206 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2207 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2208 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2209 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2210 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2212 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2214 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2216 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2218 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2219 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2220 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2222 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2223 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2228 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2229 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2230 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2234 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2240 Usability, bells and whistles
2241 -----------------------------
2242 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2243 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2244 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2246 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2247 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2248 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2249 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2253 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2254 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2256 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2262 Usability, bells and whistles
2263 -----------------------------
2264 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2266 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2268 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2269 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2270 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2272 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2273 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2275 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2277 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2278 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2279 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2280 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2281 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2282 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2284 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2285 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2286 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2287 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2288 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2289 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2291 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2292 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2296 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2297 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2300 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2301 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2302 path, just like Git itself.
2304 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2306 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2307 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2313 Usability, bells and whistles
2314 -----------------------------
2315 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2316 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2317 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2318 surrounding function as context.
2319 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2321 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2322 when `git cola` is restarted.
2323 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2325 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2326 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2327 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2329 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2330 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2332 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2336 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2337 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2339 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2340 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2342 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2343 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2344 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2346 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2349 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2350 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2352 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2359 Usability, bells and whistles
2360 -----------------------------
2361 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2362 "Select Repository" dialog.
2363 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2365 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2369 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2370 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2371 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2372 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2373 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2374 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2376 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2377 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2379 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2380 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2384 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2386 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2387 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2388 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2389 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2390 when they point to valid git repositories.
2392 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2393 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2394 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2401 Usability, bells and whistles
2402 -----------------------------
2403 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2405 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2407 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2408 when in the diff panel.
2410 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2411 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2412 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2413 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2414 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2416 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2418 * Less blocking in the main UI
2422 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2423 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2425 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2426 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2427 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2434 Usability, bells and whistles
2435 -----------------------------
2436 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2437 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2438 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2439 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2440 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2442 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2444 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2445 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2446 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2447 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2449 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2450 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2451 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2453 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2454 using the `Status` tool.
2455 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2456 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2457 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2459 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2460 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2462 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2463 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2465 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2466 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2467 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2468 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2469 to the affirmative option instead.
2473 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2474 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2475 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2476 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2477 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2478 the start of a file.
2485 Usability, bells and whistles
2486 -----------------------------
2487 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2488 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2489 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2490 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2491 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2492 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2493 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2494 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2498 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2499 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2500 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2501 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2502 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2509 Usability, bells and whistles
2510 -----------------------------
2511 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2512 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2513 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2514 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2516 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2518 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2520 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2522 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2524 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2526 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2527 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2534 Usability, bells and whistles
2535 -----------------------------
2536 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2538 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2539 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2541 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2544 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2545 background thread to do so.
2547 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2549 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2550 between invocations.
2559 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2561 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2568 Usability, bells and whistles
2569 -----------------------------
2570 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2571 limit history to the current branch.
2573 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2576 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2577 much faster rendering.
2579 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2581 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2588 Usability, bells and whistles
2589 -----------------------------
2590 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2598 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2600 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2602 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2604 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2607 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2609 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2610 text field contains paths.
2612 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2616 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2617 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2619 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2620 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2624 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2631 Usability, bells and whistles
2632 -----------------------------
2633 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2644 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2646 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2648 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2650 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2652 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2654 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2656 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2657 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2659 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2661 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2662 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2664 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2665 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2667 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2671 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2672 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2673 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2677 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2679 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2680 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2684 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2685 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2686 is a simpler alternative.
2695 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2696 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2698 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2702 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2703 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2704 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2705 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2707 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2708 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2715 Usability, bells and whistles
2716 -----------------------------
2717 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2718 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2720 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2722 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2726 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2727 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2729 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2731 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2735 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2736 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2737 and debian/ files will be needed.
2739 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2743 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2744 so there's no need for this option these days.
2751 Usability, bells and whistles
2752 -----------------------------
2753 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2755 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2757 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2759 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2760 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2761 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2763 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2764 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2768 * Display commits with no file changes.
2769 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2771 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2772 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2776 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2777 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2779 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2780 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2781 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2782 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2790 Usability, bells and whistles
2791 -----------------------------
2792 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2793 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2795 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2796 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2798 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2800 * General usability improvements
2802 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2806 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2807 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2809 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2810 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
2812 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2813 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
2815 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2823 Usability, bells and whistles
2824 -----------------------------
2825 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2826 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
2828 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2829 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2830 a progress dialog is used.
2834 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2835 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2836 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2838 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2845 Usability, bells and whistles
2846 -----------------------------
2847 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2848 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2849 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2850 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2854 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2855 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2856 patience and helpful bug reports.
2858 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2865 Usability, bells and whistles
2866 -----------------------------
2867 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2868 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2870 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2871 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2875 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2876 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2878 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2880 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
2881 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
2888 Usability, bells and whistles
2889 -----------------------------
2890 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2891 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
2893 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2894 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2896 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2897 of whether inotify is installed.
2901 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2902 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2903 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2905 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2906 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2910 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2911 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2912 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
2913 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
2915 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2917 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2919 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2921 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2928 Usability, bells and whistles
2929 -----------------------------
2930 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2931 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2932 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2937 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2939 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2940 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2941 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
2943 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2944 shows the correct number of context lines.
2946 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2950 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2951 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2952 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2953 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2955 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2956 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2958 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
2965 Usability, bells and whistles
2966 -----------------------------
2967 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2968 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2970 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2974 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2975 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2976 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2978 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2979 items could not be de-selected.
2983 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2984 site-packages directory.
2991 Usability, bells and whistles
2992 -----------------------------
2993 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2994 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2995 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2997 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3001 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3008 Usability, bells and whistles
3009 -----------------------------
3010 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3011 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3013 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3015 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3017 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3018 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3022 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3024 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3031 Usability, bells and whistles
3032 -----------------------------
3033 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3037 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3038 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3039 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3041 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3042 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3049 Usability, bells and whistles
3050 -----------------------------
3051 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3052 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3054 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3058 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3059 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3063 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3071 Usability, bells and whistles
3072 -----------------------------
3073 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3074 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3075 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3076 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3078 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3079 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3080 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3082 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3083 repository status checks.
3085 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3087 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3088 and vertical layout when resized.
3090 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3091 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3093 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3094 to launch `git cola`.
3095 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3097 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3098 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3101 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3102 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3103 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3104 that cannot be easily killed.
3106 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3107 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3108 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3110 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3111 over the commit message editor.
3112 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3114 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3115 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3119 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3121 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3122 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3123 branch will be merged.
3125 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3126 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3128 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3129 by the `git config` parser.
3131 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3132 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3136 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3137 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3139 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3140 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3142 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3143 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3144 layout in use by several projects.
3146 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3147 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3148 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3150 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3151 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3152 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3153 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3160 Usability, bells and whistles
3161 -----------------------------
3162 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3163 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3164 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3166 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3169 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3171 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3172 external git resources.
3174 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3175 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3176 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3177 building and improving upon it.
3181 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3182 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3184 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3185 ``git cola version`` is run.
3187 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3189 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3190 the name of the current branch.
3194 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3195 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3196 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3197 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3198 be specified every time on the command-line.
3200 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3201 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3202 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3203 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3204 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3207 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3209 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3210 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3211 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3212 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3220 Usability, bells and whistles
3221 -----------------------------
3222 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3223 `git diff --patience`.
3225 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3229 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3233 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3235 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3243 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3244 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3245 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3247 Usability, bells and whistles
3248 -----------------------------
3249 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3250 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3252 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3253 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3254 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3256 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3257 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3259 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3264 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3268 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3270 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3272 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3284 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3286 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3288 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3298 * Fix Lintian warnings
3308 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3318 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3319 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3321 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3322 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3332 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3334 * Fix staging untracked files
3335 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3337 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3338 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3340 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3341 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3349 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3350 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3351 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3352 various cola widgets.
3354 Usability, bells and whistles
3355 -----------------------------
3356 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3358 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3360 * Add an interface for creating tags
3362 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3363 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3365 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3366 warns when lines get too long
3368 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3370 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3372 * Provide more information in log messages
3376 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3378 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3382 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3384 * Simpler model/view architecture
3386 * Selection is now shared across tools
3388 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3390 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3392 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3394 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3396 * Added more documentation and tests
3404 Usability, bells and whistles
3405 -----------------------------
3406 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3408 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3410 * Handle renamed files
3414 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3416 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3420 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3422 * Added developer API documentation
3426 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3428 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3430 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3432 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3440 Usability, bells and whistles
3441 -----------------------------
3442 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3444 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3446 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3447 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3449 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3450 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3451 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3452 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3454 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3456 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3458 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3459 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3461 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3465 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3467 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3477 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3479 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3480 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3482 Usability, bells and whistles
3483 -----------------------------
3484 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3486 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3490 * Support Unicode font names
3492 * Handle interrupted system calls
3496 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3502 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3503 Closed Debian bug #519972
3505 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3515 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3517 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3519 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3521 Usability, bells and whistles
3522 -----------------------------
3523 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3525 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3527 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3529 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3531 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3533 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3535 * Log window display can be configured with
3536 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3538 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3542 * Improved nose unittest usage
3546 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3548 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3549 for ease of installation and development